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Name John Benzig
Age 36
Estimated Birth Year abt 1904 [abt 1904]
Gender Male
Race White
Birthplace Canada
Marital Status Single
Relation to Head of House Lodger
Home in 1940 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Map of Home in 1940
Street Frundeth Street
House Number 3046
Inferred Residence in 1935 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Residence in 1935 Detroit
Citizenship 4
Sheet Number 9A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation 102
Occupation Barber
House Owned or Rented Continued
Value of Home Cont
Attended School or College Yes
Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 8th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census 30
Class of Worker Working on own account
Income 900
Income Other Sources No
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Robert A Mathesen 52 Head
Anna Mathesen 50 Wife
Walter Mathesen 22 Son
Ruth Mathesen 21 Daughter
Shirley Mathesen 14 Daughter
Gerald Mathesen 11 Son
William McDonald 25 Lodger
Edward Meyers 78 Lodger
Elizabeth Meyers 56 Lodger's Wife
Robert Adam 45 Lodger
John Benzig 36 Lodger

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01848; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 84-243

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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