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Name Marylla Benston
Respondent Yes
Age 63
Estimated Birth Year abt 1877
Gender Female
Race Negro (Black)
Birthplace Maryland
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Head
Home in 1940 Somerset, Maryland
Street Road Leading To Kingston
Inferred Residence in 1935 Kingston, Manokin, Westover, Somerset, Maryland
Sheet Number 4B
House Owned or Rented Rented
3
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 6th grade
Weeks Worked in 1939 0
Income 0
Income Other Sources No
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Marylla Benston 63 Head
Etter Mae Benston 20 Daughter
John Benston 15 Son
Virginia Braston 11 Daughter
Thelma Braston 2 Granddaughter
Frances Braston 8/12 Granddaughter

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Somerset, Maryland; Roll: m-t0627-01560; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 20-20

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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