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Name Kristina Melson [Kristina Nelson] [Kristina Nilsson] [Kerstin Andersdotter] [] [] [] [] []
Respondent Yes
Age 76
Estimated Birth Year abt 1864
Gender Female
Race White
Birthplace Sweden
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Wife
Home in 1940 Knife Falls, Carlton, Minnesota
Map of Home in 1940
Inferred Residence in 1935 Knife Falls, Carlton, Minnesota
Residence in 1935 Knife Falls
Resident on farm in 1935 Yes
Citizenship Naturalized
Sheet Number 3B
House Owned or Rented Owned
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 8th grade
Weeks Worked in 1939 0
Income 0
Income Other Sources No
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
August Melson 80 Head
Kristina Melson 76 Wife
O'Linda Douglas 40 Daughter
Fean Douglas 16 Granddaughter

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Knife Falls, Carlton, Minnesota; Roll: m-t0627-01910; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 9-16

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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