Bennie [Bernard] Andruskiewicz [Andruszkiewicz] was enumerated in the 1940 US Federal Census with his wife Alice [Aleksandra] (née Sokołowska) Andruskiewicz at 40 Carpenter St, Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut, USA .  Bennie was the son of Józef Andruszkiewicz and Antonina Izbicka.
The 1940 US Federal Census Record for the Andruskiewicz Household (Left)
The 1940 US Federal Census Record for the Andruskiewicz Household (Right)
SOURCE: 1940 U.S. Census, New London County, Connecticut, population schedule, Norwich, enumeration district (ED) 6-83, sheet 8A, household 133, Bennie Andruskiewicz; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 May 2012); citing National Archives microfilm publication T627 roll 00525.
Click on the link for a PDF copy of the 1940 US Federal Census Record for the Bennie Andruskiewicz Household.
The record states that:
- The Andruskiewiczes lived at 40 Carpenter St, Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut, USA on 01 April 1940, they were household 133 in order of visitation, they owned their dwelling which was worth $1200, they lived in the same house on 01 April 1935, and they did not live on a farm
- Bennie Andruskiewicz was head of household, was a white male, 55 years old, married, was not attending school, had attended 0 years of school, was born in Poland and was not a US citizen, was working the week of March 24-30, worked 44 hours the week of March 24-30, 1940 as a laborer in a wholesale grain company, worked in private work, worked 52 weeks in 1939, earned $832, and did not earn more than $50 from sources other than wages
-  Alice Andruskiewicz was the wife of Bennie, provided the information for the census, was a white female, 51 years old, married, was not attending school, had attended 0 years of school, was born in Poland and was not a US 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, was doing housework, worked 0 weeks in 1939, earned $0, and did not earn more than $50 from sources other than wages
- John Andruskiewicz was the son of Bennie, was a white male, 22 years old, single, was not attending school, had attended 7 years of school, was born in Connecticut, was working the week of March 24-30, worked 32 hours the week of March 24-30, 1940 as a laborer in a cotton textile mill, worked in private work, worked 26 weeks in 1939, earned $390, and did not earn more than $50 from sources other than wages
- Helen Andruskiewicz was the daughter of Bennie, was a white female, 18 years old, single, was attending school, had attended 2 years of high school, was born in Connecticut, was not working the week of March 24-30, was not doing public emergency work, and did not earn more than $50 from sources other than wages
- Albert Andruskiewicz was the son of Bennie, was a white male, 13 years old, single, was attending school, had attended 4 years of school, and was born in Connecticut
Supplementary questions were asked about Albert . His father and mother were born in Poland, his mother tongue was Polish, his father was not a veteran, his father had not served in the military, he did not have a Social Security Number, and Social Security deductions were not taken from his pay
The occupation for Bennie Andruskiewicz was as a “laborer for a wholesale grain company” . His occupational code recorded in column F was 988-X4-1 which is defined as:
Laborers (not elsewhere classified)
Grain-mill products
Wage or salary worker in private work (PW)
The occupation for John Andruskiewicz was as a “laborer in a cotton textile mill” . His occupational code recorded in column F was 988-X8-1 which is defined as:
Laborers (not elsewhere classified)
Cotton manufactures
Wage or salary worker in private work (PW)
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