Family:Francis Norton and Jessie Colby (1)

1940 Census

In 1940, Francis W & Jessie C Norton live at 45 Pine St, a house they own*, valued at $500. They lived here in 1935 as well. Francis Norton works as a draftsman at a shipyard and earned $1,560 in 1939. Francis had additional sources of income as well. Francis is 35 or 36 (the age was edited by the census taker), and Jessie is 29. They have 4 daughters: Edith E, 6; Susan C, 5; Jean F, 3; and Nancy E, 2. Francis and Jessie completed four years of high school, and daughter Edith has completed 1st grade. Jessie's mother, Emma B Colby, lives in the house as well; she is 60, widowed, and completed eighth grade.

1. ↑ Colby, Jessie, in State of Maine. Marriage Index 1892-1967 & 1976-1996. (Maine State Archives)
   7 Apr 1933.
2.   Norton, Francis, in Sagadahoc, Maine, United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T627)
   Population Schedule Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine, ED 12-6, Ward 1, Sheet 5A, line 18-24, Accessed 23 Nov 2020.

   United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9M1-R4WN?cc=2000219&wc=QZFM-XZH%3A790102801%2C794354101%2C794366201%2C794373901 : accessed 23 November 2020), Maine > Sagadahoc > Bath City, Bath, Ward 1 > 12-6 Bath City Ward 1 bounded by (N) Russell, ward line; (E) Kennebec River; (S) Corliss extended, Corliss; (W) High > image 9 of 26; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.