07 June 2015

Census Sunday # 23 - 1940 US Census

This weeks page is from the 1940 US Census for Belle Plaine, Scott, Minnesota on page 7B. (full image) This image has many parts where the writing has faded and is hard to read.

I'm related to the household on lines 46-49, Fred and Mary BLUME. Fred is cited as a 69 year old operator of a saw mill. Mary is cited as a 56 year old woman who doesn't work outside the home. Loren is the oldest child at home and is cited as a 34 year old single man who works as a mechanic in the "wall digging industry." He's also marked as the person who gave he information to the enumerator. The only other child still at home is the youngest child, Lois (my grandma). She was cited as a 14 year old girl who had attended school in the previous month. Lois is also the only one of the 4 cited as having completed any high school, with 1 year of high school completed.

The other families on this page are:

  • Line 41: Amelia GASEMUCH (sp?) a lodger of the family at the end of page 1A
  • Lines 42-43: Harold H HOELZ and his wife Cora A
  • Lines 44-45: Evelyn M HOELZ and her mother Wilhelmina HOELY
  • Line 50: Fredrich HESCH
  • Line 51: Mary M WALGREEN (sp?)
  • Lines 52-54: George H HOELZ along with his wife Alice M and a son (George Jr
  • Lines 55-61:Harold J MADDEN along with his wife Marie M, 4 sons (Robert H, Raymond J, Harold? J, and Thomas H), and a daughter Shirley A
  • Line 62: August VOIGT
  • Lines 63-64: Matthew HAAUGEN and his wife Mary A
  • Lines 65-70: Henry P MUDLEN (sp?) along with his wife Sophia A, a niece (Adela S), a son (Leland E), and 2 lodgers (Helen M BOAGD sp? and Magoth A JOHNSON)
  • Lines 71-72: William A HOEPP and his wife Louisa
  • Lines 73-74: Thomas NEWELL and his wife Bridgett
  • Lines 75-78: Fred J HEILAND along with his wife Jean J, a son (John F), and a daughter (Elaine H)
  • Lines 79-80: Charles D TOWNSEND and his wife Pearl C