1940 United States Federal Census

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Name

Mertha B Walfe [Martha B Wolfe]

Age

Estimated Birth Year

abt 1923 [abt 1923]

Gender

Female

Race

White

Birthplace

Wisconsin

Marital Status

Single

Relation to Head of House

Inmate

Home in 1940

Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Map of Home in 1940

Street

North Lake Drive

House Number

2385

Inferred Residence in 1935

Odanah, Ashland, Wisconsin

Residence in 1935

Odanah, Ashland, Wisconsin

Resident on farm in 1935

Yes

Sheet Number

Institution

Wisconsin Industrial School For Girls (State) Dormitories

Attended School or College

Yes

Highest Grade Completed

Elementary school, 8th grade

Hours Worked Week Prior to Census

Neighbors

Household Members (Name)	Age	Relationship
Charles A Schuetz	40	Officer
Geraldine E Kleier	16	Inmate
Hazel E Marksman	16	Inmate
Irena L Smith	19	Inmate
Phyllis J Hanson	14	Inmate
Reed E Spanaeny	16	Inmate
Betty Ann Lehman	19	Inmate
Alvina I Leyman	15	Inmate
Arora L Franklin	15	Inmate
Rosella Paulsen	18	Inmate
Betty J Werbelow	17	Inmate
Vivian Barron	17	Inmate
Edna E Franklin	16	Inmate
Marie J Welborn	14	Inmate
Nora V Bird	18	Inmate
Ellanor R Olson	18	Inmate
Beulah M Jones	16	Inmate
Irene E Santovce	16	Inmate
Ruth Olson	18	Inmate
Margaret M Jackson	16	Inmate
Mertha B Walfe	17	Inmate
Evelyn A Mahaffy	17	Inmate
Elam M Clake	14	Inmate
Florence G Juedes	15	Inmate
Bertha M Dennis	18	Inmate
Lorraine A Trudell	17	Inmate
Shirley M Kess	14	Inmate
Elsie Schalgle	17	Inmate
Carol E Trudell	18	Inmate
Viola E Howard	19	Inmate
Mae E Nelson	18	Inmate
Helen K Garnick	16	Inmate
Irene M Claus	18	Inmate
Rita J Carden	16	Inmate
Bernnie M Hermann	18	Inmate
Dorothy M Raasch	18	Inmate
Doreen L Hoffman	16	Inmate
Ruby A Klinge	15	Inmate
Collen M Manning	14	Inmate
Elaine A Edwards	14	Inmate
Carolyn M Thomson	19	Inmate
Katie Punak	16	Inmate
Irene Patterson	17	Inmate
India Morgan	17	Inmate
Margaret Norian	17	Inmate
Hazel I Anderson	17	Inmate
Eunice J Davidson	15	Inmate
Rosetta Mc Elvy	16	Inmate
Luara Dionise	19	Inmate
Katherine Martin	16	Inmate

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Roll: m-t0627-04558; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 72-420

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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