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Name Alta Bemis
Age 48
Estimated Birth Year abt 1892
Gender Female
Race White
Birthplace Iowa
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Wife
Home in 1940 Auburn, Fayette, Iowa
Inferred Residence in 1935 Rural, Fayette, Iowa
Residence in 1935 Rural, Fayette, Iowa
Resident on farm in 1935 Yes
Sheet Number 11A
Father's Birthplace Illinois
Mother's Birthplace Iowa
Woman Marriages No
Woman Age at First Marriage 21
4
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 8th grade
Weeks Worked in 1939 0
Income 0
Income Other Sources No
Native Language English
Veteran No
Social Security Number No
Usual Occupation House Keeping
Usual Industry At Home
Usual Class of Worker Unpaid family worker
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Walter Bemis 50 Head
Alta Bemis 48 Wife
Raymond Bemis 25 Son
Virgie Bemis 22 Daughter
Russel Bemis 20 Son
Phylis Bemis 17 Daughter

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Auburn, Fayette, Iowa; Roll: m-t0627-01160; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 33-2

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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