The Blair Mertes household at 46 Rivoli Street in the 25th Ward of San Francisco:
The extracted information for this household:
* S. Blair Mertes - owns home, value of home is $6,000, head of household, male, white, age 39, married, not in school, completed 9th grade of high school, born in California, resided in same place in 1935, was at work during week of March 24-30, worked 40 hours during week of March 24-30, occupation was Pressman, industry is Commercial Printing, a paid worker, worked 52 weeks in 1939, earned $2,900 in 1939.
* Muriel S. Mertes - wife, provided household information, female, white, age 31, married, not in school, completed 9th grade of high school, born in California, resided in same place in 1935, did not work during week of March 24-30, engaged in housework, no occupation, worked 0 weeks in 1939, did not receive over $50 in income during 1939.
* Jean M. Mertes - daughter, female, white, age 6, single, attends school, completed 0 years of school, born in California, resided in same place in 1935.
* Edna C. Schaffner - mother-in-law, female, white, age 55, widowed, not in school, completed grade 8, born in California, resided in same house in 1935, did not work during week of March 24-30, unable to work, worked 0 weeks in 1939, did not receive over $50 in income during 1939.
The source citation for this record is:
1940 United States Census, San Francisco County, California, population schedule, San Francisco Ward 25, ED 38-361, Page 7B, Household #183, S. Blair Mertes household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 December 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T-627, Roll 311.
Edna C. (McKnew) Schaffner is my wife's maternal grandmother, and the mother of Muriel Jean (Schaffner) Mertes. The Blair Mertes family resided with Edna Schaffner for the rest of her life. Jean M. Mertes is my wife's first cousin. Edna's husband, Paul C. Schaffner, died in 1934. The census record indicates that Blair Mertes owned the house. I don't think that is correct but I don't know for sure.
The family resided in 46 Rivoli Street in the Haight-Ashbury section of San Francisco. My wife has many fond memories of the house and visiting her grandmother, aunt, uncle and cousin over her childhood and teenage years.
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