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Name Ernest Bess Sr []
Age 41
Estimated Birth Year abt 1899
Gender Male
Race White
Birthplace Louisiana
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Head
Home in 1940 Morgan City, St Mary, Louisiana
Street Third Street
House Number 1001
Farm No
Inferred Residence in 1935 Morgan City, St Mary, Louisiana
Residence in 1935 Morgan City
Sheet Number 10A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation 185
Occupation Laborer
House Owned or Rented Rented
8
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 2nd grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census 40
Class of Worker Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939 40
Income 640
Income Other Sources No
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Ernest Bess 41 Head
Julia Bess 37 Wife
Laura Mae Bess 15 Daughter
Ernest Bess 6 Son

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Morgan City, St Mary, Louisiana; Roll: m-t0627-01454; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 51-14

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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