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Name Martha Melson [Martha Nelsen] []
Age 58
Estimated Birth Year abt 1882
Gender Female
Race White
Birthplace Tennessee
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Wife
Home in 1940 Wayne, Tennessee
Inferred Residence in 1935 Collinwood, Wayne, Tennessee
Residence in 1935 Tennessee
Resident on farm in 1935 Yes
Sheet Number 10B
Father's Birthplace Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace Tennessee
Woman Marriages Yes
Woman Age at First Marriage 19
7
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 2nd grade
Weeks Worked in 1939 0
Income 0
Income Other Sources No
Native Language English
Veteran No
Veteran Father Dead No
Military service No
Social Security Number No
Usual Occupation Hammer
Usual Industry Hk
Usual Class of Worker Unpaid family worker
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
T H Melson 46 Head
Martha Melson 58 Wife
Earl Brewer 28 Son-in-law
Nina Brewer 23 Daughter
Whit Roading 28 Son-in-law
Vera Roading 20 Daughter
Charline Medanad 6 Granddaughter
Rece Medanad 4 Granddaughter

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Wayne, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03946; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 91-13

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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