The 1940 Census - Bess and Jane Greenwell

1940 US Census - Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon

This census shows three generations of Greenwell family living together.  Dollie Chitwood Greenwell was widowed in 1923 and never remarried.  It is interesting that Bess, Mildred, and Lucinda (Jane) all have H-4 educations, while their sister Amy has an 8th grade education and brother Homer, a 7th grade education.  Amy is employed as a stenographer for a sawyer's office, Homer as an auto mechanic for a trucking firm, and Mildred as a seed packer for a seed company.  Interestingly Jane does not list an occupation nor does married sister, Amy Greenwell Grant.     

The 1940 Census - Clair Waning

1940 US Census - Unity, Waldo County, ME

Harry Waning had two son - Elwood with whom he was living in the 1940 census, and Clair.  This page shows the Clair Waning family as Household #127.  Clair appears a bit better off financially than his brother.  He too is a high school graduate and carpenter by occupation.  Clair owns his home valued at $1000. 

The 1940 Census - Elwood and Harry Waning

1940 US Census - Unity, Waldo County, ME

Household #137 shows three generations of the Waning Family.  Widower Harry Waning, age 64 was another of Billy Waning's cousins.  Harry has an 8th grade education while is truck driving son, Elwood, is a high school graduate.  The family rents their home for $8 a month.

The 1940 Census - Ralph and Evelyn Waning

1940 US Census - Unity, Waldo County, ME

At the bottom of the page Ralph Waning is living with his widowed mother, Faustina Whitaker Waning.  Ralph's father, John Morris Waning was a cousin to Billy Waning.  Ralph has a high school education and is a farmer.

1940 US Census - Unity, Waldo County, ME

The top of the page has the family of Evelyn Waning Whitney, Ralph's newly married sister.  While she has a high school education, her husband as an 8th grade education and is employed as a Laborer - Odd Jobs.  Must have been tight times for this young family.  They are renting their home - paying $5 a month.

The 1940 Census - Ella McAdam Caufield

1940 US Census - Fairview District, Tillamook County, OR

The Caufield family is living on a dairy farm worth $900 outside of Tillamook, OR.  Jack Caufield reported 2 years of high school education.  Waldo 3 years of college, and Joe 6 years - interestingly there is no educational information reported for Ella McAdam Caufield, though she did attend Normal School.

Waldo's occupation: Whey Condensery

The 1940 Census - Sophie Ingvalson McAdam

1940 US Census - Blooming Prairie, Steele County, MN

Household #103 (middle of the page) shows the Robert McAdam's widow, Sophie Ingvalson McAdam living with her brother Albert and a grand-niece.  Sophie is 58 years old and attended three years of high school. 

The 1940 Census - James Monroe Upton Family

1940 US Census - Pittsfield, Warren County, PA

Amazingly James Monroe Upton and his wife, Nellie Carter Upton were both still living when the 1940 census was enumerated.  They own a farm worth $5000.  James has a 6th grade education, and his wife an 8th grade education.  Also in the household are son Robert, daughter-in-law Mildred, grandson James, and a farmhand/lodger Wilbert Thompson.

Easter 1957

Connie, Tiny, Sandie, and Barbara

The 1940 Census - The Tom McAdam Family

1940 US Census, Hayfield Township, Dodge County, MN

Take a look at Household #57.  Thomas McAdam reported his family's information to the Census Taker.  He has a 7th grade education, his wife an 8th grade education, while son Robert, a rural school teacher, has one year of college.  There is one hired hand living with them.  They own the farm, but strangely there is no value noted for it.  

The 1940 Census - Otto and Elsie Upton

1940 US Census - Springfield, Lane County, Oregon

The Upton Family is in the middle of the page - Household #54.

They are recorded as living at 503 5th Street.  They own their home valued at $5000.  Elsie has an "x" by her name - she provided the family's information to the Census Enumerator.  Elsie and Otto are recorded as having a 8th grade education, V'Ona age 21 as 4 years of college, and Ellen age 16 as 4 years of high school.  The census also notes that 5 years earlier the famiy resided in Dexter, Oregon.  Otto is listed as a logging contractor and V'Ona as a book- keeper for a bank.

The 1940 US Census - Willard and Janet Waning

1940 US Census - Lost Creek Valley Precinct, Lane County, Oregon

Willard and Janet Waning are Household #93 near the bottom of the page.  Click on the photo for a 'bigger view".  Note Janet's name transcribed as Jeanette - a clue on how it was pronounced.  Willard has an 8th grade education, Janet is listed as a High School Graduate. The Dexter Ranch is valued at $5,000 - in a couple more years the Wanings would pay off the mortgage.  

The 1940 US Census - Jim and Margaret Waning

Page 1 census for Walterville, Lane County, Oregon

Margaret and Jim Waning are Household #11 near the bottom of the page.

Note that Household #8 and Household #12 also have members who work for the Upton Logging Company.

Click on photo for a "bigger, easier to see view".

The question is: Where is Barbara Ann?

Here she is at the bottom of the page!  She's enumerated three pages after her parents with a note that she "belongs" to Household #11.