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Name Essie James
Age 50
Estimated Birth Year abt 1890
Gender Female
Race White
Birthplace Virginia
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Wife
Home in 1940 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Inferred Residence in 1935 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Residence in 1935 Detroit
Resident on farm in 1935 No
Sheet Number 11B
Occupation Saleslady
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed High School, 4th year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census 48
Class of Worker Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939 50
Income 700
Income Other Sources No
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Ray James 51 Head
Essie James 50 Wife

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01863; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 84-789

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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