FAMILY HISTORY: MADDEN
THE FAMILY OF WILLIAM P & FLORENCE MAE KARNS
CENSUS INFORMATION:
| William P (Madden) Karns and Florence Mae Bell were married in 1944, when both would have been in their early 30s. At the time of the 1940 Census, William was 29 years old and still living with his adoptive parents in Oil City. Florence Mae Bell was 28 years old and living with her parents on a small farm in Cherrytree: |
| 1940 CENSUS OF OIL CITY, VENANGO COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA: | |||||||
| NAME: | RELATION: | RACE: | SEX: | AGE: | STATUS: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
| William I Karns | Head | White | M | 74 | Married | Laborer, Refinery | Pennsylvania |
| Mary A Karns | Wife | White | F | 67 | Married | - | Pennsylvania |
| William P Karns | Son | White | M | 29 | Single | Watchman, Brewery | Pennsylvania |
| 1: | Living at 101 Union Street, Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania. |
| 2: | William and Mary Ann Karns owned their home, which was valued at $950. |
| 3: | The highest grade of school completed for William P (Madden) Karns was 8th grade. William Irvin and Mary Ann each completed the 5th grade. |
| 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, no one in this household was asked the additional questions. |
| 1940 CENSUS OF CHERRYTREE TOWNSHIP, VENANGO COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA: | |||||||
| NAME: | RELATION: | RACE: | SEX: | AGE: | STATUS: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
| Charles A Bell | Head | White | M | 64 | Married | Farmer | Pennsylvania |
| Edith Bell | Wife | White | F | 60 | Married | Housewife | Pennsylvania |
| Florence Mae Bell | Daughter | White | F | 28 | Single | Housekeeper | Pennsylvania |
| 1: | Living on a farm off of Route 8, Cherrytree Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania. |
| 2: | Charles and Edith owned their home, which was valued at $1000. |
| 3: | The highest grade of school completed by Charles was 7th grade, while Edith and Florence each completed the 8th grade. |
| 4: | Edith was asked the Supplementary Questions, and answered that her parents were born in Pennsylvania, English was spoken at home during her childhood, and that she was a housewife in the farming industry. She either didn't answer or wasn't asked the questions regarding her marriage and children. |
| 5: | The above information is taken from scanned images at http://1940census.archives.gov. |