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Name Helen Ritchards [Helen Richards]
Temporarily Absent Yes
Age 50
Estimated Birth Year abt 1890
Gender Female
Race Negro (Black)
Birthplace Virginia
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Wife
Home in 1940 Camden, Camden, New Jersey
Street Spruce Street
House Number 765
Inferred Residence in 1935 Camden, Camden, New Jersey
Residence in 1935 Camden
Resident on farm in 1935 No
Citizenship Naturalized
Sheet Number 8A
Occupation Maid
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 7th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census 40
Class of Worker Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939 52
Income 852
Income Other Sources No
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Lewis Ritchards 60 Head
Helen Ritchards 50 Wife
Lewis Ritchards 19 Son
Samuel Irving 67 Lodger

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Camden, Camden, New Jersey; Roll: m-t0627-02394; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 22-46

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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