You are probably aware that the 1940 US Census was released this month. I knew the Church is involved in indexing the information (and have done some of that indexing myself). But today I read an article about searching the original documents and tried it with success! Peoa is a pretty small place; its residents are listed on 8 census sheets. I found both Ione and Fred and their families with little effort. So cool to see them listed as children.
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| The 1940 Population of Peoa is listed as 263. |
See the
Peoa Census Schedule here. The Stembridge family is on Page 1A, along with Jessie Stevens and Mrs. Neel. Abraham and Mary Marchant are on the bottom of Page 1B, but Fred is on the next page (2A). You can follow the progression of the census taker, going from Woodenshoe to the store, including Glenn and Afton Walker and Dell and Velma Marchant. It's pretty fun to take a look.
