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Name Essie James
Respondent Yes
Age 53
Estimated Birth Year abt 1887
Gender Female
Race Negro (Black)
Birthplace Georgia
Marital Status Widowed
Relation to Head of House Head
Home in 1940 Albany, Dougherty, Georgia
Street Oglethorpe
House Number 701
Farm No
Inferred Residence in 1935 Albany, Dougherty, Georgia
Residence in 1935 Albany
Sheet Number 24A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation 399
Occupation Foreman
House Owned or Rented Rented
8
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 8th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census 20
Class of Worker Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939 15
Income 150
Income Other Sources No
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Essie James 53 Head
Price Humber 27 Lodger
Will Rhyme 57 Lodger

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Albany, Dougherty, Georgia; Roll: m-t0627-00667; Page: 24A; Enumeration District: 47-13

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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