{"id":15817,"date":"2012-04-04T23:30:57","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T06:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=15817"},"modified":"2012-04-07T00:32:41","modified_gmt":"2012-04-07T07:32:41","slug":"the-chester-pszczolkowski-family-in-the-1940-united-states-federal-census","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/15817","title":{"rendered":"The Chester Pszczolkowski Family in the 1940 United States Federal Census"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chester Pszczolkowski, his wife Josephine Skowronski, and their family resided at 27 Yale St, Gardner, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CUS-Pszczolkowski-Chester-1940-Composite-Left.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-15818\" title=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the Pszczolkowski Family (Left)\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CUS-Pszczolkowski-Chester-1940-Composite-Left.jpg\" alt=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the Pszczolkowski Family (Left)\" width=\"520\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CUS-Pszczolkowski-Chester-1940-Composite-Left.jpg 1238w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CUS-Pszczolkowski-Chester-1940-Composite-Left-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CUS-Pszczolkowski-Chester-1940-Composite-Left-1024x827.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The 1940 US Federal Census Record for the\u00c2\u00a0Pszczolkowski Family (Left)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CUS-Pszczolkowski-Chester-1940-Composite-Right.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-15819\" title=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the Pszczolkowski Family (Right)\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CUS-Pszczolkowski-Chester-1940-Composite-Right.jpg\" alt=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the Pszczolkowski Family (Right)\" width=\"543\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CUS-Pszczolkowski-Chester-1940-Composite-Right.jpg 1294w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CUS-Pszczolkowski-Chester-1940-Composite-Right-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CUS-Pszczolkowski-Chester-1940-Composite-Right-1024x791.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The 1940 US Federal Census Record for the\u00c2\u00a0Pszczolkowski Family (Right)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 1940 U.S. Census, Worcester County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Gardner City, enumeration district (ED) 14-121, sheet 6A, household 117, Chester Pszczolkowski; digital image, Ancestry.com (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/\">http:\/\/www.ancestry.com<\/a> : accessed 04 April 2012); citing National Archives microfilm publication T627 roll 01649.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the link for a PDF copy of the 1940 US Federal Census Record for the <a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CUS-Pszczolkowski-Chester-1940-R.pdf\">Pszczolkowski Family<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The record states that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00c2\u00a0Pszczolkowskis lived at 27 Yale St, Gardner, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA on 01 April 1940, they were household 117 in order of visitation, they owned their house which was worth $1500, they lived in the same house on 01 April 1935, and they did not live on a farm<\/li>\n<li>Chester Pszczolkowski was head of household, was a white male, 52 years old, married, was not attending school, completed\u00c2\u00a07 years of school, was born in Poland, worked 40 hours during the week of March 24-30, was employed doing sanding in a chair shop, was working in private work, worked\u00c2\u00a032 weeks in 1939, earned $780, and did not earn more than $50 from sources other than wages<\/li>\n<li>Josephine Pszczolkowski provided the information for the census, she\u00c2\u00a0was Chester&#8217;s wife, was a white female,\u00a048 years old, married, was not attending school, completed\u00c2\u00a02 years of school, was born in Poland, worked\u00c2\u00a034 hours during the week of March 24-30, was employed doing sanding in a chair shop, was working in private work, worked 24 weeks in 1939, earned $520, and did not earn more than $50 from sources other than wages<\/li>\n<li>Wanda Pszczolkowski, daughter of Chester and Josephine, was a white female,\u00a029 years old, single, was not attending school, completed 3 years of high school,\u00a0was 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 doing housework, did not work in 1939, had no income, and did not earn more than $50 from sources other than wages<\/li>\n<li>Zigmond\u00c2\u00a0Pszczolkowski, son of Chester and Josephine, was a white male,\u00a024 years old, single, was attending school, completed\u00c2\u00a01 year of high school, was born in Massachusetts, was unemployed for 8 weeks prior to March 30, was not doing housework or in school, was usually a furniture finisher in a chair shop, was\u00c2\u00a0usually employed\u00c2\u00a0in private work, worked\u00c2\u00a050 weeks in 1939, earned $920, and did not earn more than $50 from sources other than wages<\/li>\n<li>Walter\u00c2\u00a0Pszczolkowski, son of Chester and Josephine, was a white male,\u00a016 years old, single, was attending school, completed\u00c2\u00a01 year of high school, was born in Massachusetts,\u00a0was 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 in school, did not work in 1939, had no income, and did not earn more than $50 from sources other than wages.<\/li>\n<li>Pola\u00c2\u00a0Pszczolkowski,\u00a0daughter of Chester and Josephine, was a white female, 12 years old, single, attending school, completed\u00c2\u00a06 years of school, and was born in Massachusetts<\/li>\n<li>Helen\u00c2\u00a0Pszczolkowski, daughter of Chester and Josephine, was a white female, 11 years old, single, attending school, completed\u00c2\u00a05 years of school, and was born in Massachusetts<\/li>\n<li>Theresa\u00c2\u00a0Pszczolkowski, daughter of Chester and Josephine, was a white female,\u00a07 years old, single, attending school, completed\u00c2\u00a01 year of school, and was born in Massachusetts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to the regular questions, Walter Pszczolkowski was subject to additional questions .\u00a0 In answer to these, Walter&#8217;s mother and father were born in Poland, the language spoken in the house was Polish, Walter was not a veteran, he had a Social Security number and\u00c2\u00a0no deductions for Federal Old-Age Insurance or Railroad Retirement were taken from his wages in 1939.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2012 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chester Pszczolkowski, his wife Josephine Skowronski, and their family resided at 27 Yale St, Gardner, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. The 1940 US Federal Census Record for the\u00c2\u00a0Pszczolkowski Family (Left) The 1940 US Federal Census Record for the\u00c2\u00a0Pszczolkowski Family (Right) SOURCE:\u00a0 1940 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/15817\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[117,133],"tags":[348],"class_list":["post-15817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pszczolkowski","category-skowronski","tag-gardner-massachusetts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pyBfX-477","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15817"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15846,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15817\/revisions\/15846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}