{"id":15838,"date":"2012-04-06T23:30:25","date_gmt":"2012-04-07T06:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=15838"},"modified":"2012-06-04T12:56:12","modified_gmt":"2012-06-04T19:56:12","slug":"the-michael-danko-family-in-the-1940-united-states-federal-census","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/15838","title":{"rendered":"The Michael Danko Family in the 1940 United States Federal Census"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Danko, Marianna Dziurzynska, and their family resided at 15 Henchman St, Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CUS-Danko-Michael-1940-Composite-Left.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-15841\" title=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the Danko Family (Left)\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CUS-Danko-Michael-1940-Composite-Left.jpg\" alt=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the Danko Family (Left)\" width=\"528\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CUS-Danko-Michael-1940-Composite-Left.jpg 1257w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CUS-Danko-Michael-1940-Composite-Left-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CUS-Danko-Michael-1940-Composite-Left-1024x814.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The 1940 US Federal Census Record for the Danko Family (Left)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CUS-Danko-Michael-1940-Composite-Right.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-15842\" title=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the Danko Family (Right)\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CUS-Danko-Michael-1940-Composite-Right.jpg\" alt=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the Danko Family (Right)\" width=\"550\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CUS-Danko-Michael-1940-Composite-Right.jpg 1310w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CUS-Danko-Michael-1940-Composite-Right-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CUS-Danko-Michael-1940-Composite-Right-1024x781.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The 1940 US Federal Census Record for the Danko Family (Right)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 1940 U.S. Census, Worcester County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Worcester, enumeration district (ED) 23-45, sheet 7A, household 135, Michael Danko; digital image, Ancestry.com (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/\">http:\/\/www.ancestry.com<\/a> : accessed 06 April 2012); citing National Archives microfilm publication T627 roll 01714.<\/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-Danko-Michael-1940-R.pdf\">Danko Household<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The record states that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00c2\u00a0Dankos lived at 15 Henchman St, Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA on 01 April 1940, they were household 135 in order of visitation, they paid $22 a month in rent, they lived in the same house on 01 April 1935, and they did not live on a farm<\/li>\n<li>Michael Danko was head of household, was a white male,\u00a064 years old, married, was not attending school, completed\u00c2\u00a03 years of\u00c2\u00a0school, was born in Poland, was not a US citizen, worked\u00c2\u00a032 hours during the week of March 24-30, was employed as a wire drawer in a steel mill, was working in private work, worked\u00c2\u00a035 weeks in 1939, earned $680, and did not earn more than $50 from sources other than wages<\/li>\n<li>Mary Danko, wife of Michael, was a white female,\u00a061 years old, married, was not attending school, completed\u00c2\u00a04 years of school, was born in Poland, 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, and was doing housework, worked 0 weeks in 1939, earned $0, and did not earn more than $50 from sources other than wages<\/li>\n<li>Michael Danko provided the information for the census, he was the son of Michael and Mary,\u00a0was a white male,\u00a026 years old, single, was not attending school, completed\u00c2\u00a08 years of school, was born in Massachusetts, was unemployed for 14 weeks prior to March 30, was not doing public emergency work, was seeking work, was normally employed as a car builder in the Pullman Car industry, was normally working in private work, worked\u00c2\u00a026 weeks in 1939, earned $540, and did not earn more than $50 from sources other than wages<\/li>\n<li>Mary Danko, daughter of Michael and Mary, was a white female, 22 years old, single, was not attending school, completed 8 years of school, was born in Massachusetts, was unemployed for\u00c2\u00a038 weeks prior to March 30, was not doing public emergency work, was seeking work, was normally employed as a wool [specker?] in a textile mill, was normally working in private work, worked\u00c2\u00a08 weeks in 1939, earned $60, and did not earn more than $50 from sources other than wages<\/li>\n<li>Joseph\u00c2\u00a0Danko, son of Michael and Mary, was a white male,\u00a020 years old, single, was not attending school, completed\u00c2\u00a02 years of high school, was born in Massachusetts, worked\u00c2\u00a040 hours during the week of March 24-30, was employed as a machinist in a gear factory, was working in private work, worked\u00c2\u00a022 weeks in 1939, earned $380, and did not earn more than $50 from sources other than wages<\/li>\n<li>Helen\u00c2\u00a0Danko,\u00a0daughter of Michael and Mary, was a white female,\u00a018 years old, single, was not attending school, completed\u00c2\u00a08 years of school, was born in Massachusetts, was not working the week of March 24-30, was not doing public emergency work, was seeking work, was a new worker, worked 0 weeks in 1939, earned $0, and did not earn more than $50 from sources other than wages, worked 22 weeks in 1939, earned $380, and did not earn more than $50 from sources other than wages<\/li>\n<li>Francis\u00c2\u00a0Danko,\u00a0son of Michael and Mary, was a white male, 16 years old, single, was attending school, completed 8 years of school, was born in Massachusetts, was not working the week of March 24-30, 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, was a student, worked 0 weeks in 1939, earned $0, and did not earn more than $50 from sources other than wages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to the regular questions, Francis Danko (my father) was subject to additional questions .\u00a0 In answer to these, his father and mother were born in Poland, the language spoken in the house was Polish, he did not have a deceased veteran father, he\u00c2\u00a0did not have\u00c2\u00a0a Social Security number, no deductions for Federal Old-Age Insurance or Railroad Retirement were taken from his wages in 1939, his usual occupation was student, and his usual class of worker was student.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2012 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Danko, Marianna Dziurzynska, and their family resided at 15 Henchman St, Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. The 1940 US Federal Census Record for the Danko Family (Left) The 1940 US Federal Census Record for the Danko Family (Right) SOURCE:\u00a0 1940 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/15838\">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":[30,35],"tags":[251],"class_list":["post-15838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-danko","category-dziurzynski","tag-worcester-massachusetts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pyBfX-47s","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15838","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=15838"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16123,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15838\/revisions\/16123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}