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Name Melvina Ebeman [Malvina Eheman]
Respondent Yes
Age 62
Estimated Birth Year abt 1878 [abt 1878]
Gender Female
Race White
Birthplace Michigan
Marital Status Widowed
Relation to Head of House Head
Home in 1940 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Map of Home in 1940
Street Mendota Avenue
Inferred Residence in 1935 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Residence in 1935 Detroit
Sheet Number 61B
Number of Household in Order of Visitation 60
Occupation Seamstress
House Owned or Rented Owned
Value of Home 2000
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed High School, 1st year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census 23
Class of Worker Working on own account
Weeks Worked in 1939 14
Income 0
Income Other Sources Yes
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Melvina Ebeman 62 Head
Dorothy Neiman 15 Granddaughter

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01875; Page: 61B; Enumeration District: 84-1197

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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