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Census sheet 8A

Short, Benjamin

Boston City · line 5 · household 23
Line 5
Street 38
House # 181Second reading: 151
HH # 23Second reading: (blank)
Own/Rent R
Value/Rent (blank)Second reading: 23
Farm? No
Name Short, Benjamin
Given Benjamin
Surname Short
Relation head
Sex M
Race Neg
Age 43
Marital M
School No
Grade 7Second reading: 9
Birthplace VirginiaSecond reading: Georgia
Citizenship 78Second reading: (blank)
1935 City Same place
1935 County (blank)
1935 State (blank)
1935 Farm? (blank)Second reading: No
At work Yes
Emerg. work No
Seeking No
Has job YesSecond reading: No
Status (blank)
Hours 42Second reading: (blank)
Unemp. wks (blank)Second reading: 489
Occupation cookSecond reading: Boiler maker
Industry Railway
Class PW
Wks 1939 52Second reading: 47
Wages $ 1200Second reading: 1600
Other inc. No
Father b. (blank)
Mother b. (blank)
Mother tongue (blank)
Veteran (blank)
Usual occ. (blank)
Usual ind. (blank)
1940 U.S. census, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, population schedule, ED 15-349, sheet 8A, line 5 View on the original sheet Compare the two readings