Billy Murray: The Legendary Denver Nightingale

BILLY MURRAY IN THE 1930 UNITED STATES FEDERAL CENSUS

State of New York
County of Nassau
City of Freeport
Enumeration Dist. No. 30-31
Enumeration Date: April 19, 1930
Sheet 7A

Line number.
Street, avenue, road, etc.
House number (in cities or towns).
Number of dwelling house in order of visitation.
Number of family in order of visitation.
NAME of each person whose place of abode on April 1, 1930, was in this family. Enter surname first, then the given name and middle initial, if any. Include every person living on April 1, 1930. Omit children born since April 1, 1930.
Relationship of this person to the head of the family.
House owned or rented.
Value of home, if owned, or monthly rental, if rented.
Radio set.
Does this family live on a farm?
Sex.
Color or race.
Age at last birthday.
Marital condition.
Age at first marriage.
Attended school or college any time since Sept. 1, 1929.
Whether able to read and write.
Place of Birth [Person]
Place of Birth [Father]
Place of Birth [Mother]
Language spoken in home before coming to the United States.
State or M.T. [Code]
Country. [Code]
Nativity. [Code]
Year of immigration to the United States.
Naturalized or alien.
Whether able to speak English.
Trade, profession, or particular kind of work, as spinner, salesman, riveter, etc.
Industry or business, as cottonmill, dry goods store, shipyard, public school, etc.
CODE (For office use only. Do not write in this column).
Class of Worker.
Whether actually at work (Yes or No).
Line number for unemployed.
Whether a veteran of the U.S. military or naval forces mobilized for any war or expedition (Yes or No).
What war or expedition.
No. of farm schedule.
5
South Side [sic] Ave.
255
137
184
Murray, William
Head
O
$13,000
R
No
M
W
57
M
46
No
Yes
Pennsylvania
Ireland
Ireland
58
04
0
Yes
Vocalist
Vaudeville
827v
W
No
17-10
No
6
—Madeline
Wife
v
F
W
38
M
33
No
Yes
New York
Germany (Baden-Baden)
Germany (Wurttemberg)
56
13
0
Yes
none
Vaudeville [sic]
No
18-10
No
997
v

Note: Murray's correct age should be 52 (Madeline's age is correct). Although it says he was unemployed, he was still making recordings during this year.

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