1940 Census for my family in Chicago

I found the census form online, it was done on 4/19/1940. With some back and forth I used a blank form found online and entered the date as it appears on the original form. That original was a bit hard to read but below is the information contained on the hard to read form. I see that my grandmother provided the info and that their house at 7234 S. Lafayette Ave was worth $3,250 and my grandfather made $2,100 yearly, working 48 hours per week as the Superintendent of the Stockyard Post Office in Chicago.

The 2nd section of the form was not required and is reproduced here just FYI.

My mother was 18 at the time and still in high school, subsequently she joined the Marine Corp and married my father, Charles Ernest Harris, in the Camp LeJune Protestant Chapel on base, this of course is NOT on the form, just an addendum, also my great grandmother died about 1948 or 49, passing away at the house on Lafayette Ave.


Although the right side of the form is overlaid by gadgets all you need to do
for a larger image right click and open in a new window, the forms will be large 
and easy to read:

I looked up the realestate info for the house and found:

7234 S LAFAYETTE Ave CHICAGO, IL 60620
Beds: 5+  Baths: 2.0    Finished Sqft: 2,356        
Floors: 2  Lot Size: 5,841   Style: Multi-Family (5+ Unit)   
Year Built:  1909  or 1912, found different dates
Sold on 07/01/10  $200,000, Tax (2010)  $2,097   
Community: Greater Grand Crossing 

The house was completely redone inside, very modern and up to date.  When I lived there from approx. 1947 until about 1953 the 2nd floor was usually rented out and the only tenants I recall were a medical student and his wife, Charles and Peggy Marquart, he eventually moved to Phoenix and was well though of in his profession.

About 1953 the neighborhood was changing to blacks and the house was sold and me moved only about 2 blocks, to a rented 2nd floor apartment, this was a mistake as the minority population soon was moving into this area and we again moved to 7332 S. Campbell Ave, Chicago where my grandparents remained for many years in a rented 2nd floor apartment.

My mother and I ended up going to a newly constucted house at 7901 Redondo Lane, Laguna Woods, Orland Park, Ill about 1956, this was when my mother married my stepfather, Robert Norman Anderson.  My grandparents remained on Campbell Ave for years before moving to a 2nd fl rented apartment in Blue Island, Ill.

After my grandfather died my grandmother moved into a newly constructed 'mother in law' apartment with my mother.  As I recall my stepfather had died of cirosis of the liver by that time and both my grandmother and mother lived in that house until they each died in turn. 

The house was sold after my mothers death in 2002 and I received half of the proceeds, or about 80K.


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Under the Misc. Section
I found the below regarding my 'step-uncle', my stepfathers brother, their family lived across the street from us in Laguna Woods.  Robert and Hank Anderson purchased lots in the new subdivision of Laguna Woods at the same time and my stepfather substantially built the house himself, bringing in contractors as needed to do some of the work.  Hank and Shirley had their house build and moved in several years later.  I last saw them when I went up to settle my mothers estate about 2002.  Hank died five years later.

Henry E. Anderson

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Henry E. Anderson, age 84, WWII Army Veteran, beloved and devoted husband of Shirley, nee Little; loving father of Glenn (Janet), Jeffrey (Olivia) and Kent (Mary Kay); dear grandfather of Glenn Jr., Gregory, Cory, Alyssa, Ellie, Eric, Haley and great-grandfather of Conner. Visitation Friday from 3 to 9 p.m. Funeral service Saturday, 11 a.m. at Colonial Chapel, 15525 S. 73rd Ave. (155th/Wheeler Dr. & Harlem), Orland Park. Interment Chapel Hill Gardens South. Memorials to Palos Park Presbyterian Community Church or Palos Community Hospital Hospice preferred. Express your thoughts and condolences at www.colonialchapel.com 708-532-5400

Published in Chicago Tribune on June 14, 2007