Census

Date April 15, 1940
Place East Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Description at 442 Sumner St

Narrative

1940 Census, Ward 1 (East) Boston
April 15, 1940
renting for $24/month at 442 Sumner St

Charles Jenkins, head, 57, single, 8 years school, boiler maker, Charlestown Navy Yard, government work, no salary listed, unemployed 312 weeks, did not work the last week of March
Mary Jenkins, sister, 55, single, 6 years school, dipper, chocolate company, worked 24 hours the last week of March, worked 52 weeks last year for total of $476
Elizabeth Jenkins, sister, 53, single, 4 years high school, bookkeeper, Stov? Towels, worked 52 weeks in 1939 for a total of $936
John J. S. Jenkins, brother, 43, single, 8 years school, laborer, post office building, private work, no salary listed, unemployed 312 weeks, did not work the last week of March

Mary provided the information. All were born in Massachusetts, all lived in Boston in 1935.

Source References

  1. 1940 United States Census
      • Page: Boston, (ED) 15-50, sheet 10A, line 21, family 164
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4JX-68N : accessed 13 March 2018), Charles Jenkins, Ward 1, Boston, Boston City, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 15-50, sheet 10A, line 21, family 164, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1658.