State: Connecticut
County: Fairfield
Incorporated Place: Shelton City
Township or Other Division of County: Shelton
Ward of city: 2 Block Nos.: [BLANK]
Unincorporated Place: [BLANK]
Institution: [BLANK]
S.D. No.: 4
E.D. No.: 1-136
Sheet No. 12 B
Enumerated by me on April 28, 1940, Malachi J Le May, Enumerator
Place of Abode
| Street, avenue, road, etc. | |
| House number (in cities or towns) | |
| Number of household, in order of visitation | 318 |
| Home owned or rented | O |
| Value of home, if owned, or monthly rental, if rented | 1100 |
| Does this family live on a farm? | No |
| The Name of each Person whose place of abode, on April 1, 1940, was in this family. | Wright Henry | Wright Ruth | Wright Ruth | Wright Henry | Wright Betty | Wright Charles | |
| Relation | Relationship of each person to the head of the family | Head | Wife | Daughter | Son | Daughter | Son |
| Personal Description | Sex | M | F | F | M | F | M |
| Color or race | W | W | W | W | W | W | |
| Age at last birthday | 41 | 41 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 3 | |
| Marital condition | M | M | S | S | S | S | |
| Education | Attended school any time since March 1, 1940 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Highest grade of school completed | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Place of Birth | Connecticut | New York | Connecticut | Connecticut | Connecticut | Connecticut | |
| Citizenship | Citizenship of the foreign born | ||||||
| Residence, April 1, 1935 | City, town or village having 2,500 or more inhabitants | Bridgeport | Bridgeport | Bridgeport | Bridgeport | Bridgeport | |
| County | Fairfield | Fairfield | Fairfield | Fairfield | Fairfield | ||
| State | Connecticut | Connecticut | Connecticut | Connecticut | Connecticut | ||
| On a farm? | |||||||
| Persons 14 years old and over - employment status | Was this person at work for pay or profit in private or nonemergency Govt. work during week of March 24-30, 1940 | No | No | ||||
| If not, was he at work on, or assigned to public Emergency Work during week of March 24-30, 1940 | Yes | No | |||||
| Was this person Seeking Work? | No | ||||||
| If not seeking work, did he have a job, business etc.? | No | ||||||
| Indicate whether engaged in home housework, in school, unable to work or other | H | ||||||
| If at private or nonemergency Government work - Number of hours worked during the week of March 24-30, 1940 | |||||||
| If seeking work or assigned to public emergency work - Duration of unemployment up to March 30, 1940 in weeks | 150 | ||||||
| Occupation
Trade, profession, or particular kind of work, as frame spinner, salesman, laborer, rivet heater, music teacher |
Night Watchman | ||||||
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Industry
Industry or business, as cotton mill, retail grocery, farm, shipyard, public school |
W.P.A | ||||||
| Class of worker | GW | ||||||
| Code | 602-V9-2 | ||||||
| Number of weeks worked in 1939 (Equivalent in full-time weeks) | 50 | 0 | |||||
| Income in 1939 - Amount of money wages or salary received | 720 | 0 | |||||
| Did this person receive income of $50 or more from sources other than money wages or salary? | No | No | |||||
Year: 1940; Census Place: Shelton, Fairfield, Connecticut; Roll: m-t0627-00498; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 1-136
Source: ancestry.com 1940 United States Federal Census