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Name Minta Bess [Minto Bess]
Age 45
Estimated Birth Year abt 1895
Gender Female
Race White
Birthplace Texas
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Wife
Home in 1940 Bay City, Matagorda, Texas
Street Ave E
House Number 1701
Inferred Residence in 1935 Bay City, Matagorda, Texas
Residence in 1935 Bay City
Resident on farm in 1935 No
Sheet Number 6B
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed High School, 2nd year
Weeks Worked in 1939 0
Income 0
Income Other Sources No
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Arnold Bess 49 Head
Minta Bess 45 Wife
Forrest Bess 28 Son

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Bay City, Matagorda, Texas; Roll: m-t0627-04103; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 161-1

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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