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Name Dennis McClain
Respondent Yes
Age 61
Estimated Birth Year abt 1879
Gender Male
Race Negro (Black)
Birthplace Mississippi
Marital Status Widowed
Relation to Head of House Head
Home in 1940 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Street Alfred Street
House Number 407
Inferred Residence in 1935 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Residence in 1935 Detroit
Sheet Number 20A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation 36
Occupation Porter
House Owned or Rented Rented
18
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 8th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census 52
Class of Worker Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939 52
Income 700
Income Other Sources No
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Dennis McClain 61 Head
Richard McClain 18 Son
Abe Williams 57 Lodger

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01839; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 84-9

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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