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Name Odell Gaines
Age 38
Estimated Birth Year abt 1902
Gender Male
Race Negro (Black)
Birthplace Alabama
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Head
Home in 1940 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Street Harper
House Number 421
Inferred Residence in 1935 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Residence in 1935 Detroit
Sheet Number 4B
Number of Household in Order of Visitation 80
Occupation Laborer
House Owned or Rented Rented
45
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 8th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census 20
Class of Worker Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939 48
Income 1500
Income Other Sources No
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Odell Gaines 38 Head
Marie Gaines 32 Wife
Sam Gaines 30 Brother
Charles D Gaines 34 Brother
Connie Gaines 38 Sister-in-law
L C Gaines 18 Nephew
Milton Nichols 22 Nephew
Garnetta Dooty 18 Cousin
Zelda Dooty 23 Cousin

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01839; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 84-30

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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