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Name Betty Can [Betty Carr]
Age 23
Estimated Birth Year abt 1917
Gender Female
Race White
Birthplace North Carolina
Marital Status Divorced
Relation to Head of House Housekeeper
Home in 1940 New London, Chester, Pennsylvania
Street 15015
Inferred Residence in 1935 Jennersville, Chester, Pennsylvania
Residence in 1935 Jennersville, Chester, Pennsylvania
Resident on farm in 1935 Yes
Sheet Number 7A
Occupation Housekeeper
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 4th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census 80
Class of Worker Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939 52
Income 144
Income Other Sources Yes
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Bryan Shepherd 35 Head
Gloria Shepherd 9 Daughter
Georgia Shepherd 7 Daughter
Jame Shepherd 4 Son
Betty Can 23 Housekeeper
Joan Can 2 Housekeeper's Daughter

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: New London, Chester, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03465; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 15-55

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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