Indiana McCaslins

The 1930 US Federal Census for Seymour, Jackson, Indiana records 28-year-old, Indiana-born Ernest McClellan, his 21-year-old, Indiana-born wife Mildred [Stearns] McClellan, their 2-year, 11 month-old, Indiana-born daughter, Imogene F McClellan. Ernest was 25- and Mildred was 17-years-old when they married. The family is living at 208-1/2 Second Street. Ernest is manager of a hatchery and was at work on the last regularly scheduled work day. He is not a veteran of WWI. Mildred has no employment. Ernest and Mildred are literate and speak English. Everyone's parents were born in Indiana.

The 1940 US Federal Census for Seymour, Jackson, Indiana records 38-year-old, Indiana-born Ernest McClellan, his 31-year-old, Indiana-born wife Mildred [Stearns] McClellan, their 12-year-old, Indiana-born daughter, Imogene McClellan, Ernest's 55-year-old, Indiana-born widowed mother-in-law Lora Stearns and his 21-year-old, Indiana-born single sister-in-law Mary Stearns. This household is living at 714 Tyaton Street in a rented house for which Ernest pays $14 a month. Ernest, Mildred and Imogene were living in Seymour in 1935. Lora and Mary were living in rural Clark County, Indiana in 1935. Ernest and Mildred have completed eighth grade. Imogene has completed sixth grade. Lora has completed seventh grade. Mary had completed two years of high school. Ernest is a truck driver for a pounry company, has worked 60 hours in the past week and 52 weeks in the past year, earning $890. Mildred is a trimmer in a shirt factory, has worked 40 hours in the past week and 46 weeks in the past year, earning $400. Mary has worked 35 hours in the past week as a presser in a shirt factory and 16 weeks of the past year, earning $160. This information is mistakenly partilaly entered for Imogene. Lora is a housewife who is not looking for work. No one has an outside source of income.