{"id":16019,"date":"2012-05-14T23:05:42","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T06:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=16019"},"modified":"2012-06-06T13:50:11","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T20:50:11","slug":"the-henry-vanamburgh-household-in-the-1940-united-states-federal-census","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/16019","title":{"rendered":"The Henry VanAmburgh Household in the 1940 United States Federal Census"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Henry VanAmburgh\u00c2\u00a0and his wife\u00c2\u00a0Florence (n\u00e9e Lather)\u00c2\u00a0VanAmburgh were enumerated in the 1940 US Federal Census with their\u00c2\u00a0daughter at 730 Clinton Ave, Albany, Albany Co., New York .\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Florence was the great grandaunt of my Lather cousins.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-VanAmburgh-Henry-1940-Left.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-16020\" title=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the Henry VanAmburgh Household (Left)\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-VanAmburgh-Henry-1940-Left.jpg\" alt=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the Henry VanAmburgh Household (Left)\" width=\"540\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-VanAmburgh-Henry-1940-Left.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-VanAmburgh-Henry-1940-Left-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-VanAmburgh-Henry-1940-Left-1024x514.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 VanAmburgh Household (Left)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-VanAmburgh-Henry-1940-Right.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-16021\" title=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the Henry VanAmburgh Household (Right)\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-VanAmburgh-Henry-1940-Right.jpg\" alt=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the Henry VanAmburgh Household (Right)\" width=\"540\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-VanAmburgh-Henry-1940-Right.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-VanAmburgh-Henry-1940-Right-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-VanAmburgh-Henry-1940-Right-1024x514.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 VanAmburgh Household (Right)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE: 1940 U.S. Census, Albany County, New York, population schedule, Albany, enumeration district (ED) 63-142, sheet 11B, household 139, Henry VanAmburgh; digital image, Ancestry.com (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/\">http:\/\/www.ancestry.com<\/a> : accessed 14 May 2012); citing National Archives microfilm publication T627 roll 02822.<\/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-VanAmburgh-Henry-1940.pdf\">Henry VanAmburgh Household<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The record states that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00c2\u00a0VanAmburghs lived at\u00c2\u00a0730 Clinton Ave, Albany, Albany Co., New York, USA on 01 April 1940, they were household 139 in order of visitation, they rented their dwelling for $25 per month, they lived in the same\u00c2\u00a0house on 01 April 1935, and they did not live on a farm<\/li>\n<li>Henry L. VanAmburgh provided the information for the census, he\u00c2\u00a0was head of household, was a white male,\u00a040 years old, married, was not attending school, had completed 8 years of school, was born in New York, was working the week of March 24-30, worked\u00c2\u00a048 hours the week of March 24-30, 1940 as assistant foreman on the railroad, worked in private work, worked\u00c2\u00a052 weeks in 1939, earned $2822, and\u00c2\u00a0did not earn\u00c2\u00a0more than $50 from sources other than wages<\/li>\n<li>Florence VanAmburgh, the wife of Henry,\u00a0was a white female,\u00a039 years old, married, was not attending school, had completed 8 years of 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, worked 0 weeks in 1939, earned $0, and did not earn more than $50 from sources other than wages<\/li>\n<li>Henry VanAmburgh, the son of\u00c2\u00a0Henry, was a white male,\u00a013 years old, single, was attending school, had completed\u00c2\u00a07 years of\u00c2\u00a0school, and was born in New York<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The occupation for Henry was \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Assistant Foreman, Railroad\u201d .\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 His occupational code recorded in column F was\u00c2\u00a0316-47-1 which is defined as:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Foremen (not elsewhere classified)<\/p>\n<p>Railroads (includes railroad repair shops)<\/p>\n<p>Wage or salary worker in private work (PW)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2012 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henry VanAmburgh\u00c2\u00a0and his wife\u00c2\u00a0Florence (n\u00e9e Lather)\u00c2\u00a0VanAmburgh were enumerated in the 1940 US Federal Census with their\u00c2\u00a0daughter at 730 Clinton Ave, Albany, Albany Co., New York .\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Florence was the great grandaunt of my Lather cousins. 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