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Census Record William Branchide Household Philadelphia 1930 ED 51-945

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Record type: Census Records
Source: FamilySearch "United States, Census, 1930", Philadelphia Ward 33, ED 51-945, sheet 1A, lines 1 to 7 (record ark 1:1:XHWZ-G28; image 570 of 1,077, film-image set ark 3:1:33SQ-GRZH-7TL), read on the image (header, names, birthplaces, occupations, citizenship columns). Searches run first: David Wassell Davis, born 1910 (412 fuzzy results; first rows unrelated); Harriet Branchide, born 1878 to 1882, Philadelphia (1 unrelated row, "Hattie Branch", born Virginia); Thelma Davis, born 1911 to 1913, Philadelphia, mother Harriet (1 result, the record above).
Language: English
Result: Found for three of the four Davis children living in 1930. David Wassell Davis not found (negative).

People in this record

David Wassell Davis William Branchide William J. Branchide Lucinda M. Myers William Burton Branchide

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Transcript and translation

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The record

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Transcription

Header: State "Pennsylvania", County "Philadelphia", incorporated place "Philadelphia City", Ward of city "33", Block No. "202"; Enumeration District "51-945", Supervisor's District "28", Sheet "1 A"; "Enumerated by me on April 2, 1930, James W. Stevens". Street "Erie Ave", house number "200", dwelling 1, family 1.

1\. "Branshibe [Branchite?] William", Head, R (rented), value "90", radio "R", farm "No", M, W, age 56, M, age at first marriage 25, school "No", reads/writes "yes"; born Pennsylvania, father Pennsylvania, mother Pennsylvania; Laborer, Steel mill, W, working "yes", veteran "No".

2\. "Harriette", Wife-H, F, W, 50, M, first marriage at "26", "No", "yes"; born England, father England, mother England; language "English"; year of immigration "1900"; naturalization "Na"; speaks English "yes"; occupation "None".

3\. "B. William", Son, M, W, age "22" (a first figure written over), S; born Pennsylvania, father Pennsylvania, mother England [?]; Laborer, Farm tools, working "yes", veteran "No".

4\. "Pearl", Daughter, F, W, 9, S, school "yes", reads "yes"; Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, England; occupation "None".

5\. "Davis Thelma", Boarder, F, W, 17, S, school "yes"; Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Ohio [?]; "None".

6\. "Winifred", Boarder, F, W, 16, S, school "yes"; Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Ohio [?]; "None".

7\. "Gladyes", Boarder, F, W, 15, S, school "yes"; Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Ohio [?]; "None".

Plain reading

On 2 April 1930 William Branchide (56), a steel-mill laborer, rented 200 Erie Avenue, Philadelphia (Ward 33), for \$90 a month. With him were his wife Harriet (50, born England, immigrated 1900), a 22-year-old son "B. William", their daughter Pearl (9), and three boarders: Thelma (17), Winifred (16) and Gladys (15) Davis, the three Davis daughters of Harriet's first marriage, here listed as boarders rather than stepchildren. The enumerator wrote the three girls' mother's birthplace as Ohio.

Notes

PROBABLE that the girls are Harriet's children (three Davis girls in her household, ages and given names fit; the relationship is not stated on the sheet).

Pearl's mother is entered England and "B. William's" mother England. The Ohio entry looks like an enumerator error for boarders or an answer from the girls themselves; it is carried as a query. (3) The relation of the three girls to the head is "Boarder" on the sheet; the book's text calls them Harriet's children and the Branchide stepchildren (Chapter 9). Both stand until read against another record. (4) Line 3, "B. William": age "22" born about 1908, mother England. William J. Branchide's known children with Lucinda Myers (Verda, b. 1913; Clifford H., marriage 1924) do not include a William B.; the entry may be a son by Lucy (mother entered England in error), or a given-name abbreviation. Not resolved.