{"id":15996,"date":"2012-05-11T23:30:16","date_gmt":"2012-05-12T06:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=15996"},"modified":"2012-06-06T13:51:19","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T20:51:19","slug":"the-august-lather-household-in-the-1940-united-states-federal-census","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/15996","title":{"rendered":"The August Lather Household in the 1940 United States Federal Census"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>August\u00c2\u00a0Lather and his wife\u00c2\u00a0Margaret May\u00c2\u00a0(n\u00e9e Hart) Lather were enumerated in the 1940 US Federal Census with their children at 6 New Scotland Ave, Albany, Albany Co., New York .\u00a0 August was the great granduncle of my Lather cousins.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Lather-August-1940-Left.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-15998\" title=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the August Lather Household (Left)\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Lather-August-1940-Left.jpg\" alt=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the August Lather Household (Left)\" width=\"540\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Lather-August-1940-Left.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Lather-August-1940-Left-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Lather-August-1940-Left-1024x538.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The 1940 US Federal Census Record for the\u00c2\u00a0Lather Household (Left)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Lather-August-1940-Right.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-15999\" title=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the August Lather Household (Right)\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Lather-August-1940-Right.jpg\" alt=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the August Lather Household (Right)\" width=\"553\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Lather-August-1940-Right.jpg 1535w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Lather-August-1940-Right-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Lather-August-1940-Right-1024x526.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The 1940 US Federal Census Record for the\u00c2\u00a0Lather Household (Right)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE: 1940 U.S. Census, Albany County, New York, population schedule, Albany, enumeration district (ED) 63-113, sheet 5A, household 116, August Lather; digital image, Ancestry.com (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/\">http:\/\/www.ancestry.com<\/a> : accessed 11 May 2012); citing National Archives microfilm publication T627 roll 02821.<\/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-Lather-August-1940.pdf\">August Lather Household<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The record states that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Lathers lived at 6 New Scotland Ave, Albany, Albany Co., New York, USA on 01 April 1940, they were household\u00c2\u00a0116 in order of visitation, they rented their dwelling for $25 per month, they lived in the same house on 01 April 1935, and they did not live on a farm<\/li>\n<li>August Lather was head of household, was a white male, 38 years old, married, was not attending school, had completed\u00c2\u00a08 years of school, was born in New York, was working the week of March 24-30, worked 48 hours the week of March 24-30, 1940 as a butcher in his own business, worked on his own account, worked 52 weeks in 1939, earned $1400, and did\u00c2\u00a0not earn\u00c2\u00a0more than $50 from sources other than wages<\/li>\n<li>Margaret\u00c2\u00a0Lather, the wife of August,\u00a0was a white female,\u00a039 years old, married, was not attending school, had completed 1 year of high school, was born in New York, 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, her occupation was housekeeper in her own home working as an unpaid family worker,\u00a0worked 0 weeks in 1939, earned $0, and did not earn more than $50 from sources other than wages<\/li>\n<li>Jack Lather was August&#8217;s son, was a white male,\u00a011 years old, single, was not attending school, had completed\u00c2\u00a06 years of school, and was born in New York<\/li>\n<li>Lois Lather was\u00c2\u00a0August&#8217;s daughter, was a white female,\u00a08 years old, single, was attending school, had completed\u00c2\u00a02 years of school, and was born in New York<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2012 by Stephen J. 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