{"id":15971,"date":"2012-05-08T22:32:40","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T05:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=15971"},"modified":"2012-05-08T22:32:40","modified_gmt":"2012-05-09T05:32:40","slug":"the-hamazasp-shamoian-household-in-the-1940-united-states-federal-census","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/15971","title":{"rendered":"The Hamazasp Shamoian Household in the 1940 United States Federal Census"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jake Hagop Shamoian\u00c2\u00a0(who would later marry the daughter of Oscar Yousoufian) was enumerated in the 1940 US Federal Census with his parents and siblings at 14-1\/2 Elliott St, Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Shamoian-Hamazasp-1940-Left.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-15972\" title=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the Hamazasp Shamoian Household (Left)\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Shamoian-Hamazasp-1940-Left.jpg\" alt=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the Hamazasp Shamoian Household (Left)\" width=\"540\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Shamoian-Hamazasp-1940-Left.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Shamoian-Hamazasp-1940-Left-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Shamoian-Hamazasp-1940-Left-1024x545.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\u00a0Shamoian Household (Left)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Shamoian-Hamazasp-1940-Right.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-15973\" title=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the Hamazasp Shamoian Household (Right)\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Shamoian-Hamazasp-1940-Right.jpg\" alt=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the Hamazasp Shamoian Household (Right)\" width=\"540\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Shamoian-Hamazasp-1940-Right.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Shamoian-Hamazasp-1940-Right-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Shamoian-Hamazasp-1940-Right-1024x545.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 Shamoian\u00c2\u00a0Household (Right)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE: 1940 U.S. Census, Worcester County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Worcester, enumeration district (ED) 23-52, sheet 3B, household 51, Hamazasp Shamoian; digital image, Ancestry.com (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/\">http:\/\/www.ancestry.com<\/a> : accessed 08 May 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\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Shamoian-Hamazasp-1940.pdf\">Hamazasp Shamoian Household<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The record states that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00c2\u00a0Shamoian family lived at 14-1\/2 Elliott St, Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA on 01 April 1940, they were household\u00c2\u00a051 in order of visitation, they rented their house for $22 per month, lived in the same place (meaning that they lived in Worcester but not in the same house)\u00c2\u00a0on 01 April 1935, and did not live on a farm<\/li>\n<li>Hamazasp Shamoian\u00c2\u00a0was head of household, provided the information for the census, was a white male,\u00a049 years old, married, was not attending school, had completed 0 years of school, was born in\u00c2\u00a0Turkey and was a naturalized citizen of the United States, was not working during the week of March 24-30, was doing public emergency work, was unemployed [468?] weeks prior to March 30, 1940, worked with a pick and shovel on a sewer project for the W.P.A.,\u00a0worked in government work, worked 52 weeks in 1939, earned $630, and earned more than $50 from sources other than wages<\/li>\n<li>Veron Shamoian, wife of Hamazasp,\u00a0was a white female,\u00a038 years old, married, was not attending school, had completed 0 years of school, was born in\u00c2\u00a0Turkey and was not a United States 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,\u00a0worked 0 weeks in 1939, earned $0, and did not earn more than $50 from sources other than wages<\/li>\n<li>Sarkis\u00c2\u00a0Shamoian,\u00a0son of Hamazasp, was a white male,\u00a015 years old, single, was attending school, had completed 10 years of school, 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 a student, worked 0 weeks in 1939, earned $0, and did not earn more than $50 from sources other than wages<\/li>\n<li>Eddie [Harown?]\u00c2\u00a0Shamoian, son of Hamazasp, was a white male, 13 years old, single, was attending school, had 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 not seeking work, did not have a job or business, was a student, worked 0 weeks in 1939, earned $0, and did not earn more than $50 from sources other than wages<\/li>\n<li>Hagop [Jake]\u00c2\u00a0Shamoian, son of Hamazasp, was a white male,\u00a09 years old, single, was attending school, had completed\u00c2\u00a04 years of school, 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 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 style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2012 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jake Hagop Shamoian\u00c2\u00a0(who would later marry the daughter of Oscar Yousoufian) was enumerated in the 1940 US Federal Census with his parents and siblings at 14-1\/2 Elliott St, Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA. 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