In 1910 he and his widowed sister, Lottie Thompson, lived in a house they owned, mortgage free, on Pittsburgh Street in Springdale, PA. He worked as a nurseryman at a nursery and she did sewing for a private family.
In 1920 he and Lottie and 69-year-old Lavina Metsker--who was shown as their aunt, but was really a first cousin of their father--lived there. He worked as a laborer at a nursery.
In 1930 the three of them lived in a house they owned at 407 Pittsburgh Street in Springdale. (Someone in the family should know if they had lived there all along.) Their home was valued at $15,000 and they did not have a radio. He worked as a nurseryman at a fruit nursery. His first cousin William Bigley and his family lived next door at 417.
In 1940 he lived in an apartment he was renting for $12 a month at 1529 Brighton Place in Pittsburgh, PA. He worked as a tree surgeon for WPA Park Maintenance, with an income in 1939 of $464 for 12 weeks of work.
In 1910 he and his widowed sister, Lottie Thompson, lived in a house they owned, mortgage free, on Pittsburgh Street in Springdale, PA. He worked as a nurseryman at a nursery and she did sewing for a private family.
In 1920 he and Lottie and 69-year-old Lavina Metsker--who was shown as their aunt, but was really a first cousin of their father--lived there. He worked as a laborer at a nursery.
In 1930 the three of them lived in a house they owned at 407 Pittsburgh Street in Springdale. (Someone in the family should know if they had lived there all along.) Their home was valued at $15,000 and they did not have a radio. He worked as a nurseryman at a fruit nursery. His first cousin William Bigley and his family lived next door at 417.
In 1940 he lived in an apartment he was renting for $12 a month at 1529 Brighton Place in Pittsburgh, PA. He worked as a tree surgeon for WPA Park Maintenance, with an income in 1939 of $464 for 12 weeks of work.
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