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Name Mary Paumpy
Age 21
Estimated Birth Year abt 1919 [abt 1919]
Gender Female
Race Negro (Black)
Birthplace South Carolina
Marital Status Single
Relation to Head of House Roomer
Home in 1940 Buffalo, Erie, New York
Map of Home in 1940
Street Jefferson
House Number 495
Inferred Residence in 1935 Buffalo, Erie, New York
Residence in 1935 Buffalo
Resident on farm in 1935 No
Sheet Number 4A
Occupation Maid
Attended School or College Yes
Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 7th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census 40
Duration of Unemployment 26
Class of Worker Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939 26
Income 200
Income Other Sources No
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
George McDonald 43 Head
Sue McDonald 32 Wife
Elizabeth McDonald 14 Daughter
Mary Paumpy 21 Roomer
Gerald Paumpy 37 Son
Susan Brown 36 Sister
Archie Davis 23 Roomer

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Buffalo, Erie, New York; Roll: m-t0627-02825; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 64-85

Source Information

Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.

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