Sunday, June 26, 2022

Census Sunday -- 1950 Census Record for the Walter H. Wood Household in Pendleton, South Carolina

  The 1950 United States Census record for the family of my paternal aunt, Evelyn (Seaver) Wood was found in Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina, ED 4-88, Sheet #27 (taken 21 April 1950), with no address given:

The Wood household is in lines 19-22:

The information entered for each person in this household is:

*  Line 19 - no address, dwelling #215, not a farm, not on 3+ acres

**  Line 19 - Walter H. Wood, head of household, white, male, age 56, married, born Massachusetts, worked last week, worked 60 hours, a mill superintendent, works in a woolen textile mill, a private business.

**  Line 20 - Evelyn S. Wood, wife, white, female, age 46, married, born Massachusetts, home worker, did no work last week, not looking for work, has no job.

**  Line 21 - John C. Wood, son, white, male, age 20, never married, born Massachusetts, Other work, did no work last week, not looking for work, has no job.

**  Line 22 - Walter H. Wood Jr, son, white, male, age 14, never married, born Massachusetts, Other work, did no work last week, not looking for work, has no job.

The source citation for this family is:

1950 U.S. Federal Census, Anderson County, South Carolina, Pendleton, ED 4-88, Sheet 27, Household 215, Lines 19-22, Walter H. Wood  household; indexed database with record images, U.S., National Archives, 1950 Census  (https://1950census.archives.gov/ : accessed 5 May 2022).

Evelyn (Seaver) Wood (1903-1978) was my father's sister, the second child and daughter of Frederick Walton and Alma Bessie (Richmond) Seaver. She married Walter H. Wood (1893-1966) in 1926 in Leominster, Massachusetts.  They had three children, including the two sons in this 1950 census record.

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