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Name Sylvester Fields
Respondent Yes
Age 62
Estimated Birth Year abt 1878
Gender Male
Race Negro (Black)
Birthplace Texas
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Head
Home in 1940 Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Street 11th
House Number 410
Farm No
Inferred Residence in 1935 Memphis, Hall, Texas
Residence in 1935 Memphis, Hall, Texas
Resident on farm in 1935 No
Sheet Number 17B
Number of Household in Order of Visitation 380
Occupation Laborer
House Owned or Rented Owned
200
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed None
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census 54
Class of Worker Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939 52
Income 420
Income Other Sources No
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Sylvester Fields 62 Head
Alberta Fields 40 Wife

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas; Roll: m-t0627-04073; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 117-2A

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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