Jake Hagop Shamoian (who would later marry the daughter of Oscar Yousoufian) was enumerated in the 1940 US Federal Census with his parents and siblings at 14-1/2 Elliott St, Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA.
The 1940 US Federal Census Record for the Shamoian Household (Left)
The 1940 US Federal Census Record for the Shamoian Household (Right)
SOURCE: 1940 U.S. Census, Worcester County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Worcester, enumeration district (ED) 23-52, sheet 3B, household 51, Hamazasp Shamoian; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 08 May 2012); citing National Archives microfilm publication T627 roll 01714.
Click on the link for a PDF copy of the 1940 US Federal Census Record for the Hamazasp Shamoian Household.
The record states that:
- The Shamoian family lived at 14-1/2 Elliott St, Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA on 01 April 1940, they were household 51 in order of visitation, they rented their house for $22 per month, lived in the same place (meaning that they lived in Worcester but not in the same house) on 01 April 1935, and did not live on a farm
- Hamazasp Shamoian was head of household, provided the information for the census, was a white male, 49 years old, married, was not attending school, had completed 0 years of school, was born in Turkey and was a naturalized citizen of the United States, was not working during the week of March 24-30, was doing public emergency work, was unemployed [468?] weeks prior to March 30, 1940, worked with a pick and shovel on a sewer project for the W.P.A., worked in government work, worked 52 weeks in 1939, earned $630, and earned more than $50 from sources other than wages
- Veron Shamoian, wife of Hamazasp, was a white female, 38 years old, married, was not attending school, had completed 0 years of school, was born in Turkey and was not a United States citizen, was not working the week of March 24-30, was not doing public emergency work, was not seeking work, did not have a job or business, and was doing housework, worked 0 weeks in 1939, earned $0, and did not earn more than $50 from sources other than wages
- Sarkis Shamoian, son of Hamazasp, was a white male, 15 years old, single, was attending school, had completed 10 years of school, was born in Massachusetts, was not working the week of March 24-30, was not doing public emergency work, was not seeking work, did not have a job or business, was a student, worked 0 weeks in 1939, earned $0, and did not earn more than $50 from sources other than wages
- Eddie [Harown?] Shamoian, son of Hamazasp, was a white male, 13 years old, single, was attending school, had completed 8 years of school, was born in Massachusetts, was not working the week of March 24-30, was not doing public emergency work, was not seeking work, did not have a job or business, was a student, worked 0 weeks in 1939, earned $0, and did not earn more than $50 from sources other than wages
- Hagop [Jake] Shamoian, son of Hamazasp, was a white male, 9 years old, single, was attending school, had completed 4 years of school, was born in Massachusetts, was not working the week of March 24-30, was not doing public emergency work, was not seeking work, did not have a job or business, was a student, worked 0 weeks in 1939, earned $0, and did not earn more than $50 from sources other than wages
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