In 1900 he, his mother, step-father, two siblings, and his maternal grandfather lived in a place they were renting in Newark, OH. His step-father and grandfather both worked as laborers.
In 1910 he lived with his maternal grandfather and his second wife in Pike Township, Coshocton County, OH.
In 1920 he and his brother lived with their sister and her husband in a house they owned, with a mortgage, in Ward 16 in Columbus, OH. His brother-in-law worked as a shipping clerk for a harvester company, his brother worked for a cement company, and he worked as a moulder at an iron and steel works. Between 1920 and 1930 he got married to Helen Palmer Giebner, had two children, and got divorced.
In 1930 he and his brother and their father lived in a house they were renting for $25 a month at 487 West Third Avenue in Columbus, OH. They did not have a radio. He and Ross both worked as moulders of mining equipment.
In 1940 he and Ross lived in the same house--their rent was just $20 a month after the Great Depression. They both worked for Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, Ross as a core setter and he as an iron moulder. Ross had an income in 1939 of $1200 for 40 weeks of work, and he of $1300 for 30 weeks of work.
(The Jeffrey Manufacturing Co. was a massive complex off North Fourth Street that sprawled over multiple acres and in its heyday employed between 4,000 and 5,000 people. The Jeffrey family retained control of the company for 97 years until the mining operations were sold in 1974.)
In 1900 he, his mother, step-father, two siblings, and his maternal grandfather lived in a place they were renting in Newark, OH. His step-father and grandfather both worked as laborers.
In 1910 he lived with his maternal grandfather and his second wife in Pike Township, Coshocton County, OH.
In 1920 he and his brother lived with their sister and her husband in a house they owned, with a mortgage, in Ward 16 in Columbus, OH. His brother-in-law worked as a shipping clerk for a harvester company, his brother worked for a cement company, and he worked as a moulder at an iron and steel works. Between 1920 and 1930 he got married to Helen Palmer Giebner, had two children, and got divorced.
In 1930 he and his brother and their father lived in a house they were renting for $25 a month at 487 West Third Avenue in Columbus, OH. They did not have a radio. He and Ross both worked as moulders of mining equipment.
In 1940 he and Ross lived in the same house--their rent was just $20 a month after the Great Depression. They both worked for Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, Ross as a core setter and he as an iron moulder. Ross had an income in 1939 of $1200 for 40 weeks of work, and he of $1300 for 30 weeks of work.
(The Jeffrey Manufacturing Co. was a massive complex off North Fourth Street that sprawled over multiple acres and in its heyday employed between 4,000 and 5,000 people. The Jeffrey family retained control of the company for 97 years until the mining operations were sold in 1974.)
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