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Name Casper R Shafer
Respondent Yes
Age 61
Estimated Birth Year abt 1879
Gender Male
Race White
Birthplace Illinois
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Head
Home in 1940 Jackson, Huntington, Indiana
Farm Yes
Inferred Residence in 1935 Jackson, Huntington, Indiana
Residence in 1935 Jackson
Resident on farm in 1935 Yes
Sheet Number 12B
Number of Household in Order of Visitation 263
Occupation Farmer
House Owned or Rented Owned
4000
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 5th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census 65
Class of Worker Working on own account
Weeks Worked in 1939 52
Income Other Sources Yes
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Casper R Shafer 61 Head
Bertha Shafer 43 Wife
Ruth E Hess 19 Daughter
David N Hess 17 Son
Loren E Garrison 2 Son

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Jackson, Huntington, Indiana; Roll: m-t0627-01055; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 35-17

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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