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Name B Janet Best
Age 56 [54]
Estimated Birth Year abt 1884 [abt 1886]
Gender Female
Race White
Birthplace Tennessee
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Wife
Home in 1940 Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia
Street 28 Street
Inferred Residence in 1935 Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia
Residence in 1935 Washington
Sheet Number 8B
Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace New York
Occupation Office Manager
Woman Marriages No
Woman Age at First Marriage 23
1
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 8th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census 39
Class of Worker Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939 52
Income 2500
Income Other Sources No
Native Language English
Veteran No
Veteran Father Dead No
Social Security Number No
Usual Occupation Clerical
Usual Industry None
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Royal P Best 61 Head
B Janet Best 56 Wife

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia; Roll: m-t0627-00562; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 1-280A

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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