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

Census Sunday #17 - Winneshiek county, Iowa - 1940

I've been having some computer problems lately & as a result haven't been able to blog. Here's to getting back into it though.

This week's image is page 3B of the 1940 US Census for Glenwood township, Winneshiek county, Iowa. (full image)

My great-great grandparents and the children that were living with them are on lines 48-51. John LOVEN is cited as a 77 year old farmer who was born in Norway. He owned his farm, which was valued at $5000.
His wife Mary (first name Bertha) is cited as a 75 year old woman who was born in Norway. Their son Melvin (first name Adolph) is cited as a 50 year old carpenter who did "private work" and had made $864 in wages or salary. Julius is cited as a 42 year old farmer working of his own accord. (I suspect that John & Julius were working together on the family farm.) The entire family was living in the same house in 1935.

The other families on the page are:

• Lines 41-44: Ruth ODDEN (wife of the last person on page 3A) along with 2 sons (Custis and John Raymond) and a daughter Evelyn
• Lines 45-47: Wilheim KESSEL along with his wife Inez and his daughter Margaret
• Lines 52-57: Olaus BERGE along with his wife Sophie, 3 sons (Walter, Norman, and Otto), and a daughter (Stella)
• Lines 58-60: Maria NELSON along with a son (Clarence) and a daughter (Nora)
• Lines 61-64: Conrad VICK along with his wife Grace and 2 sons (Duane and Garg sp?)
• Lines 65-67: Adolph HAGEN along with his wife Myrtle and a son (Dean)
• Lines 68-75: Loren SMITH along with his wife Florence, 2 sons (Norman and Earl), and 4 daughters (Mary, Darlyne, Rita, and Kathryn)
• Lines 76-79: Norman BRYNSAAS sp? along with his wife Mae, a daughter (Nancy), and his father Hans
• Line 80: Lena HANSON (widowed woman)

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 #4

I'm sorry for posting this late. I'll try to do a better job remembering next week.

This census image is from the 1940 US census for Glenwood township, Winneshiek county, Iowa, page 7A. It's the 2nd half from my family last week. (full image)

This page shows my grandpa Orval & his sister Vivian. (Orval was misspelled on the census.) Orval is shown as being 19, having graduated from high school, & having been working as a farm laborer. Vivian is shown as being 7 & having attended school, although it appears like she was in her first year of school at the time.

The other families on this census page:

• Lines 3-4: Arthur GROTH & his wife LaVerle
• Lines 5-9: Rognwald (sp?) JACOBSEN, his wife Johanna, & 3 sons (Carsten, Kenneth, & Robert)
• Lines 10-13: Ole RAMSEY, his brother Carl, his sister Edna KNUTSON, & his niece Lorraine KNUTSON
• Lines 14-16: Eiwan HAMMERSNESS (sp?), his wife Isabel, & his step-son Eric STEVIE
• Lines 17-19: Hildor OLSON, his wife Anna, & his son Curtis
• Lines 20-23: Ole N SAND, his wife Beret Louise, & 2 sons (Arthur & Vernon)
• Lines 24-26: Albert KERN, his wife Margie, & his daughter Charmaine
• Lines 27-31: Oliver TESLOW, his wife Ida, 2 daughters (Donna Lou & Romana), & a son Wendell
• Lines 32-35: Ben SKIEM, his wife Olive, & 2 sons (Oscar & Melvin)
• Lines 36-40: Joe RYAN, his wife Locetta, 2 daughters (Mary Jane & Shirley Ann), & a son James 

Cenus Sunday #3

This census image is from the 1940 US census for Glenwood township, Winnesheik county, Iowa page 6B. (Full image)

This census image shows the first part of the family of my great-grandparents Henry & Clarissa LOVEN (even though all 3 children were born by then) on lines 78-80. My grandpa (Orval) & the youngest (Vivian) are at the top of the next page, which I'll try to remember to make my post for next week.

The information shown on this page says that Henry was 49 at the time, completed all 4 years of high school, was born in Iowa, did work (& not for in a government emergency job) the last week of March, & that he operated a filling station. He was also on the farm schedule. The family is also shown as living in the same house in 1940 as they were in 1935. This page also shows that Clarissa (Clarisse) was 46, didn't go pass 8th grade, was born in Iowa, & was working in her own home. Lloyd is shown as being 21 (he didn't marry until 1956), single, finished 3 years of high school, & was working as a farm laborer (I'd assume on his parent's farm.)

The other families on this census page are:

• Lines 41-45: Juel MOE & his wife Edna, a son Ernest, & 2 daughters Marcella & Eileen (Edna also happens to be my 1st cousin 3X removed)
• Lines 46-49: Joseph CARLSBORG & his wife Lillian, a daughter Arlene, & a son Lester
• Lines 50-51: John KALLESTAD & his mother Bertha
• Lines 52-54: Herschel LENON & his wife Amanda along with a son Alden
• Lines 55-56: Ida BERGE & her son Joseph
• Lines 57-62: Joseph TANGEN & his wife Cora, a son Junir Carroll, 2 daughters Iola & Iona, & his mother Pauline
• Lines 63-64: Lars A LEE & his wife Julia
• Lines 65-68: Peter ROCKSVOLD & his wife Ida, a son Derwin, & a daughter Iona
• Lines 69-70: Fletcher WHALLEN, Jr. & his wife Harriet
• Lines 71-73: Andrew JOHNSON, a co-operator named Helmer BLEGAN & Helmer's wife Hannah
• Lines 74-77: Otto DAHLEN & his wife Melia, a son Obie, & a daughter Marian