{"id":15947,"date":"2012-05-05T19:55:06","date_gmt":"2012-05-06T02:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=15947"},"modified":"2012-05-05T19:55:31","modified_gmt":"2012-05-06T02:55:31","slug":"the-george-mcginn-household-in-the-1940-united-states-federal-census","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/15947","title":{"rendered":"The George McGinn Household in the 1940 United States Federal Census"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My aunt Bertha Danko was enumerated in the 1940 US Federal Census with her husband George McGinn and their two children at\u00c2\u00a0178 Moen St,\u00a0Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-McGinn-George-1940-Left.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-15948\" title=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the George McGinn Household (Left)\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-McGinn-George-1940-Left.jpg\" alt=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the George McGinn Household (Left)\" width=\"540\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-McGinn-George-1940-Left.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-McGinn-George-1940-Left-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-McGinn-George-1940-Left-1024x506.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\u00a0McGinn Household (Left)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-McGinn-George-1940-Right.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-15949\" title=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the George McGinn Household (Right)\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-McGinn-George-1940-Right.jpg\" alt=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the George McGinn Household (Right)\" width=\"541\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-McGinn-George-1940-Right.jpg 1501w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-McGinn-George-1940-Right-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-McGinn-George-1940-Right-1024x506.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The 1940 US Federal Census Record for the McGinn Household (Right)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE: 1940 U.S. Census, Worcester County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Worcester, enumeration district (ED) 23-45, sheet 9A, household 178, George McGinn; digital image, Ancestry.com (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/\">http:\/\/www.ancestry.com<\/a> : accessed\u00c2\u00a005 May\u00c2\u00a02012); 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\/05\/CUS-McGinn-George-1940.pdf\">George McGinn Household<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The record states that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00c2\u00a0McGinn family lived at 178 Moen St, Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA on 01 April 1940, they were household 30 in order of visitation, they rented their house for $30 per month, lived in the same\u00c2\u00a0place on 01 April 1935 (meaning that they lived in Worcester, but not the same house), and did not live on a farm<\/li>\n<li>George McGinn was head of household, was a white male,\u00a031 years old, married, was not attending school, had completed 1 year of college, was born in Canada-English,\u00a0was working\u00c2\u00a0during the week of March 24-30 as a night watchman for a retail department store, worked in private work, worked 52 weeks in 1939, earned $1290, and did not earn more than $50 from sources other than wages<\/li>\n<li>Bertha McGinn, wife of George, provided the information for the census, was a white female,\u00a024 years old, married, was not attending school, had completed\u00c2\u00a08 years of\u00c2\u00a0school, 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 doing housework, worked 0 weeks in 1939, earned $0, and did not earn more than $50 from sources other than wages<\/li>\n<li>Marguerite McGinn, daughter of George, was a white female, 3 years old, single, was not attending school, had completed 0 years of school, and was born in Massachusetts<\/li>\n<li>Geraldine\u00c2\u00a0McGinn, daughter of George, was a white female,\u00a01 year old, single, was not attending school, had completed 0 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. 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