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1940 US Federal Census Data Randolph
Data extracted by DMJ consultants (2020)

Name	date of birth	place of birth	marriage status	relation to head of household	address	occupation	industry	residence in 1935	highest grade	days worked in prior year	income in prior year
Lena Bartler	1864	Russia	Widowed	Head	7 Pleasant St			Rural, Rural, Russia	none	0	0
Phillip Levine	1877	Russia	M	Head	21 Kinderbrook Street	Junk Dealer	not recorded	Regan, Rural, Russia	Elementary School, 7th grade	52	0
Celia Levine	1880	Russia	M	Wife	21 Kinderbrook Street			Regan, Rural, Russia	Elementary School, 6th grade	0	0
Charles Levine	1904	Maine	S	Son	21 Kinderbrook Street	Sales-Man	New Paper Co.	Randolph, Kennebec, Maine	High School , 4th year	20	200
Benjamin H. Levine	1912	Maine	S	Son	21 Kinderbrook Street	SalesMan	Bailey's Café Lunch Room	Skowhegan, Somerset, Maine	High School , 4th year	51	700
Pauline S. Levine	1917	Maine	S	Daughter	21 Kinderbrook Street			Randolph, Kennebec, Maine	High School , 4th year	0	0
Martin F. King	1889	Maine	M	Head	Pleasant Street starts here	Laborer	Construction bldg.	Portland, Cumberland, Maine	Elementary School, 7th grade	40	700
Rebecca King	1893	Russia	M	Wife	Pleasant Street starts here	Stitcher	Shoe factory	Rural, Rural, Russia	Elementary School, 8th grade	40	400
Frank P. Goldberg	1867	Russia	M	Head	66 Kinderbrook Street			Rural, Russia	Elementary School, 6th grade	0	0
Sophia Goldberg	1871/72	Russia	M	Wife	66 Kinderbrook Street			Rural, Russia	Elementary School, 5th grade	0	0
George Goldberg	1894	Maine	S	Son	66 Kinderbrook Street	Auto Parts	not recorded	Randolph, Kennebec, Maine	High School , 1st year	52	20

Methodological notes :


	This data was culled from the original U.S. census manuscripts, as found on www.ancestry.com. Jews are understood to constitute an ethnic group of Eastern and Central European origin characterized by common names and occupational pursuits, as well as a distinctive language. This definition lends itself well to analysis of the data preserved in census records.
	Two primary methods were used to identify Jews:
	1. Individuals born abroad whose mother tongue is "Yiddish," "Jewish," or "Hebrew" were automatically included in the spreadsheet, as were all members of their families.
	2. For individuals born abroad whose mother tongue was another Eastern or Central European language (e.g., Russian, Polish, German), or individuals born in the U.S. with one or more parents from Eastern or Central Europe, we examined surnames, given names within a household, and occupations in light of common Jewish characteristics. This method of analysis is, of course, subject to inaccuracy, as we may have excluded Jews with uncommon names or occupations or included non-Jews whose characteristics appear Jewish. Individuals listed with the annotation "nj?" in the far right-hand column are those whose Jewish ancestry is plausible but questionable.
	This method of analysis easily misses Jewish households whose members' parents were all born in the United States. In 1930 Maine, however, such households were quite rare. Special efforts were made to identify households of this nature in Portland, where they constituted less than 1% of identified Jewish households.
	All members of a household containing a Jew are included in the spreadsheet, with the exception of Jewish lodgers and servants, who are listed individually. Household members who are evidently not Jewish (such as non-Jewish servants and some spouses or in-laws) are listed with the annotation "nj."
	Information on place of birth
	Some people replied with the name of the place when they left; others replied with the name of place when the census was taken; in other cases it just seems that it was easier for the census taker to write ‘Russia’ rather than Lithuania, Ukraine or other unfamiliar country names.
	And there is another reason to be skeptical of the accuracy of the place of birth information. Immigrants from the Pale had a very justified fear of the Russian and often local governments. One way to manage this reality was to tell government representatives what they expected they wanted to hear or what they thought would bring them the least trouble. This may well explain why a number of family members, who were clearly from Eastern Europe, may have answered ‘Maine’ or ‘New York’.

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