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Name Nels Benston
Age 70
Estimated Birth Year abt 1870
Gender Male
Race White
Birthplace Sweden
Marital Status Widowed
Relation to Head of House Head
Home in 1940 Trinidad, Las Animas, Colorado
Street West Baca
House Number 414
Farm No
Inferred Residence in 1935 Trinidad, Las Animas, Colorado
Residence in 1935 Trinidad
Citizenship Naturalized
Sheet Number 3B
Number of Household in Order of Visitation 73
Occupation Salesman
House Owned or Rented Owned
1100
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 8th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census 48
Class of Worker Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939 52
Income 2394
Income Other Sources Yes
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Nels Benston 70 Head
Margareta Hawkins 70 Sister-in-law

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Trinidad, Las Animas, Colorado; Roll: m-t0627-00468; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 36-47

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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