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Name Viola Desmond
Age 20
Estimated Birth Year abt 1920
Gender Female
Race White
Birthplace New Jersey
Marital Status Single
Relation to Head of House Daughter
Home in 1940 Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey
Street Palisade Avenue
Inferred Residence in 1935 Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey
Residence in 1935 Jersey City
Sheet Number 13A
Father's Birthplace New Jersey
Mother's Birthplace New Jersey
Occupation Packer
Woman Marriages No
Woman Age at First Marriage No
0
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed High School, 1st year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census 40
Class of Worker Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939 46
Income 358
Income Other Sources No
Native Language English
Veteran No
Social Security Number Yes
Usual Occupation Packer
Usual Industry Cor Meties
Usual Class of Worker Wage or salary worker in private work
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Harold Desmond 54 Head
Elizabeth Desmond 54 Wife
Viola Desmond 20 Daughter

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey; Roll: m-t0627-02410; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 24-314

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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