William E. Belford (1915 - 1996)

Born 1 Mar 1915 in , Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Died 18 Jun 1996 at age 81 in Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: William E. /Belford/

Given Name: William E.

Surname: Belford^[2][3]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1 Mar 1915

Place: , , Connecticut, United States^[4][5][6][7]

Death

Death:

Date: 18 Jun 1996

Place: Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States^[8][9]

Census

Census:

Date: 1 Apr 1930

Place: Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States^[10]

Census:

Date: 1 Apr 1940

Place: Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States^[11]

User ID

User ID: 7B95F2C8FFBB4DB3818740E0B47846DEFC54

Data Changed

Data Changed:

Date: 21 Jun 2014

Time: 22:34

Prior to import, this record was last changed 22:34 21 Jun 2014.

Marriage

Husband: William E. Belford

Wife: Marie Collins UNKNOWN

Marriage: ^[12][13]

Child: @I1052@

Child: @I1053@

Child: @I1057@

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Date: 21 Jun 2014

Time: 22:21

Husband: William Henry Belford

Wife: Catherine Elwood

Marriage:

Date: 29 Jul 1907

Place: Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States^[14][15][16]

Child: Margaret M. Belford

Child: William E. Belford

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Date: 21 Jun 2014

Time: 22:30

Sources

1. ↑ Belford-59 was created by Henry Knoth through the import of HKJK-2014-11-23.ged on Nov 23, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S465 Page: accessed 21 Jun 2014), William E. Belford death 18 Jun 1996, age 81 years, spouse Marie; citing Connecticut, Department of Health. Quality or Certainty of Data: 2
3. ↑ Source: #S413 Page: T627, roll 497, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, enumeration district (ED) 1-86, sheet 8A, household 139, John H. Murphy household, accessed 23 Sep 2012 Quality or Certainty of Data: 0 Object: Format: jpg File: K:\Henry\Documents\GenealogyMaster\PrimarySources\Census\BelfordWilliamH1940Census.jpg Scrapbook: Y Primary or Preferred: Y Type: PHOTO
4. ↑ Source: #S173 Page: accessed; 23 September 2012; William E. Bedford; 043-05-5670; before 1951 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
5. ↑ Source: #S414 Page: T626, roll 258, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, enumeration district (ED) 149, sheet 10A, dwelling 218, family 361, John Murphy household, accessed 23 Sep 2012 Quality or Certainty of Data: 0 Object: Format: jpg File: K:\Henry\Documents\GenealogyMaster\PrimarySources\Census\BelfordWilliamH1930Census.jpg Scrapbook: Y Primary or Preferred: Y Type: PHOTO
6. ↑ Source: #S465 Page: accessed 21 Jun 2014), William E. Belford death 18 Jun 1996, age 81 years, spouse Marie; citing Connecticut, Department of Health. Quality or Certainty of Data: 2
7. ↑ Source: #S413 Page: T627, roll 497, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, enumeration district (ED) 1-86, sheet 8A, household 139, John H. Murphy household, accessed 23 Sep 2012 Quality or Certainty of Data: 0 Object: Format: jpg File: K:\Henry\Documents\GenealogyMaster\PrimarySources\Census\BelfordWilliamH1940Census.jpg Scrapbook: Y Primary or Preferred: Y Type: PHOTO
8. ↑ Source: #S173 Page: accessed; 23 September 2012; William E. Bedford; 043-05-5670; before 1951 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
9. ↑ Source: #S465 Page: accessed 21 Jun 2014), William E. Belford death 18 Jun 1996, age 81 years, spouse Marie; citing Connecticut, Department of Health. Quality or Certainty of Data: 2
10. ↑ Source: #S414 Page: T626, roll 258, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, enumeration district (ED) 149, sheet 10A, dwelling 218, family 361, John Murphy household, accessed 23 Sep 2012 Quality or Certainty of Data: 0 Object: Format: jpg File: K:\Henry\Documents\GenealogyMaster\PrimarySources\Census\BelfordWilliamH1930Census.jpg Scrapbook: Y Primary or Preferred: Y Type: PHOTO
11. ↑ Source: #S413 Page: T627, roll 497, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, enumeration district (ED) 1-86, sheet 8A, household 139, John H. Murphy household, accessed 23 Sep 2012 Quality or Certainty of Data: 0 Object: Format: jpg File: K:\Henry\Documents\GenealogyMaster\PrimarySources\Census\BelfordWilliamH1940Census.jpg Scrapbook: Y Primary or Preferred: Y Type: PHOTO
12. ↑ Source: #S214 Page: Marie C. Belford obituary; 4 May 2010 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 Object: Format: jpg File: K:\Henry\Documents\GenealogyMaster\PrimarySources\Obituaries\CollinsMarieObit.jpg Scrapbook: Y Primary or Preferred: Y Type: PHOTO
13. ↑ Source: #S465 Page: accessed 21 Jun 2014), William E. Belford death 18 Jun 1996, age 81 years, spouse Marie; citing Connecticut, Department of Health. Quality or Certainty of Data: 2
14. ↑ Source: #S325 Page: Family notes and papers in possession of Ralph Bloom. Quality or Certainty of Data: 0
15. ↑ Source: #S414 Page: T626, roll 258, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, enumeration district (ED) 149, sheet 10A, dwelling 218, family 361, John Murphy household, accessed 23 Sep 2012 Quality or Certainty of Data: 0 Object: Format: jpg File: K:\Henry\Documents\GenealogyMaster\PrimarySources\Census\BelfordWilliamH1930Census.jpg Scrapbook: Y Primary or Preferred: Y Type: PHOTO
16. ↑ Source: #S413 Page: T627, roll 497, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, enumeration district (ED) 1-86, sheet 8A, household 139, John H. Murphy household, accessed 23 Sep 2012 Quality or Certainty of Data: 0 Object: Format: jpg File: K:\Henry\Documents\GenealogyMaster\PrimarySources\Census\BelfordWilliamH1940Census.jpg Scrapbook: Y Primary or Preferred: Y Type: PHOTO

• Source: S173 Abbreviation: *Social Security Death Index Title: Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed ), , .
• Source: S413 Abbreviation: Census - 1940 U.S. Title: 1940 U.S. census, \i Ancestry.com\i0, Digital images Publication: http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012 Note: An estimated 87 percent of Americans today can connect with at least one relative in the 1940 United States Federal Census\emdash currently the largest census released to date and the most recent census available for public access. CONT Historical Background CONT Since 1790, the federal government has taken a census every 10 years to determine how members of the House of Representatives are apportioned. The U.S. census taken on 1 April 1940 was the 16th census of the United States. It tallied the population of the country at 131,669,275 for the continental U.S. This represented an increase of 7.2 percent for the continental U.S. since the 1930 census. Adding Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Panama Canal Zone (all included in this database) brought the total to 134,176,298. CONT To facilitate the count, census planners divided the country into enumeration districts. These were geographic areas designed to allow a census taker (enumerator) to visit every house in the district within a two-week period (in rural areas, enumerators had a month). Enumerators were instructed to "visit every house, building, tent, cabin, hut, or other place in which any person might live or stay, to insure that no person is omitted from the enumeration" and to count "each person alive at the beginning of the census day, i.e., 12:01 A.M. on April 1, 1940." CONT Census enumerators wrote "Ab" after names of people who belonged to the household but were absent on April 1. Visitors were to be counted as members of the household at their normal place of residence, as were students, patients at hospitals and sanitariums who had a permanent home, and servants and household employees who did not sleep on the premises. CONT Because the official cutoff for the census was 12:01 a.m. on April 1, babies born later that day should not have been included. Residents of "hotels, tourist or trailer camps, missions, and cheap one-night lodging houses (flophouses)" were enumerated based on where they spent the night on 8 April 1940. Enumerators worked throughout the month and into May finishing the count. CONT What You May Find in the Records CONT Enumerators recorded answers for the following questions on the 1940 census: CONT address CONT home value and whether owned or rented CONT name of each person whose usual place of residence on 1 April 1940 would be in the household CONT relationship to head of household CONT sex CONT color or race CONT age at last birthday CONT marital status CONT education CONT place of birth CONT citizenship CONT residence on 1 April 1935 CONT employment status for those 14 and older (several questions) CONT occupation and number of weeks worked full-time in 1939 CONT income in 1939 CONT Enumerators also asked supplementary questions to provide a random sample of about 5 percent of the population. These questions included CONT birthplace of mother and father, CONT native language, CONT veteran status (including widow or minor child of a veteran), CONT Social Security details, CONT occupation, industry, and class of worker, CONT marriage information for women (married more than once, age at first marriage, number of children). CONT Interesting Facts CONT The top five foreign countries listed as a birthplace were Italy, Germany, Russia, Poland, and England. CONT New York was the most commonly listed birth state. CONT The average household size enumerated in the 1940 census was 3.7 people. CONT Two women tied for the oldest person in the census: both Mary Dilworth of Oxford, Mississippi, and Cándido Vega Y Torres of Guayama, Puerto Rico, listed their ages as 119. CONT Mary and John were the most common given names appearing in the 1940 census. CONT The top five surnames in the 1940 census were Smith, Johnson, Brown, Williams, and Jones. CONT More than 850,000 people reported living in hotels or similar housing. CONT Search Tips CONT Census records make a great starting place for getting to know your family. You can find a guide to using census records in your research here. CONT The census contains great information, but some data may not be completely accurate. For example, individuals may not have known the answers to certain questions; the census taker may have asked a neighbor for information if the family could not be contacted; and people did not always give truthful information. Be prepared to corroborate information you find in the census with other records. CONT If you encounter illegible writing, study the handwriting of the enumerator. You can do this by picking out the most legible letters and words on the page and working from there. For example, the enumerator listing Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 census (Illinois) wrote the letter "L" in a way that resembles an "S". Without looking at other words on the page, one might think that Lincoln was a "Sawyer" instead of a "Lawyer."
• Source: S414 Abbreviation: Census - 1930 U.S. Title: 1930 U.S. census, \i Ancestry.com\i0, Digital images Publication: http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002 Note: The 1930 Census contains records for approximately 123 million Americans. The census gives us a glimpse into the lives of Americans in 1930, and contains information about a household's family members and occupants including: birthplaces, occupations, immigration, citizenship, and military service. CONT The census can be a valuable tool to use when researching your twentieth-century ancestors because it contains records for approximately 123 million Americans. If you had family in the United States during the early twentieth century, you are likely to find at least one relative's information within these census records. This makes the 1930 census a good place to start research if you are a beginner, or if your family, vital, or religious records are missing. CONT History CONT The 1930 U.S. Federal Census Records Today CONT Unique Features CONT Search Tips CONT Interesting Facts CONT FAQ CONT Related Information CONT CONT History CONT The 1930 census began on 2 April 1930 for the general population of the United States. (The enumeration in Alaska began on 1 October 1929.) Regardless of when an individual was contacted, all responses were to reflect the status of the individual as of 1 April 1930. CONT Enumerators (census takers) collected the following information for each household: CONT Address (name of the street, avenue, or road; house number) CONT Occupant (name of each person and their relationship to head of family) CONT Residence (whether home is owned or rented; value of home; whether home is farm residence; whether home has a radio) CONT Personal (sex, race, age, marital status, college attendance, ability to read and write, birthplace, and birthplace of parents) CONT Citizenship (language spoken before coming to the United States; year of immigration; whether naturalized or alien; ability to speak English) CONT Occupation (trade or profession; industry or business working in; class of worker; whether worked the previous day; line number of unemployment schedule) CONT Military (whether veteran or not; war or expedition participated in) CONT Note: Individuals in Alaska, and Indians were asked slightly different questions. For example, Indians were not asked about their mother's country of origin, but which tribe she belonged to. CONT CONT The 1930 U.S. Federal Census Records Today CONT In order to protect the privacy of individual citizens, census records are not released publicly until exactly 72 years from the official census date. CONT Using the microfilm from the 1930 census, Ancestry.com created images of all the available census records. In addition, Ancestry.com indexed all the names in the census so they are searchable online. CONT CONT Unique Features CONT Servicemen were not recorded with their families in the 1930 census; they were treated as residents of their duty posts. If you're looking for someone in the military, you should not assume they will be listed in their home town. CONT Children that were born between the official start date of the census and the actual day of enumeration were not included. Individuals that were alive on the official start date of the census but deceased by the actual day of enumeration were included. CONT Indians were included in the enumeration of the general population, though they were asked different questions than the general population. CONT CONT Search Tips CONT The census contains great information, but some data may not be completely accurate. For example, individuals may not have known the answers to certain questions; the census taker may have asked a neighbor for information if the family could not be contacted; and people did not always give truthful information. CONT Family members may not be included in the index because of errors or omissions, but may appear in the actual census records. If you can't find the individual you're looking for, don't give up. By searching through states, cities, and towns, you may be able to find record of the individual in the actual records. CONT If you encounter illegible writing, you may want to study the handwriting of the enumerator who recorded the census form you're looking at. You can do this by picking out the most legible letters and words and working from there. For example, the enumerator listing Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 census (Illinois) wrote the letter "L" in a way that resembles an "S". Without looking at other words on the page, one might think that he was a "Sawyer" instead of a "Lawyer." CONT When searching, you might want to choose the "Soundex" spelling option instead of using exact matching. (Soundex lets you search based on the phonetic spellings of names.) Searching phonetically can be useful because census takers may have made spelling errors, or created "Americanized" versions of foreign names. CONT CONT Interesting Facts CONT This is the last census in which individuals were asked whether they could read or write. CONT Unlike previous censuses, this census did not ask individuals for their year of naturalization. CONT This is the first census in which individuals were asked: the value of their home, or the amount of rent paid each month; their age at the time of their first marriage; the specific war a man had fought in. CONT The 1930 census is the only census to ask whether the occupants of the home owned a radio. CONT Based on the census, the average number of people in a household was 4.1. CONT In 1930, the average life expectancy for an American was 59.7 years. CONT The leading country for people of foreign birth was Italy (1.8 million). CONT Ancestry.com used microfilm from the National Archives Records Administration (NARA) to create its digitized images of the census. CONT CONT FAQ CONT CONT What do the abbreviations in the 1930 census schedules mean? CONT Those recording census information in the year 1930 were provided sheets by the government on which information was to be recorded. At the bottom of these pages were found a set of instructions, abbreviations to be used, and which entries were required to be recorded. The following is a list of abbreviations that were to be used in their respective columns. (The information provided is transcribed directly from the census schedules.) CONT Abbreviations were to be used in the columns as shown: CONT Cols. 18, 19, 20, and 21\emdash Use no abbreviations for state or country of birth or for mother tongue CONT Col. 6\emdash Indicate the home-maker in each family by the letter "H" following the word which shows the relationship as "Wife - H" CONT Col. 7\emdash Owned = O, Rented = R CONT Col. 9\emdash Radio Set = R. Make no entry for families having no radio set. CONT Col. 11\emdash Male = M, Female = F CONT Col. 12\emdash White = W, Negro = Neg., Mexican = Mex., Indian = In., Chinese = Ch., Japanese = Jp., Filipina = Fil., Hindu = Hin., Korean = Kor., Other races spell out in full CONT Col. 14\emdash Single = S, Married = M, Widowed = Wd, Divorced = D CONT Col. 23\emdash Naturalized = Na, First Papers = Pa, Alien = Al CONT Col. 27\emdash Employer = E, Wage or Salary Worker = W, Working on own account = O, Unpaid worker, member of the family = NP CONT Col. 31\emdash World War = WW, Spanish-American War = Sp, Civil War = Civ, Philippine Insurrection = Phil, Boxer Rebellion = Box, Mexican Expedition = Mex CONT Which columns were enumerators required to complete in the 1930 census schedules? CONT Entries were required in the following columns: CONT Cols. 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, and 25\emdash For all persons CONT Cols. 7, 8, 9, and 10\emdash For heads of household only (Col. 8 requires no entry for a farm family) CONT Col. 15\emdash For married persons only CONT Col. 17\emdash For all persons 12 years of age and over CONT Cols. 21, 22, and 23\emdash For all foreign-born persons CONT Col. 24\emdash For all persons 10 years of age and over CONT Col. 26, 27, and 28\emdash For all persons for whom an occupation is reported in Col. 25 CONT Col. 30\emdash For all males 21 years of age and over CONT Where are the original census records, and can I access them? CONT The original paper schedules have been destroyed; the 1930 census schedules were photographed and their images were placed on microfilm that is maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). CONT What is an enumeration district? CONT An enumeration district is the geographical area that was assigned to a single census taker. CONT How many people were included in the 1930 census? CONT The general census recorded a population of approximately 123,202,624 individuals. CONT Why would I want to search the census by page number? CONT Once you have located a relative, you can use the page number to pull up other names from that same page in the census\emdash your ancestor's neighbors. Neighbors may provide valuable clues that you can use to further your research. During this time period, it was not uncommon for families to remain in close proximity to each other. You might find parents, siblings, or cousins living next door. In addition, groups of families often immigrated and settled together in America. You may find clues about the country and area that your ancestors came from. CONT Ancestry.com has an easier way to search for neighbors. When you reach an individual's census record page, you can click the Family and Friends: View Results link to see the individual's neighbors. CONT CONT Related Information CONT For more 1930 census search tips, see these articles: CONT Locating Ancestors in the 1930 Census by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak CONT Step-by-Step: How Do I Find My Family in the 1930 Census? CONT For information on locating and understanding U.S. census records, see Finding Answers in U.S. Census Records, by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Matthew Wright. This book covers the federal population schedules, state and local census schedules, and special census schedules. CONT For general information on the 1930 census, see these websites: CONT U.S. Census Bureau CONT National Archives and Records Administration CONT To learn more about enumeration districts, the following reference materials might be useful. (These are available at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. and at NARA's regional records services facilities.) CONT Enumeration District Maps for the Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1930), 35 rolls CONT Index to Selected City Streets and Enumeration Districts, 1930. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1931), 11 rolls. CONT Descriptions of Census Enumeration Districts, 1830-1950. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T1224), rolls 61-90. CONT Note: To complement its collection of 1930 resources, The National Archives has also purchased copies of city directories for 1928-1932. For a complete list of which directories it has, see NARA's website. These are not National Archives publications, but can be purchased from Primary Source Microfilm (an imprint of the Gale Group). For ordering information call 1-800-444-0799. CONT Some information for this entry was taken from 1930 Federal Population Census: Catalog of National Archives Microfilm, National Archives Trust Fund Board (Washington, DC, 2002). CONT Some information for this article was provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. CONT ED Description data came from The National Archives and One-Step by Stephen P. Morse
• Source: S465 Abbreviation: CT - Death Index 1949-2001 Title: "Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2001," database, \i Ancestry.com\i0   Publication: (http://www.ancestry.com : 2003)