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1940 Census — Elwood S. Wesemann Household, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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State: Pennsylvania; County: Philadelphia; Incorporated place: Philadelphia; Ward: 41; Block: 28
Enumeration District: 51-1688; Supervisor's District: 5; Sheet 7A
Enumerated April 8, 1940 by James F. Weiler
Household (sheet lines 14-16; house no. 5814, dwelling 145; owned, value \$3,000)
Wesemann, Elwood S. — Head; male, white, age 38, married; attended school: no; highest grade 4 years of college [43]; born Pennsylvania; 1935: same house; occupation Office Work, Penn. Railroad; PW; 40 hours; 52 weeks; wages \$3,000; other income: no. Supplementary line: parents born Pennsylvania; language English; veteran: yes
Anna E. (circled) — Mother; female, white, age 67, widowed; attended school: no; grade 8; born Pennsylvania; same house; no occupation
PW; seeking work (col. 23 'Yes'); 30 weeks unemployed (col. 27); 18 weeks; wages \$600
Family note: same house (5814, ward 41) as William and Annie Wesemann and their son William in the 1930 census.