{"id":15940,"date":"2012-05-02T23:10:14","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T06:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=15940"},"modified":"2012-06-06T13:54:58","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T20:54:58","slug":"the-dennis-oconnor-household-in-the-1940-united-states-federal-census","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/15940","title":{"rendered":"The Dennis O&#8217;Connor Household in the 1940 United States Federal Census"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mary O&#8217;Connor (the future wife of my Uncle Ray Niedzialkowski) was enumerated in the 1940 US Federal Census with her parents, Dennis O&#8217;Connor and Hannah Tobin,\u00a0and siblings at 17 Buttonwood St, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Oconnor-Dennis-1940-Left.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-15941\" title=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the Dennis O'Connor Household (Left)\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Oconnor-Dennis-1940-Left.jpg\" alt=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the Dennis O'Connor Household (Left)\" width=\"540\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Oconnor-Dennis-1940-Left.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Oconnor-Dennis-1940-Left-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Oconnor-Dennis-1940-Left-1024x857.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The 1940 US Federal Census Record for the\u00c2\u00a0O&#8217;Connor Household (Left)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Oconnor-Dennis-1940-Right.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-15942\" title=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the Dennis O'Connor Household (Right)\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Oconnor-Dennis-1940-Right.jpg\" alt=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the Dennis O'Connor Household (Right)\" width=\"556\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Oconnor-Dennis-1940-Right.jpg 1543w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Oconnor-Dennis-1940-Right-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Oconnor-Dennis-1940-Right-1024x833.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The 1940 US Federal Census Record for the\u00c2\u00a0O&#8217;Connor Household (Right)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE: 1940 U.S. Census, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Boston, enumeration district (ED) 15-453, sheet 10B, household 191, Daniel O&#8217;Connor; digital image, Ancestry.com (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/\">http:\/\/www.ancestry.com<\/a> : accessed 02 May 2012); citing National Archives microfilm publication T627 roll 01671.<\/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\/05\/CUS-OConnor-Dennis-1940.pdf\">Dennis O&#8217;Connor Household<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The record states that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The O&#8217;Connor family lived at 17 Buttonwood St, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA on 01 April 1940, they were household\u00c2\u00a0191 in order of visitation, they owned their house which was worth $3000, lived in the same\u00c2\u00a0place (meaning that they lived in Boston, but not in the same house)\u00c2\u00a0on 01 April 1935, and did not live on a farm<\/li>\n<li>Dennis O&#8217;Connor was head of household, was a white male, 42 years old, married, was not attending school, had completed 4 years of high school, was born in Massachusetts, worked 48 hours during the week of March 24-30, worked as a wool handler for a wool company, worked in private work, worked 52 weeks in 1939, and earned $1300<\/li>\n<li>Hannah O&#8217;Connor, wife of Dennis, provided the information for the census, was a white female, 40 years old, married, was not attending school, had completed 4 years of high school, was born in Eire [Ireland], was a naturalized 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<\/li>\n<li>Mary O&#8217;Connor,\u00a0daughter of Dennis, was a white female,\u00a018 years old, single, was attending school, had completed\u00c2\u00a03 years of high school, was born in Eire [Ireland], was a naturalized citizen, did not work during the week of March 24-30, was not doing public emergency work, was seeking work, was unemployed 104 weeks prior to 30 Mar 1940, and normally worked as a sales girl in a tie store<\/li>\n<li>Catherine O&#8217;Connor, daughter of Dennis, was a white female,\u00a013 years old, single, was attending school, had completed 7 years of school, and was born in Massachusetts<\/li>\n<li>Josephine\u00c2\u00a0O&#8217;Connor, son [sic] of Dennis, was a white male [sic], 12 years old, single, was attending school, had completed\u00c2\u00a05 years of school, and was born in Massachusetts<\/li>\n<li>Francis\u00c2\u00a0O&#8217;Connor,\u00a0son of Dennis, was a white male, 11 years old, single, was attending school, had completed\u00c2\u00a03 years of school, and was born in Massachusetts<\/li>\n<li>Paul\u00c2\u00a0O&#8217;Connor,\u00a0son of Dennis, was a white male,\u00a05 years old, single, was attending school, had completed\u00c2\u00a00 years of school, and was born in Massachusetts<\/li>\n<li>Joseph\u00c2\u00a0O&#8217;Connor,\u00a0son of Dennis, was a white male, 3 years old, single, was not attending school, had completed\u00c2\u00a00 years of school, and was born in Massachusetts<\/li>\n<li>Margorie\u00c2\u00a0O&#8217;Connor, daughter of Dennis, was a white female, 1 year old, single, was not attending school, had completed\u00c2\u00a00 years of school, and was born in Massachusetts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2012 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary O&#8217;Connor (the future wife of my Uncle Ray Niedzialkowski) was enumerated in the 1940 US Federal Census with her parents, Dennis O&#8217;Connor and Hannah Tobin,\u00a0and siblings at 17 Buttonwood St, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA. 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