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Name Bessie L Sheffler [Bessie L Scheffler] []
Age 11
Estimated Birth Year abt 1929
Gender Female
Race White
Birthplace Louisiana
Marital Status Single
Relation to Head of House Daughter
Home in 1940 Gretna, Jefferson, Louisiana
Street Weyer Street
House Number 918
Inferred Residence in 1935 Gretna, Jefferson, Louisiana
Residence in 1935 Gretna
Sheet Number 15B
Attended School or College Yes
Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 6th grade
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Peter Sheffler 57 Head
Bessie A Sheffler 50 Wife
Felix J Sheffler 18 Son
Edward S Sheffler 17 Son
Marris A Sheffler 14 Son
Bessie L Sheffler 11 Daughter

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Gretna, Jefferson, Louisiana; Roll: m-t0627-01406; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 26-6

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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