Census Sunday #7

This week's census image is from the 1940 US Census for St. Charles, Winona county, Minnesota, page 6B. (full image)

I am directly related to the family on lines 53-61. Lucy STEVENS (maiden Lucy Elizabeth MARKS) is my great-great grandmother. The census shows Lucy as a 62 year old  widow who finished 7th grade & was born in New York & was living in the same house in 1935. Her son Noah Lee (nickname "Jack"*) is listed as a 38 year old single man, born in Minnesota who finished 8th grade. Noah is also listed as a farm laborer who was living in the same house in 1935. Joseph E "Joe" is listed as a 25 year old single man, born in Minnesota who finished 8th grade. Joe* is also listed as a blacksmith who was living in rural Olmsted county, Minnesota in 1935 (Olmsed county is the next county to the west of Winona county.) Donald is listed as a 23 year old single man, born in Minnesota who finished all 4 years of high school. Donald (nickname "Sam"*) was a farm laborer who was living in the same house in 1935. Lucy E is listed as a 19 year old, born in Minnesota who finished all 4 years of high school. Lucy (nickname "Bob"*) is listed as a library assistant in a school who was living in the same house in 1935. Rhoda ROEDER (nickname "Toots"*) is listed as a 27 year old married woman (the M is crossed out though, so possibly going through a divorce or widowed), born in Minnesota who was living in the same house in 1935. Rhoda  David A ROEDER (likely son of Rhoda) is listed as a 1 year old who was born in Minnesota. Hazel L AMOS# is listed as a 18 year old born in Minnesota who finished all 4 years of high school & was living in Rural Olmsted county, Minnesota in 1935. Velva B AMOS# is listed as a 16 year old, born in Minnesota who had finished the first year of high school & was living in rural Olmsted county, Minnesota in 1935.

The other families on this census page are:

• Lines 41-44: continued from the previous page: Carol L & Marlys H LISKOW alsong with Mavolette R & Gary A LEFERNIK
• Line 45: blank
• Lines 46-49: Theodore FRISCK along with his wife Edna L, a daughter Sara Grace, & a lodger Marguerite P DAILY
• Lines 50-52: Vernon R FLINT along with his wife Barbara F & a son Philip W
• Lines 62-64: Harvey E SMITH along with his wife Arvilda M & a daughter Sonia K
• Lines 65-66: Robert P RANDALL along with his wife Johanna M
• Lines 67-69: John J WAWEILER along with his wife Della O & a daughter Margaret C
• Lines 70-73: Msgr Joseph E MADDEN along with 2 lodgers (Fr. Thomas E DUANE & Eugene SCHOMMER) & a housekeeper Mary FLYNN
• Lines 74-77: Gale B PATTERSON along with his wife Magie A & 2 sons (John F & Gerald S)
• Line 78: Clifford RENDERNICK
• Lines 79-80: John SMALL along with his wife Rose H

* All nicknames are from Joe's daughter Mary.
# I currently have no clues as to who any of the parents of Hazel & Velva are. As of 12 April 2014 I have evidence that the parents of Hazel & Velva are Olewein & Alma (STEVENS) AMOS. Alma being the daughter of the Lucy that's the head of the household.

Census Sunday #6

This week's census image is from the 1910 US Census for Belle Plaine, Scott county, Minnesota on page 6A. (full image)

I am directly related to 2 of the household on this census page. The first family is my great-greatgrandparents on lines 14-19. This census shows C. W. OLDENBURG (I have him as Charles William in my records, but he's of German heritage so it could be either 2 middle names, or a mistake somewhere) as a 52 year old, who was born in Minnesota to German immigrants, & whose been married to his wife for 26 years. "Own income" is listed under occupation, but I'm unsure of what that means. His wife Lena (Wilhelmina) is shown as being a 44 year old woman, who was born in Minnesota of German immigrants & is the mother of 6 children (4 still living.) Lena (daughter nickname for Wilhelmina) is shown as a 23 year old widow & mother of 1 child (location unknown at this time). Arnie (Arnold) is shown as a 21 year old laborer who is "working out." Alma is shown as a 13 year old who has attended school in the past year. Edwin BENDER is shown as the grandson of Charles, aged 1 & born in Minnesota. The other child not listed with the family is my great-grandmother Mary, who is a few families down on the same page with her husband.

The second family I'm related to is my great-grandparents on lines 32-36. Fred BLUME (his first name is Louis) is shown as a 38 year old engineer working on steam engines who was born in Minnesota to German immigrants & has been married to his wife for 4 years. Mary is shown as 25 year old mother of 3 who was born in Minnesota. The children in the family are: Loren (4 year old boy), Lester (2 year old boy), & Erwin (6 month old boy).

The other families on the page are:

• Lines 1-4: a continuation of the family at the end of the previous page. It has 1 son (Thomas), 2 daughters (Mary & Ellen) & 1 servant (Bridget MURPHY)
• Lines 5-13: H. K. HOLSTE (sp?) along with his wife (Johanna), 2 daughters (Rosey & Mildred), 4 sons (Julius, Walter, Arthur, & Victor), & a lodger (Julius REDANKE)
• Lines 20-25: Paul BUETOW along with his wife (Louisa W) & 3 sons (Gustaf, Herman, & William)
• Lines 26-28: Anna FEIDER along with a daughter (Adelalide) & a son (Leo)
• Lines 29-31: Martin SCHMITT along with a son (Frank) & a daughter (Mary)
• Lines 37-38: Charles GRAGERT along with his wife Henrietta (possible parents of Lena OLDENBURG on line 7)
• Lines 39-44: Frank RIHL along with his wife (Leona), 2 sons (Raymond & Christian) & a daughter (Angela)
• Lines 45-47: Fred VOIGT along with his wife (Johanna) & a son (August)
• Line 48: John MILLBON (sp?)
• Lines 49-50: Anna NEWELL along with a daughter (Mary) (possibly continued on the next page