Census Sunday # 22 - 1930 US Census

This week's census page is from the 1930 US Census for Belle Plaine, Scott county, Minnesota. (full image)

This page includes my great-grandparents Fred and Mary BLUME along with their children, the youngest of which is my grandmother*. Fred is cited as a 58 year old sawyer at a lumber mill. He was born in Minnesota to parents who were born in Germany. Mary is cited as a 45 year old woman, who was born in Minnesota. The oldest child on the page is Loren, who is cited as a 24 year old sawyer at a lumber mill. Lester is cited as a 22 year old laborer at a lumber mill. Ervin is cited as a 20 year old cream tester at a creamery. Florence is cited as a 16 year old girl who has attended school. Lucille (misspelled on the record) is cited as an 11 year old girl who has attended school. The youngest, Lois, is cited as a 4 year old girl. Every child was born in Minnesota, and Lois is the only person in the family who is cited as being unable to read and write.

The other families on the page are:

• Lines 9-11: Robert J HAIG along with his wife Irene and a daughter (Mary Jean).
• Lines 12-18: Barney KIRCHOFF along with his wife Katie and 5 sons (Barney Jr, Gerold, Ben, Robert, and Paul)
• Lines 19-20: Fillmore JOHNSON and his wife Thelma
• Lines 21-24: Morris M GAFFNEY along with his wife Iva, a daughter (Shirly Ann), and a son (Kevin)
• Lines 25-26: Paul J HAUPT and his wife Elsa
• Lines 27-29: James LENNON along with his wife Mary and a son (James Jr)
• Lines 30-32: Dennis O'DAY along with his wife Elizabath and a son Edmund
• Lines 33-34: William F WELDON and his wife Catherine
• Line 35: Bertha ISCHE a servant for family 63 (on line 42 of page 3A)
• Line 36: Anna STONE, the mother of the head of family 19 on line 67 of page 1B
• Line 37: Herman NETZ, the son of the head of the family on line 89 of sheet 4
• Lines 38-43: John SOLLER along with his wife Myrtle, 2 daughters (Gladys and Clara), and 2 sons (Roger and Garold)
• Lines 44-48: Henry SCHULDR (sp?) along with his wife Catherine, 2 sons (Roy and Edwin), and a boarder (Gust WIECKMANN)
• Lines 49-50: are parts of family 35 on sheet 2 it appears. They are Dolores HAUGLAND (niece) and Loren KILLIAN (boarder)

* My grandma is still alive at the time this is posted. There won't be a post for her until after her death. I'll add a link at that point in time.

Census Sunday #5

I almost forgot this week. Also, I'm not likely to make a post next Sunday as I'll be out of town visiting a friend.

This week's census image is from the 1930 US Census for Glenwood township, Winneshiek county, Iowa, page 6B. (full image)

On this image, my relatives are on lines 63-65. It has my great grandparents Henry & Clarissa LOVEN & their family at the time. This census shows Henry as being a 39 year old county supervisor. It shows Henry as having married at the age of 26 & being born in Iowa to parents that were born in Norway. He is also on the farm schedule. His wife Clarissa (misspelled as Clarisse) is shown as being a 36 year old woman, who married at 23 & was born in Iowa to parents who were also born in Iowa. Their oldest child Lloyd is shown as being 11, born in Iowa, & having attended school. Orval (mispelled as Orvall) is shown as being 9, born in Iowa, & having attended school.

The other families in the image:

• Lines 51-55: a contination of a family from the previous page. It has 2 sons Harrie & Lester, 2 daughters Grace & Inez, & the head's mother Marie
• Lines 56-59: Helmer HOTVEDT along with his brother Adolph, his sister Katehrine, & his mother Anna
• Lines 60-62: Ole Morken along with his wife Hurtrud & a daugther Selma
• Lines 67-70: Otto DAHLEN along with his wife Emelia, a son Ooe (sp?), & a daughter Marion
• Lines 71-77: Alex DAHLEN along with his wife Henrietta, 2 daughters Phyllis & Lila, his son Arnold, his father Andrew, & his mother Ingeline
• Lines 78-87: Frank DREW along with his wife May; 6 sons Francis, Cyril, Harold, Lawrence, & Paul; & 2 daughters Lewine & Pearl
• Lines 88-92: Fred SMORSTAD along with his wife Betsey, a son Orval, a daughter Bernic, & a brother Joseph
• Lines 93-94: Arthur BRYNESER (sp?) along with his wife Alma
• Lines 95-99: Morrie SAMPSON along with his wife Anna & 3 sons Weston, Gavin, & Lester
• Line 100: Alvin HUSELY (sp?)

Census Sunday #1 - 1930 Decorah twp, Winneshiek cty, IA pg 4A

I've decided to start off Census Sunday. I'll be trying to post a census image every Sunday, along with links to the posts about the members of my family that are in the image. I'll also list the names for non family members at the end of the post, for anyone else who may be needing the image for their research. I'm also uploading the full sized images to imgur for easy downloading. I'll include the link when I say exactly what census each week.

The first census is from the 1930 US census for Decorah township, Winnehsiek couty, Iowa, page 4A. full image

Winneshiek county, Iowa townships (Source)

As you can see in the above map, Decorah township contains the town of Decorah. It's also neighbors with Winneshiek township, where the LOVEN family settled when left Norway. This page of the census doesn't contain any of my ancestors, but it does contain some extended family.

Family 72 (starting on line 13) contains Ida Sophia (ERICKSON) BORSETH as the mother/wife. Ida is the daughter of Sigrid "Sarah" (LOVEN) ERICKSON & the granddaughter of Aslak & Anna LOVEN. At the time of the census Ida's husband Carl was 45 & Ida was 37. They also had 5 of their 7 children: Sadie (10), Arla (9), Norman (7), Clifford (4), & Merle (2). Stanley & Donald would both be born by the end of 1932. Like a large number of my family members, Carl was a farmer & was working on his own farm in 1930 (as can be seen where it says he's working of his own accord, O in column 27.

Now for the other people on the page (by family)

• Family 69, line 1 - Erick O BORSETH, a widowed man living with a son or daughter-in-law that's listed on the previous page (3B)
• Family 70, lines 2-7 - Hugo A HUBER was living with his wife Edna M, son Conrad S, daughter Ruth O, son Earl L, and a lodger, Joe F STULE.
• Family 71, lines 8-12 - Laurence SHOMANN (sp?)was  living with his wife Emma, daughter Rosna (sp?), son Lawrence Jr, & a granddaughter Agnes K SAGNES.
• Family 73, lines 20-23 - Carl M HANSON was  living with his wife Eila (born about 1875), a boarder Gilbert FAUNKOY  (born about 1861), & a lodger Raymond THOMANN (sp?) (born about 1910).
• Family 74, lines 24-27 Follid (sp?) G LARSON  was living with his wife Gladys L, mother Betsey, & a  lodger Ole J KROGSUND.
• Family 75, lines 28-31 - Lars SAMULSON was living with his wife Kanen (sp?) G, daughter Bernice S, & son Lief G.
• Family 76, lines 32-37 - Edward HOYME was living with his wife Anna I, daughters Signe A & Esther I, & sons Christopher & Norman O.
• Family 77, lines 28-42 - Henry O ONSAGER was living with his wife Anna & daughters Ruth H, Harriet A, & Vivian A.
• Family 78, lines 43-48 - Albert WOMELDORF (sp?) was living with his wife Johanna; sons Walter D, Roger, & Ervin C; & his mother-in-law Iverine JOHNSON.
• Family 78, lines 49-50, Edward HRUSKA (sp?) was living with his wife Henrietta & this family may be continued on the next page (4B).

There's my first post for Census Sunday. Please leave any ideas you may have for improvement in the comments section over the next week. Have a good week.