Chapter I

Who had the radio?

November 2, 2026 · Census reading · Past records

1930 U.S. Census, Lake Mills City, Second Ward, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, ED 28-22, sheet 12B, enumerated April 12, 1930Today
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PLACE OF ABODE: 1 Street | 2 House number | 3 Dwelling | 4 Family | 5 NAME | 6 RELATION | HOME DATA: 7 Home owned or rented | 8 Value of home, if owned, or monthly rental, if rented | 9 Radio set | 10 Does this family live on a farm? | PERSONAL DESCRIPTION: 11 Sex | 12 Color or race | 13 Age at last birthday | 14 Marital condition | 15 Age at first marriage | EDUCATION: 16 Attended school | 17 Able to read and write
314 | 333 | 357 | Doubleday Minnie | Head H | O | 3500 | R | No | F | W | 64 | Wd | 25 | no | yes
Joel | Uncle | | | | | M | W | 89 | S | | no | yes
Neal | Son | | | | | M | W | 25 | S | | yes | yes
316 | 334 | 358 | Bare William M | Head | O | 3000 | | No | M | W | [illegible] | M | 26 | no | yes
Bertha | Wife H | | | | | F | W | 66 | M | 28 | no | yes
107 | 335 | 359 | Finger Carl | Head | O | 4000 | R | No | M | W | 84 | M | 28 | no | yes
Wilhemina | Wife H | | | | | F | W | 74 | M | 17 | no | yes
Roland | Son | | | | | M | W | 29 | S | | no | yes
Source: 15th census, population, 1930 [microform], reel 2576, Wisconsin: Jefferson and Kewaunee Counties (Internet Archive 15thcensus2576unit), image n402, U.S. Bureau of the Census; microfilm by National Archives and Records Administration, digitized by Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Public domain.
Column 9 of the 1930 census asked about one new piece of household equipment. Which of these three households did NOT have it?

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