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1940 census page for Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio, showing Paul E Armstrong, wife Lola L, and children Irma, Rose, Shirley, James, and Linda in the same household on 13 April 1940.
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1940 Census Page for Paul E Armstrong Household
1940 census page for Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio, showing Paul E Armstrong, wife Lola L, and children Irma, Rose, Shirley, James, and Linda in the same household on 13 April 1940.
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- census year
- 1940
- household location
- Bowling Green, Plain Township, Wood County, Ohio, USA
- principal name as recorded
- Paul E Armstrong
- wife name as recorded
- Lola L
- residence
- Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio, USA
- paul role
- Head
- paul age
- 33
- paul marital status
- Married
- paul birthplace
- Ohio
- paul occupation
- Laborer
- paul industry
- Road construction
- wife role
- Wife
- wife age
- 31
- wife marital status
- Married
- wife birthplace
- Ohio
- irma name as recorded
- Irma
- irma role
- Daughter
- irma age
- 13
- rose name as recorded
- Rose
- rose role
- Daughter
- rose age
- 12
- shirley name as recorded
- Shirley
- shirley role
- Daughter
- shirley age
- 10
- james name as recorded
- James
- james role
- Son
- james age
- 6
- linda name as recorded
- Linda
- linda role
- Daughter
- linda age
- 1
Enumeration
- Census year
- 1940
- Household location
- Bowling Green, Plain Township, Wood County, Ohio, USA
Household summary
- Wife Name As Recorded
- Lola L
- Residence
- Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio, USA
Other details
- Principal Name As Recorded
- Paul E Armstrong
- Paul Role
- Head
- Paul Age
- 33
- Paul Marital Status
- Married
- Paul Birthplace
- Ohio
- Paul Occupation
- Laborer
- Paul Industry
- Road construction
- Wife Role
- Wife
- Wife Age
- 31
- Wife Marital Status
- Married
- Wife Birthplace
- Ohio
- Irma Name As Recorded
- Irma
- Irma Role
- Daughter
- Irma Age
- 13
- Rose Name As Recorded
- Rose
- Rose Role
- Daughter
- Rose Age
- 12
- Shirley Name As Recorded
- Shirley
- Shirley Role
- Daughter
- Shirley Age
- 10
- James Name As Recorded
- James
- James Role
- Son
- James Age
- 6
- Linda Name As Recorded
- Linda
- Linda Role
- Daughter
- Linda Age
- 1
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- Manual transcription created from the image-backed census page because local OCR tools were unavailable.
- The home-data columns at the far left are present but not fully legible enough in this copy to normalize every value with confidence.
- Paul's occupation reads clearly as laborer and the industry appears to read road construction.
- The 1935 residence columns appear to place the household in Wood County, Ohio, but the first locality field is hard to read and is not normalized more specifically.
- School-attendance and grade-completed marks are visible for the children, but not all figures are clear enough in this copy to transcribe confidently.
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1940 United States census State: Ohio County: Wood Incorporated place: Bowling Green Ward of city: 4th Township or other division of county: Plain Township Supervisor's district: 13 Enumeration district: 87-13 Sheet: 8-A Enumeration date: 13 April 1940 Armstrong household Line 32: Paul E Armstrong, head, male, white, age 33, married, born Ohio, occupation laborer, industry road construction. Line 33: Lola L Armstrong, wife, female, white, age 31, married, born Ohio. Line 34: Irma Armstrong, daughter, female, white, age 13, single, born Ohio. Line 35: Rose Armstrong, daughter, female, white, age 12, single, born Ohio. Line 36: Shirley Armstrong, daughter, female, white, age 10, single, born Ohio. Line 37: James Armstrong, son, male, white, age 6, single, born Ohio. Line 38: Linda Armstrong, daughter, female, white, age 1, single, born Ohio. Notes: - The leftmost home-data fields are present but not fully legible enough here to transcribe every value confidently. - The 1935 residence columns appear to place the household in Wood County, Ohio, but the first locality field is hard to read in this copy. - School-attendance and grade-completed marks are visible but not all figures are clear enough to transcribe confidently.
Place
Where this record belongs
- county
- Wood
- place
- Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio, USA
Details
Record details
- census year
- 1940
- incorporated place
- Bowling Green
- ward
- 4th
- township or division
- Plain Township
- sheet number
- 8-A
- sheet side
- A
- enumeration district
- 87-13
- supervisor district
- 13
- enumeration date
- 13 April 1940
- pages
- 1
Notes
Research notes
- Re-ingested from Transcript-14.pdf on 22 April 2026; FamilySearch citation added; archive PDFs refreshed.
- Entered as an Armstrong household source only; surrounding households on the same page were not normalized.
- Treat this census as authoritative for household composition and residence on 13 April 1940, but not as more specific than other records for exact birth details.
- Accepted by user direction on 29 April 2026; no canonical person relationship updates were made from this acceptance.
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