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Census 1930 Philadelphia Ward42 ED51-1231 Sheet27A Reitter Nicholas Jr 1971 Elston
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[Transcriber's note: Sheet 27A of the Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930, Population Schedule (Form 15-6), for Ward 42, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The sheet has 50 lines. This transcription gives the full header and lines 33 to 40: the Reitter household (lines 37 and 38) and the two households on either side. Lines 1 to 32 and 41 to 50 are not transcribed. A vertical paper flaw or tape runs down the middle of the sheet across lines 24 to 50 and partly obscures the place-of-birth columns.]
[Transcriber's note: HEADER]
State
Pennsylvania
County
Philadelphia
Township or other division of county
[Transcriber's note: Left blank.]
Incorporated place
Philadelphia city
Ward of city
42 ward
Block No.
276
Unincorporated place; Institution
[Transcriber's note: Left blank.]
Form 15-6. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE—BUREAU OF THE CENSUS. FIFTEENTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES: 1930. POPULATION SCHEDULE
Enumeration District No.
51-1031
Supervisor's District No.
28
Sheet No.
27 A
Enumerated by me on
April 14, 1930
Enumerator.
Raymond Schwartz [read]
[Transcriber's note: Handwritten "74" beside the sheet number and "3882" [read] after "Enumerator." The street name written vertically in column 1 beside lines 1 to 35 is "Elston Street."]
[Transcriber's note: PART 1 — COLUMNS 2 TO 17]
| Line | House no. (2) | Dwelling (3) | Family (4) | Name (5) | Relation (6) | Owned or rented (7) | Value (8) | Radio (9) | Farm? (10) | Sex (11) | Color (12) | Age (13) | Marital (14) | Age at first marriage (15) | Attended school (16) | Read and write (17) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 1975 | 502 | 503 | Geisheimer [read], William | Head | O | 5,900 | R | No | M | W | 38 | M | 35 | No | Yes |
| 34 | — , Florence | Wife-H | V | F | W | 27 | M | 24 | No | Yes | ||||||
| 35 | 1973 | 503 | 504 | Kuebler [read], Louis T. | Head | O | 5,900 | R | No | M | W | 28 | M | 26 | No | Yes |
| 36 | — , Marie | Wife-H | V | F | W | 27 | M | 25 | No | Yes | ||||||
| 37 | 1971 | 504 | 505 | Reitter, Nicholas | Head | O | 5,900 | R | No | M | W | 25 | M | 24 | No | Yes |
| 38 | — , Ruth E. | Wife-H | V | F | W | 21 | M | 20 | No | Yes | ||||||
| 39 | 1969 | 505 | 506 | Lister [read], John | Head | O | 5,900 | R | No | M | W | 39 | M | 36 | No | Yes |
| 40 | — , Gertrude | Wife-H | V | F | W | 32 | M | 29 | No | Yes |
[Transcriber's note: PART 2 — COLUMNS 18 TO 31]
| Line | Birthplace: person (18) | Father (19) | Mother (20) | Mother tongue (21) | Codes (A B C) | Citizenship (22-23) | Speaks English (24) | Occupation (25) | Industry (26) | Code (D) | Class of worker (27) | At work (28) | Veteran (30) | War (31) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 58 | Yes | Salesman | Provisions | 4590 | W | Yes | Yes | WW | ||
| 34 | Pennsylvania | Germany | Germany | 58 13 0 | Yes | Clerk | Provisions | 8390 | W | |||||
| 35 | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 58 | Yes | Salesman | Automobiles | 4589 | W | Yes | ||||
| 36 | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 58 | Yes | Hairdresser | Beauty Parlor | 8096 | E | Yes | ||||
| 37 | Pennsylvania | Germany | Germany | 58 13 0 | Yes | Mechanic | Automobiles | 7622 | W | Yes | ||||
| 38 | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 58 | Yes | None | ||||||||
| 39 | Pennsylvania | Germany | Ireland [read] | 58 13 0 | Yes | Clerk | Refrigerators | 7X28 [read] | W | Yes | Yes | WW | ||
| 40 | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 58 | Yes | None |
[Transcriber's note: A dash at the start of a name stands for "same surname as above." "V" in column 10 on the wife lines is a check mark. The codes in the A B C columns are faint Census Bureau office codes. Class of worker: W = wage or salary worker; E = employer. "WW" in column 31 = World War. The house numbers 1975 to 1969 run in descending order along Elston Street. Line 37 reads: Reitter, Nicholas, head, owns home valued at \$5,900, has a radio, not a farm, male, white, 25, married, first married at 24, did not attend school, reads and writes, born Pennsylvania, father and mother born Germany [as written], speaks English, mechanic, automobiles, wage worker, at work. Line 38: Ruth E., wife, 21, married at 20, born Pennsylvania, both parents born Pennsylvania, no occupation. The enumeration district on the sheet reads "51-1031"; the file name gives "51-1231." The second digit is a looped numeral and could be read either way.]