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Samuel Vincent Alward Sr.

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Samuel Vincent Alward Sr.

Birth
Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
18 Sep 1960 (aged 74)
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 2L, Lot 3590
Memorial ID
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In 1900 he and his parents and his eight siblings lived in a place they were renting in Ward 7 in Canton, OH. His father worked as a glass blower. Three of his siblings worked in rolling mills--Harry as a matcher, Della as a solderer, and James as a scraper.

In 1910 he was one of six roomers living in the home of Ralph Whitticar and his wife and their son in Ward 1 in Canton, OH. He worked as the proprietor of a pool room.

In 1920 he and his wife lived in a house at 1520 Rockland Avenue in Pittsburgh, PA. He worked as a window trimmer at a department store.

In 1930 he and Helen and their two children lived in a duplex they were renting for $17.50 a month at 644 Herschel Street in Pittsburgh. He worked as an elevator dispatcher at a retail dry goods store.

In 1940 the four of them lived in the same place. Their rent was just $15 a month after the Great Depression. He worked as an elevator operator at a department store, with an income in 1939 of $1110 for 52 weeks of work. Their son Samuel worked as a helper on a department store truck, with an income in 1939 of $200 for 20 weeks of work.
In 1900 he and his parents and his eight siblings lived in a place they were renting in Ward 7 in Canton, OH. His father worked as a glass blower. Three of his siblings worked in rolling mills--Harry as a matcher, Della as a solderer, and James as a scraper.

In 1910 he was one of six roomers living in the home of Ralph Whitticar and his wife and their son in Ward 1 in Canton, OH. He worked as the proprietor of a pool room.

In 1920 he and his wife lived in a house at 1520 Rockland Avenue in Pittsburgh, PA. He worked as a window trimmer at a department store.

In 1930 he and Helen and their two children lived in a duplex they were renting for $17.50 a month at 644 Herschel Street in Pittsburgh. He worked as an elevator dispatcher at a retail dry goods store.

In 1940 the four of them lived in the same place. Their rent was just $15 a month after the Great Depression. He worked as an elevator operator at a department store, with an income in 1939 of $1110 for 52 weeks of work. Their son Samuel worked as a helper on a department store truck, with an income in 1939 of $200 for 20 weeks of work.


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