FAMILY HISTORY: MADDEN

THE FAMILY OF WILLIAM MESSIAH GREENFIELD

FIRST MARRIAGE, CENSUS INFORMATION:

 

At the time of the 1910 Census, William Messiah Greenfield was 24 years old, single, and living with his widowed mother in Mercer, Pennsylvania. He married Myrtle R Simpson in about 1911 and by 1920:

 

1920 CENSUS OF MERCER BOROUGH, MERCER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA:
NAME: RELATION: RACE: SEX: AGE: STATUS: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
William Greenfield Head White M 34 Married Car Repairer Pennsylvania
Myrtle Greenfield Wife White F 27 Married None Pennsylvania
William Greenfield Son White M 7 Single None Pennsylvania
Leslie Greenfield Son White M 5 Single None Pennsylvania
Theodore Greenfield Son White M 2 mos Single None Pennsylvania
NOTES:
1: Living on Grant Street, Mercer, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
2: William's full occupation was listed as Car Repairer in R.R. (Rail Road) Shops.
3: The census also records that William and Myrtle could read and write, and that the older two boys could read but not write. The space for showing people who were attending school was left blank for the boys and I suspect this to have been an error.
4: William's father was shown as having been born in Pennsylvania and his mother in Scotland, but earlier census records show the opposite. The 1930 Census (below) records that both of his parents were born in Pennsylvania.
5: The above information is taken from scanned images at www.ancestry.co.uk.

 

1930 CENSUS OF GREENVILLE BOROUGH, MERCER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA:
NAME: RELATION: RACE: SEX: AGE: STATUS: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
William Greenfield Head White M 48 Married Car Repairer Pennsylvania
Myrtle Greenfield Wife White F 28 Married None Pennsylvania
William A Greenfield Son White M 18 Single Laborer Pennsylvania
Leslie E Greenfield Son White M 16 Single Electrician Pennsylvania
Theodore W Greenfield Son White M 10 Single None Pennsylvania
Marvin E Greenfield Son White M 8 Single None Pennsylvania
NOTES:
1: Living at 107 North Second Street, Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
2: William owned his home, which was valued at $4500 in 1930. This would be they family home until at least about 2007, when his youngest son David Lee Greenfield was still being listed at that address.
3: William's full occupation was listed as Car Repairer - Steam Railroad, the younger William was a labourer in a Boiler Shop, and Leslie was an Electrician in a Radio Shop.
4: All of the family could read and write except Marvin, who, with his brother Theodore, was attending school.
5: The above information is taken from scanned images at www.ancestry.co.uk.

 

1940 CENSUS OF GREENVILLE BOROUGH, MERCER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA:
NAME: RELATION: RACE: SEX: AGE: STATUS: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
William E. Greenfield Head White M 62 Widower Car Inspector Pennsylvania
1: Living at 107 Second Street North, Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
2: Although listed as a widower, William was actually divorced. His first wife outlived him by 20 years.
3: William owned his home, which was valued at $2350. His future second wife, Marie Lineman, was living a few houses along at number 114.
4: The 1940 census schedules recorded information differently than previous censuses. Instead of recording the birthplace of each persons' parents they chose to select certain individuals to record 'Supplementary Questions'. In this case, that was William, whose father were listed as born in Pennsylvania. However, the Census Enumerator did not fill the form in correctly and the space for the mother's birthplace contained "English", the answer to the next question, 'Language spoken in home in earliest childhood'.
5: The Supplementary Questions also show that William was not a veteran, had a Social Security Number, and worked as a Car Inspector at Bessemer - The Bessemer and Lake Erie Rail Road.
6: The above information is taken from scanned images at http://1940census.archives.gov.

 

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