Aaron Smelser & family in the 1930 Federal Census

Newton, Jasper County, IA

• Aaron [A cupola helper in an iron foundry] - renting a room on W 4^th Street North.

• James (Elmer) [A laborer in a foundry], wife Mary, and children: Sultana, and Clifford –on N 9^th Ave East. 

Coon Rapids, Carroll County, IA

• Lula, husband Will Mahan, and children: Beulah, Floyd, Leroy, Charles, Edna, and Reatha – on Sumpter Ave.

Waterloo, Black Hawk County, IA

• Jessie [a city fireman], wife Elsie, and children: William A., Clarence N., Edgar E., Melvin L., and Genevieve – on Whittier St.

• Stella, and husband Leo D. Mooney – on Norwood Avenue.

• Melissa, and husband Orie Spicer, and son Billie – on Utica Street.

Washington Twp., Polk County, IA

• Clarence [18 yrs old, no employment listed] – in the household of Dell Garlock, a farmer.

Poyner Twp., Black Hawk County, IA

• Etta [15 yrs old, adopted daughter of William and Elisabeth Weilein] – on River Road.

 

DOCUMENTS (Have or seen):

• 1930 Federal census records for locations noted above.

DOCUMENTS NEEDED, QUESTIONS UNANSWERED:

• When did Jessie & Elsie figure out that their son Edgar’s birth certificate had him as Eugene Edgar?
• I haven’t looked for city directories for Newton, IA, to see how long Aaron and James (Elmer) had been living there.