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Name Benjamin D Powells [Benjamin D Powell]
Respondent Yes
Age 31
Estimated Birth Year abt 1909
Gender Male
Race White
Birthplace Kentucky
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Head
Home in 1940 Independence, Oakland, Michigan
Street Clarkston Road
House Number 6440 Rear
Farm Yes
Inferred Residence in 1935 Rural, Breckinridge, Kentucky
Residence in 1935 Rural, Breckinridge, Kentucky
Resident on farm in 1935 Yes
Sheet Number 17B
Number of Household in Order of Visitation 353
Occupation Farm Hand
House Owned or Rented Rented
10
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 7th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census 75
Class of Worker Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939 52
Income 765
Income Other Sources No
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Benjamin D Powells 31 Head
Daisy Powells 23 Wife
Ada Mae Powells 11/12 Daughter

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Independence, Oakland, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01799; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 63-54

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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