The Census
By jeand
The story of a enumerator for the 1940 census in Jamestown ND, with another story within relating to various murders of and by my relatives.
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The Census - 1
119 2 nd St NE Jamestown, North Dakota March 15, 1940 Dear Clara, I am so excited I have to write this down right away. Here I am, aged 62, Nan...
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March 29, 1940 Dear Clara, We had our meeting all day today regarding our enumerator jobs. Only five of us are women, and I already feel that I will...
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April 1st Dear Clara I've started my job. It was a lot slower than I expected it to be, and I only went to about 20 houses. But I did it. I thought I...
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April 3, 1940 Dear Clara, I will write a much shorter, less detailed letter today, telling you about the rest of yesterday and what happened today. I...
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The Census - 5 - The President
April 5 th, Dear Clara My prize for most interesting people of the day goes to Barend and Nettie Kroeze. He is 70, born in Holland, Michigan and the...
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Census - 6 (my relatives)
April 15 Dear Clara, I had the most interesting interview today that I couldn't wait to write to you about it. I went to this quite big corner house...
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April 17, 1940 Dear Clara, After my excitement with the Polish lady yesterday, all these people I am visiting seem very boring indeed. I will...
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The Census - 8 More about the Suchlas
April 21, 1940 Dear Clara, My work is finally over thanks goodness. Iam enjoying my free days, but as I was still very curious about Mrs. Suchla's...
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April 30, 1940 Dear Clara, I told Martha I would be happy to go back on my own, but truth be told, I was shaking in my boots the next week. I...
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The census 10 - caught
May 5, 1940 Dear Clara, Well I have had another exciting day at Susie's house, and I hope you are as anxious to hear about it as I am to tell you. I...
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The Census - 11 - Albert
May 15, 1940 Dear Clara I wondered if there would be any more to write about Susie Suchla, my new friend, since her daughter caught me there. I think...
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The Census - 12 The Still
May 22, 1940 Dear Clara, This may well be the last chapter of my story about the Suchla murder, but I learned something very interesting in my visit...
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The Census - 13 - The Recipe and Epilogue
June 2, 1940 Dear Clara, Here is a copy of the recipe for Susie's homemade wine/alcohol. I won't try it now, but shall when we get back to the...
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