In 1930 she, Hubert, their five children, and her mother lived in a house they owned at 719 O Street in Bedford, IN. Their home was valued at $3500, and they had a radio. He worked operating a milling machine at a stone mill.
In 1940 she, her husband, their three youngest children, and her mother--70-year-old Ola Corbin, shown only as their housekeeper--lived there. Their home was valued at only $1200 after the Great depression. Hubert still worked at the same job, with an income in 1939 of $320 for eight weeks of work. Edith worked as a clerk in a retail department store, with an income in 1939 of $220 for 22 weeks of work, and Owen worked as an attendant at a gasoline filling station, with an income in 1939 of $175 for 22 weeks of work.
In 1930 she, Hubert, their five children, and her mother lived in a house they owned at 719 O Street in Bedford, IN. Their home was valued at $3500, and they had a radio. He worked operating a milling machine at a stone mill.
In 1940 she, her husband, their three youngest children, and her mother--70-year-old Ola Corbin, shown only as their housekeeper--lived there. Their home was valued at only $1200 after the Great depression. Hubert still worked at the same job, with an income in 1939 of $320 for eight weeks of work. Edith worked as a clerk in a retail department store, with an income in 1939 of $220 for 22 weeks of work, and Owen worked as an attendant at a gasoline filling station, with an income in 1939 of $175 for 22 weeks of work.
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