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Name Howard Benshoof
Age 20
Estimated Birth Year abt 1920
Gender Male
Race White
Birthplace South Dakota
Marital Status Single
Relation to Head of House Brother
Home in 1940 Ortonville, Big Stone, Minnesota
Street Second Street
Inferred Residence in 1935 Ortonville, Big Stone, Minnesota
Residence in 1935 Ortonville
Resident on farm in 1935 No
Sheet Number 1B
Father's Birthplace Iowa
Mother's Birthplace Minnesota
Occupation Car Repairer
Industry Salvage Car Shop
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 8th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census 40
Class of Worker Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939 26
Income 100
Income Other Sources No
Native Language English
Social Security Number No
Usual Occupation Car Repairer
Usual Industry Garage
Usual Class of Worker Wage or salary worker in private work
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
William Benshoof 28 Head
Mabel Benshoof 26 Wife
Robert Benshoof 4 Son
Louis Benshoof 2 Son
Howard Benshoof 20 Brother

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Ortonville, Big Stone, Minnesota; Roll: m-t0627-01907; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 6-17A

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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