JOSEPH BLACK (AGE 4) WITH PARENTS (SAMUEL AND ANNA) AND GRANDMOTHER (SARAH FINKELSTEIN) - 1920 CENSUS - MANHATTAN

DOCUMENT: black-joseph-samuel-anna-sarah-census-1920.jpg (look especially at rows 47-50)

NOTES:

• This 1920 census form shows Joseph Black, age 4, living with his parents Anna and Samuel and grandmother Sarah Finkelstein.
• Here's a copy of the transcription copied from ancestry.ca

  Name: Joseph Block
  Age: 4
  [4 6/12]
  Birth Year: abt 1916
  [abt 1915]
  Birthplace: New York
  Home in 1920: Manhattan Assembly District 8, New York, New York
  Race: White
  Gender: Male
  Relation to Head of House: Son
  Marital Status: Single
  Father's Name: Sam Block
  Father's Birthplace: Russia
  Mother's name: Anna Block
  Mother's Birthplace: Romania
  Neighbors: View others on page
  
  Household Members:
  Name Age
  Sam Block 31
  Anna Block 28
  Joseph Block 4
  [4 6/12]
  Sarah Finkelstein 55
  
  (PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR A COPY OF THE INDIVIDUAL TRANSCRIPTIONS FOR THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD.)
  

• The family was enumerated as "Block" rather than "Black" (to find this record it was necessary to search for Anna Finkelstein).
• The address is 246 East Houston St., as in the previous census. See 246 East Houston today in Google Maps.
• Sam's occupation is Operator, Men's Neckwear.
• All three adults are listed as "al" (alien).
• Here's a copy of the additional transcriptions for the other individuals in the household, copied from ancestry.ca:

  Name: Sam Block
  Age: 31
  Birth Year: abt 1889
  Birthplace: Russia
  Home in 1920: Manhattan Assembly District 8, New York, New York
  Race: White
  Gender: Male
  Immigration Year: 1904
  Relation to Head of House: Head
  Marital Status: Married
  Spouse's Name: Anna Block
  Father's Birthplace: Russia
  Mother's Birthplace: Russia
  
  Name: Anna Block
  Age: 28
  Birth Year: abt 1892
  Birthplace: Romania
  Home in 1920: Manhattan Assembly District 8, New York, New York
  Race: White
  Gender: Female
  Immigration Year: 1905
  [1908]
  Relation to Head of House: Wife
  Marital Status: Married
  Spouse's Name: Sam Block
  Father's Birthplace: Romania
  Mother's name: Sarah Finkelstein
  Mother's Birthplace: Romania
  
  Name: Sarah Finkelstein
  Age: 55
  Birth Year: abt 1865
  Birthplace: Romania
  Home in 1920: Manhattan Assembly District 8, New York, New York
  Race: White
  Gender: Female
  Immigration Year: 1905
  Relation to Head of House: Mother-in-law
  Marital Status: Married
  Father's Birthplace: Romania
  Mother's Birthplace: Romania