{"id":16111,"date":"2012-05-30T23:30:10","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T06:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=16111"},"modified":"2012-06-06T13:45:13","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T20:45:13","slug":"the-peter-fournier-household-in-the-1940-united-states-federal-census","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/16111","title":{"rendered":"The Peter Fournier Household in the 1940 United States Federal Census"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Fournier\u00c2\u00a0was enumerated in the 1940 US Federal Census with his wife\u00c2\u00a0Lena [Michalina]\u00c2\u00a0(n\u00e9e Andruskiewicz)\u00c2\u00a0Fournier and their two children\u00c2\u00a0at 20 Methodist St, New London, New London Co., Connecticut, USA .\u00a0 Lena Fournier was the granddaughter of Antonina Izbicka.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Fournier-Peter-1940-Left.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-16112\" title=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the Peter Fournier Household (Left)\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Fournier-Peter-1940-Left.jpg\" alt=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the Peter Fournier Household (Left)\" width=\"540\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Fournier-Peter-1940-Left.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Fournier-Peter-1940-Left-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Fournier-Peter-1940-Left-1024x546.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\u00a0Fournier Household (Left)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Fournier-Peter-1940-Right.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-16113\" title=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the Peter Fournier Household (Right)\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Fournier-Peter-1940-Right.jpg\" alt=\"1940 US Federal Census Record for the Peter Fournier Household (Right)\" width=\"540\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Fournier-Peter-1940-Right.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Fournier-Peter-1940-Right-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CUS-Fournier-Peter-1940-Right-1024x546.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\u00a0Fournier Household (Right)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE: 1940 U.S. Census, New London County, Connecticut, population schedule, New London, enumeration district (ED) 6-48, sheet 63A, household 165, Peter Fournier; digital image, Ancestry.com (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/\">http:\/\/www.ancestry.com<\/a> : accessed 30 May 2012); citing National Archives microfilm publication T627 roll 00524.<\/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-Fournier-Peter-1940.pdf\">Peter Fournier Household<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The record states that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00c2\u00a0Fourniers lived at 20 Methodist St, New London, New London Co., Connecticut, USA on 01 April 1940, they were household 165 in order of visitation, they\u00c2\u00a0rented their dwelling for $17 per month, they lived in the same\u00c2\u00a0place (meaning that they lived in New London, but not in the same house)\u00c2\u00a0on 01 April 1935, and they did not live on a farm<\/li>\n<li>Peter Fournier was head of household, provided the information for the census, was a white male, 37 years old, married, was not attending school, had attended\u00c2\u00a09 years of school, was born in Connecticut, was working the week of March 24-30, worked 48 hours the week of March 24-30, 1940 as a salesman for a wholesale beer distributor, worked in private work, worked 52 weeks in 1939, earned $1820, and did not earn more than $50 from sources other than wages<\/li>\n<li>Lena Founier was the wife of Peter, was a white female,\u00a032 years old, married, was not attending school, had attended\u00c2\u00a08 years of school, was born in Connecticut, 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>Peter Fournier was the son of Peter, was a white male,\u00a011 years old, single, was attending school, had attended\u00c2\u00a04 years of school, and was born in Connecticut<\/li>\n<li>Barbara Fournier was the daughter of Peter, was a white female,\u00a03 years old, single, was not attending school, had attended\u00c2\u00a00 years of school, and was born in Connecticut<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The occupation for Peter Fournier was as a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153salesman for a wholesale beer distributor\u201d .\u00a0 His occupational code recorded in column F was 278-60-1 which is defined as:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Traveling salesmen and sales agents<\/p>\n<p>Wholesale trade<\/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>Peter Fournier\u00c2\u00a0was enumerated in the 1940 US Federal Census with his wife\u00c2\u00a0Lena [Michalina]\u00c2\u00a0(n\u00e9e Andruskiewicz)\u00c2\u00a0Fournier and their two children\u00c2\u00a0at 20 Methodist St, New London, New London Co., Connecticut, USA .\u00a0 Lena Fournier was the granddaughter of Antonina Izbicka. 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