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Document: One page of the 1920 U.S. Census, Fourteenth Census—Population, Philadelphia, Ward 42, Enumeration District 1045, Sheet 5B (scanned sideways). The Wesemann household is on lines 79–84, at 5715 [N. 4th St.].
Language: English
Transcription conventions: on printed forms, pre-printed text is set in roman and handwritten entries in \italic\; wholly handwritten registers and lists are set in roman. Square brackets mark editorial matter: [?] follows an uncertain reading, [illegible] marks unread text, [blank] marks an unfilled field, and bracketed descriptions record stamps, marks, and annotations. Spelling, abbreviation, and capitalisation follow the original; nothing is corrected. On census and register pages that carry many unrelated entries, the page heading and the target household or entry are transcribed in full; the extent of what is and is not transcribed is stated on each page.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE—BUREAU OF THE CENSUS. FOURTEENTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES: 1920—POPULATION. [Printed at top:] 8—187 [D1-376]
State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Township or other division of county [blank] Name of incorporated place Philadelphia City Name of institution [blank]
Supervisor’s District No. 1 Enumeration District No. 1045 Sheet No. 5 B Ward of city 42nd [Written at right:] 6451
Enumerated by me on the 10th & 12th day of January, 1920. William H. Lukens, Enumerator.
[Street name written vertically in left margin beside lines 75-79:] 4th St.
| Line | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 |
| House no. | 5715 | |||||
| Dwelling | 113 | |||||
| Family | 116 | |||||
| Name | Wesemann, George W. | —— Mary M. | —— Ruth E. | —— Naomi C. | —— Foster G. | —— Elmer |
| Relation | Head | Wife | Daughter | Daughter | Son | Son |
| Owned/rented | O | |||||
| Free/mtg. | M | |||||
| Sex | M | F | F | F | M | M |
| Race | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Age | 43 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 2/12 |
| Marital | M | M | S | S | S | S |
| School | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Read | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Write | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| Father b. | Prussia Ger. | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| Father tongue | German | |||||
| Mother b. | Prussia Ger. | Prussia Ger. | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| Mother tongue | German | German | ||||
| English | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Occupation | Hat Finisher | none | none | none | none | none |
| Industry | Hat Factory | |||||
| Class | W |
[Other columns blank for these lines. Numbers written by census coders in the code columns are omitted. Other households on the page are not transcribed.]
Transcriber’s notes
George’s parents are both given as born in Prussia, German-speaking. Earlier records place his father in the Duchy of Brunswick (1866 marriage; 1870 census) and his mother in Württemberg. “Prussia” is probably the 1920 informant’s generalisation for Germany and is not evidence of Prussian origin.
Mary’s mother is also given as Prussia; Caroline Weiss was from Ochsenburg, Württemberg.
The children’s ages fit the family Bible: Ruth (Dec. 1908), Naomi (Oct. 1911), Foster (Nov. 1913), Elmer (Nov. 1918).
Grade: PRIMARY.