Where Were My Ancestors? - 1940, 1930, 1920 Census

Today I am starting a series about where my ancestors were on the various censuses. In order to answer the question, it is necessary to determine which ancestors were alive when the census was taken. At first I can look at a large pedigree chart and note the years the ancestor lived. Then if anyone was born or died in the census year, I can check the actual date of the census.

I had planned to begin with the latest one which is open for research, 1940. But as I checked my pedigree chart, I discovered that all of my ancestors who were alive in 1940 were also alive in 1930 and also in 1920. Not one of my ancestors died between 1920 and 1940. Knowing about these ancestors, I also knew that they all were living in the same County and State in 1940, 1930 and 1920, so this posting includes all those years. Tomorrow I plan to write about 1910, which has a different group of ancestors.

This map shows where my ancestors were in 1940, 1930 and 1920.

Here is chart with their names (women's maiden names), locations (County and State) and my relationship to them.

1940, 1930, 1920 Census

Name	County	State	Relationship
Lester O. Albertson	Linn	Oregon	father
Wilma A. Falk	Linn	Oregon	mother
Oran J. Albertson	Linn	Oregon	grandfather
Lucie R. Smalley	Linn	Oregon	grandmother
Julius A. Falk	Linn	Oregon	grandfather
Florence E. Bond	Linn	Oregon	grandmother
Lafayette P. Smalley	Sherman	Kansas	gt-grandfather
Rosa E. Shipman	Sherman	Kansas	gt-grandmother