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Name Oscar Christenson [Oscar Christianson] []
Age 56
Estimated Birth Year abt 1884
Gender Male
Race White
Birthplace Norway
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Head
Home in 1940 Sparta, Chippewa, Minnesota
Farm No
Inferred Residence in 1935 Sparta, Chippewa, Minnesota
Residence in 1935 Sparta
Resident on farm in 1935 No
Citizenship Naturalized
Sheet Number 9A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation 151
Occupation Carpenter
Industry Construction WPA Proj
House Owned or Rented Rented
10
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 8th grade
Duration of Unemployment 63
Class of Worker Wage or salary worker in Government work
Weeks Worked in 1939 48
Income 666
Income Other Sources No
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Oscar Christenson 56 Head
Anna M Christenson 48 Wife
Ralph O Wait 42 Son-in-law
Myrtle L Wait 23 Daughter
Jacqulien Wait 3/12 Granddaughter

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Sparta, Chippewa, Minnesota; Roll: m-t0627-01913; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 12-22

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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