1940 U.S. Federal Census of Bluff, Grant, Oklahoma
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A Surnames
| Almache | Elmo | born about 1908 |
| Almache | Mildred | born about 1912 |
| Armstrong | Arnold | born about 1919 |
| Armstrong | Effie | born about 1890 |
| Armstrong | W A | born about 1882 |
| Atkinson | Carl J | born about 1926 |
| Atkinson | Eliker | born about 1896 |
| Atkinson | John A | born about 1863 |
| Atkinson | Netie | born about 1891 |
B Surnames
| Bachman | Amos H | born about 1913 |
| Bachman | Bebe Jean | born about 1927 |
| Bachman | Edwin | born about 1926 |
| Bachman | F M | born about 1904 |
| Bachman | Helen | born about 1904 |
| Bachman | Merlene | born about 1929 |
| Bachman | Mildred | born about 1914 |
| Bachman | Shirley Dean | born about 1938 |
| Balderston | Bertha | born about 1879 |
| Balderston | Eli | born about 1865 |
| Balderston | Gertrude | born about 1900 |
| Ballenger | Dora | born about 1890 |
| Ballenger | Elmer | born about 1889 |
| Bartlett | J W | born about 1867 |
| Bartlett | Margaret | born about 1881 |
| Beham | Amy | born about 1907 |
| Beham | Glen H | born about 1909 |
| Beham | Mary Mildred | born about 1925 |
| Bellin | E O | born about 1894 |
| Bellin | Gladys | born about 1898 |
| Bellin | Marble | born about 1926 |
| Bellin | Zelda | born about 1920 |
| Berline | Eleanor | born about 1937 |
| Berline | Elizabeth | born about 1908 |
| Berline | Henry Jess | born about 1932 |
| Berline | Janice | born about 1939 |
| Berline | Lee | born about 1896 |
| Berline | Leonard | born about 1934 |
| Bertling | J W | born about 1872 |
| Bertling | Oda B | born about 1873 |
| Biddle | Arthur | born about 1938 |
| Biddle | Homer | born about 1913 |
| Biddle | Robert | born about 1935 |
| Biddle | Thelma | born about 1917 |
| Biddle | Viola | born about 1878 |
| Bishop | J J | born about 1883 |
| Bishop | Lena | born about 1889 |
| Bohan | Mary | born about 1879 |
| Bohan | P J | born about 1875 |
| Boren | Frances | born about 1900 |
| Boren | W H | born about 1901 |
| Burford | Dorothy | born about 1918 |
| Burford | Joan | born about 1936 |
| Burford | Murlin | born about 1914 |
| Burford | Olive | born about 1882 |
| Burgett | Jonas | born about 1853 |
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C Surnames
| Carpenter | A P | born about 1890 |
| Carpenter | Florence | born about 1891 |
| Carpenter | Louise | born about 1924 |
| Carpenter | R V | born about 1858 |
| Carpenter | Thelma | born about 1926 |
| Cless | Edward | born about 1878 |
| Cless | James | born about 1917 |
| Cless | Nellie | born about 1888 |
| Clifford | Chester W | born about 1897 |
| Clifford | J W | born about 1869 |
| Clifford | Myrtle | born about 1874 |
| Clifford | Robert | born about 1926 |
| Clifford | Rose Marie | born about 1936 |
| Clifford | Thyra | born about 1903 |
| Clifford | Virginia | born about 1925 |
| Clinton | Mattie | born about 1891 |
| Clinton | Paul | born about 1917 |
| Clinton | W M | born about 1887 |
| Cochran | Everett | born about 1917 |
| Cochran | Lavetta | born about 1919 |
| Coffelt | F E | born about 1915 |
| Coffelt | M | born about 1880 |
| Coffelt | Mercedes | born about 1920 |
| Coffelt | Olive | born about 1887 |
| Conaway | C H | born about 1881 |
| Conaway | Kenneth | born about 1920 |
| Conaway | Lester | born about 1928 |
| Conaway | Minnie | born about 1885 |
| Conaway | Roy | born about 1922 |
| Conaway | Ruth | born about 1925 |
| Cornell | D J | born about 1879 |
| Cornell | Eugene | born about 1916 |
| Cornell | Glenda | born about 1939 |
| Cornell | Hazel | born about 1921 |
| Cornell | Lttie | born about 1883 |
| Cornell | Mary | born about 1921 |
| Corr | Faye | born about 1923 |
| Cowell | Charles | born about 1924 |
| Cowell | Charles | born about 1926 |
| Cowell | Charley | born about 1886 |
| Cowell | Grace | born about 1905 |
| Cowell | Ira | born about 1896 |
| Cowell | Leota | born about 1895 |
| Cowell | Mary | born about 1861 |
| Cowell | Wilma | born about 1923 |
| Craft | Darrell | born about 1924 |
| Craft | Doyle Keith | born about 1937 |
| Craft | Henrietta | born about 1919 |
| Craft | J E | born about 1910 |
| Craft | Marvin | born about 1925 |
| Craft | S J | born about 1899 |
| Craft | Viola | born about 1898 |
| Crow | Chester H | born about 1906 |
| Crow | Dixie Lee | born about 1932 |
| Crow | Lawrence | born about 1930 |
| Crow | Naoma | born about 1939 |
| Crow | Violet | born about 1907 |
| Crump | J L | born about 1883 |
| Crump | Nida Mae | born about 1893 |
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D Surnames
| Darland | Myrtle | born about 1907 |
| Darland | Wayne | born about 1909 |
| Doran | J C | born about 1871 |
| Doran | J M | born about 1894 |
| Doran | Minnie | born about 1899 |
| Doran | Ruth | born about 1898 |
| Doran | Zella | born about 1872 |
| Dulick | Alma | born about 1890 |
| Dulick | H E | born about 1888 |
| Dulick | Marjorie | born about 1923 |
| Dulick | Vernon | born about 1922 |
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E Surnames
| Elmore | J R | born about 1869 |
| Eshelman | Alberta | born about 1887 |
| Eshelman | Bonnie Jean | born about 1928 |
| Eshelman | Edith | born about 1920 |
| Eshelman | Ira | born about 1885 |
| Eshelman | Jane | born about 1922 |
| Eshelman | Mabel | born about 1926 |
F Surnames
| Fair | Amanda | born about 1871 |
| Fair | J M | born about 1902 |
| Falkenberg | Etta | born about 1909 |
| Falkenberg | Jim | born about 1903 |
| Falkenberg | Lois | born about 1927 |
| Fawcett | Charley | born about 1908 |
| Fawcett | Iva | born about 1872 |
| Fawcett | Marion | born about 1869 |
| Fawcett | Ray | born about 1905 |
| Fisk | Daniel | born about 1916 |
| Fisk | Ivan | born about 1908 |
| Fisk | Kathleen | born about 1939 |
| Fisk | Maxine | born about 1912 |
| Fisk | Ralph | born about 1909 |
| Fisk | Sondra | born about 1937 |
| Fisk | Thelma | born about 1910 |
| Fisk | Violet | born about 1918 |
| Flees | A F | born about 1853 |
| Foster | Carl | born about 1900 |
| Foster | Louise | born about 1928 |
| Foster | Millie | born about 1906 |
| Foster | Nadine | born about 1926 |
| Foster | Thelma | born about 1931 |
| Fox | J W | born about 1888 |
| Fox | Lola | born about 1928 |
| Fox | Loyd | born about 1926 |
| Fox | Sadie | born about 1893 |
| Fox | Sammy | born about 1921 |
| Franz | Frank | born about 1924 |
| Franz | Hattie | born about 1902 |
| Franz | John | born about 1890 |
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G Surnames
| Garver | Zelma | born about 1906 |
| Gaston | Adyson | born about 1888 |
| Gaston | Viola | born about 1893 |
| Glaser | Fanny Margaret | born about 1913 |
| Glaser | Margaret Ann | born about 1938 |
| Glaser | Verl | born about 1912 |
| Glaser | Verla June | born about 1935 |
| Glass | Erma Jean | born about 1933 |
| Glass | Frances | born about 1907 |
| Glass | John Royal | born about 1935 |
| Glass | Leo Reuben | born about 1937 |
| Glass | Luell W | born about 1906 |
| Grimsley | Betty Jo | born about 1930 |
| Grimsley | Dorothy | born about 1935 |
| Grimsley | Leroy | born about 1938 |
| Grimsley | Ralph | born about 1905 |
| Grimsley | Twila Belle | born about 1932 |
| Grimsley | Veda | born about 1908 |
| Guilinger | Charley | born about 1901 |
| Guilinger | Martha | born about 1869 |
| Guillin | Beulah May | born about 1935 |
| Guillin | Joseph O | born about 1893 |
| Guillin | Leta | born about 1895 |
| Guillin | Paul | born about 1919 |
| Guillin | Wayne | born about 1922 |
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H Surnames
| Hardin | Doris | born about 1937 |
| Hardin | Herbert C | born about 1911 |
| Hardin | Mytha | born about 1934 |
| Hardin | Ruth | born about 1914 |
| Hardin | Virginia | born about 1935 |
| Hastenback | Maud | born about 1917 |
| Heizer | Barbara E | born about 1920 |
| Heizer | C A | born about 1897 |
| Heizer | Eunice E | born about 1897 |
| Heizer | Geneva | born about 1926 |
| Heizer | M E | born about 1902 |
| Heizer | Marilyn Ann | born about 1939 |
| Heizer | Zella | born about 1906 |
| Huffman | Carl | born about 1902 |
| Huffman | Chester | born about 1908 |
| Huffman | Ed | born about 1864 |
| Huffman | Esther | born about 1912 |
| Huffman | Eugene | born about 1931 |
| Huffman | Harold | born about 1936 |
| Huffman | Oliver | born about 1905 |
| Huffman | Vanora | born about 1929 |
| Hughes | Emma | born about 1865 |
| Hughes | W W | born about 1902 |
| Hybsha | Anna | born about 1868 |
| Hybsha | Fred | born about 1895 |
| Hybsha | Nellie | born about 1899 |
| Hybsha | Robert | born about 1927 |
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I Surnames
| Inderlied | A F | born about 1907 |
| Inderlied | Annabelle | born about 1932 |
| Inderlied | Lawrence | born about 1934 |
| Inderlied | Rosa Lee | born about 1940 |
| Inderlied | Violet | born about 1913 |
| Inderlied | William | born about 1935 |
J Surnames
K Surnames
| Kautz | Bert | born about 1893 |
| Kautz | F W | born about 1883 |
| Kautz | Ollie | born about 1885 |
| Kennedy | Ida K | born about 1871 |
| Kennedy | S S | born about 1881 |
| Kile | Bennie | born about 1891 |
| Kile | Bessie J | born about 1896 |
| Koozer | Frank | born about 1873 |
L Surnames
| Lanie | Alfred | born about 1931 |
| Lanie | Charles | born about 1939 |
| Lanie | Cyril | born about 1938 |
| Lanie | Erma Jean | born about 1933 |
| Lanie | Marie | born about 1906 |
| Lanie | Teresa May | born about 1930 |
| Lanie | Vergil | born about 1935 |
| Lanie | W C | born about 1903 |
| Lassiter | Betty | born about 1920 |
| Lassiter | Elvie | born about 1916 |
| Lassiter | Elvie Dean | born about 1938 |
| Lassiter | Jean | born about 1923 |
| Lassiter | Joan | born about 1939 |
| Lawrence | Carol Marie | born about 1938 |
| Lawrence | Elmer | born about 1913 |
| Lawrence | Gladys | born about 1913 |
| Lawrence | John | born about 1939 |
| Lecounte | Anna | born about 1900 |
| Lecounte | Iva May | born about 1934 |
| Lecounte | Jacqueline | born about 1931 |
| Lecounte | John F | born about 1896 |
| Lecounte | Lois | born about 1927 |
| Lehrling | A D | born about 1892 |
| Lehrling | Gerald | born about 1917 |
| Lehrling | Rose | born about 1895 |
| Lincicome | Alpha | born about 1903 |
| Lincicome | Billie | born about 1928 |
| Lincicome | Coleen | born about 1933 |
| Lincicome | D M | born about 1903 |
| Lincicome | Danny | born about 1937 |
| Lincicome | James | born about 1930 |
| Lincicome | Rosa | born about 1876 |
| Lively | Abbie | born about 1915 |
| Lively | Audrey | born about 1917 |
| Lively | Donald | born about 1933 |
| Lively | Ed | born about 1876 |
| Lively | Eleanor | born about 1920 |
| Lively | Elmer | born about 1906 |
| Lively | Elmer Jr | born about 1929 |
| Lively | Floyd | born about 1911 |
| Lively | George L | born about 1916 |
| Lively | George L Jr | born about 1939 |
| Lively | Kathleen | born about 1935 |
| Lively | Kathryn | born about 1935 |
| Lively | Leland | born about 1920 |
| Lively | Mary | born about 1906 |
| Lively | Maudine | born about 1920 |
| Lively | Minnie | born about 1888 |
| Lively | Nancy Jean | born about 1939 |
| Lively | Ray | born about 1929 |
| Lively | Veda | born about 1927 |
| Lively | Vera | born about 1923 |
| Lively | Vernon | born about 1939 |
| Lively | Wilbur | born about 1909 |
| Lucas | Charles Herbert | born about 1932 |
| Lucas | Herbert M | born about 1905 |
| Lucas | Mary E | born about 1907 |
| Lupton | J R | born about 1894 |
| Lupton | Jennie | born about 1899 |
| Lupton | Raymon | born about 1930 |
| Lupton | Robert | born about 1922 |
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M Surnames
| Markham | Bertha | born about 1895 |
| Markham | Foy | born about 1884 |
| Markham | Melvin | born about 1919 |
| Markham | Mona | born about 1927 |
| Markham | Raymond | born about 1935 |
| Marshall | C L | born about 1901 |
| Marshall | Earnestine | born about 1906 |
| Marshall | Herbert | born about 1909 |
| Marshall | Herbert Dee | born about 1937 |
| Marshall | Kenneth | born about 1929 |
| Marshall | Lila | born about 1937 |
| Marshall | Maxine | born about 1928 |
| Marshall | Ollie | born about 1906 |
| Marshall | Porter Lee | born about 1935 |
| Mason | Dale | born about 1925 |
| Mason | Guy | born about 1900 |
| Mason | Marie | born about 1902 |
| McCoy | W L | born about 1871 |
| Merritt | Mary | born about 1908 |
| Merritt | Max | born about 1939 |
| Merritt | Ora | born about 1902 |
| Merritt | Oraleen | born about 1930 |
| Merritt | Robert | born about 1858 |
| Merritt | Robert | born about 1931 |
| Merritt | Roy | born about 1934 |
| Merritt | Ruth | born about 1934 |
| Miller | A W | born about 1892 |
| Miller | Agnes | born about 1861 |
| Miller | C D | born about 1860 |
| Miller | Clarence | born about 1888 |
| Miller | Dorothy | born about 1923 |
| Miller | Ella L | born about 1885 |
| Miller | Emma J | born about 1890 |
| Miller | Kenneth | born about 1927 |
| Miller | Lena | born about 1906 |
| Miller | Marvin | born about 1925 |
| Miller | Raymond | born about 1930 |
| Moore | Eva | born about 1901 |
| Moore | Houston | born about 1900 |
| Moore | Houston Jr | born about 1927 |
| Moore | Lawrence | born about 1930 |
| Moore | R T | born about 1871 |
| Moore | Rachel | born about 1888 |
| Moore | Wayne | born about 1932 |
| Moore | Willard | born about 1929 |
| Morris | D E | born about 1879 |
| Morris | Nannie E | born about 1885 |
| Morris | W A | born about 1882 |
| Murrison | Betty Lou | born about 1929 |
| Murrison | Bonnie | born about 1926 |
| Murrison | Donnie Lee | born about 1935 |
| Murrison | Edgar | born about 1924 |
| Murrison | Esther | born about 1868 |
| Murrison | Esther | born about 1904 |
| Murrison | Fay Jean | born about 1932 |
| Murrison | James | born about 1927 |
| Murrison | James E | born about 1897 |
| Murrison | Ray Dean | born about 1932 |
| Murrison | Vaulderene | born about 1906 |
| Murrison | Wm | born about 1870 |
| Myleraine | Donald | born about 1924 |
| Myleraine | Doris | born about 1926 |
| Myleraine | Ed | born about 1896 |
| Myleraine | Lillian | born about 1899 |
| Myleraine | Norma | born about 1933 |
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N Surnames
| Nelson | Marian | born about 1894 |
| Nelson | R J | born about 1895 |
| Newland | C O | born about 1917 |
| Newland | Charlotte Ann | born about 1938 |
| Newland | Edith | born about 1917 |
P Surnames
| Padgett | Myrtle M | born about 1888 |
| Padgett | W R | born about 1885 |
| Palmeter | Rosa | born about 1875 |
| Parker | John | born about 1939 |
| Parker | Louise | born about 1913 |
| Parker | Nancy Lou | born about 1937 |
| Parker | O N | born about 1913 |
| Parker | Thomas | born about 1934 |
| Patterson | Dorma Lee | born about 1924 |
| Patterson | Ethel | born about 1921 |
| Patterson | Flossie I | born about 1895 |
| Patterson | J R | born about 1894 |
| Patterson | Vera | born about 1927 |
| Pratt | Noah | born about 1888 |
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R Surnames
| Reid | Avis | born about 1923 |
| Reid | C E | born about 1914 |
| Reid | Chas | born about 1871 |
| Reid | Eileen | born about 1916 |
| Reid | Florence | born about 1883 |
| Reid | Gail | born about 1919 |
| Reid | Gail Edsel | born about 1939 |
| Reid | Thao | born about 1874 |
| Reid | Thelma | born about 1920 |
| Reutter | Carl | born about 1919 |
| Reutter | Ivan | born about 1927 |
| Reutter | John | born about 1883 |
| Reutter | John L | born about 1921 |
| Reutter | Leonard | born about 1936 |
| Reutter | Marvin | born about 1933 |
| Reutter | Minnie | born about 1892 |
| Riley | Carol | born about 1935 |
| Riley | Chester | born about 1928 |
| Riley | Elmer | born about 1895 |
| Riley | Iris | born about 1924 |
| Riley | James | born about 1900 |
| Riley | Mabel | born about 1931 |
| Riley | Madge | born about 1905 |
| Riley | Roy | born about 1926 |
| Riley | Roy | born about 1929 |
| Riley | Wanda | born about 1933 |
| Robinson | Harry | born about 1886 |
| Romig | Kenneth | born about 1921 |
| Romig | Mary | born about 1869 |
| Romig | T W | born about 1870 |
| Rosenow | R | born about 1901 |
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S Surnames
| Saper | Flossie J | born about 1892 |
| Saper | J B | born about 1901 |
| Seacat | Duaine | born about 1926 |
| Seacat | Jack | born about 1928 |
| Seacat | Mary | born about 1895 |
| Seacat | Pete | born about 1897 |
| Seacat | Richard | born about 1922 |
| Seacat | Virginia | born about 1932 |
| Shirley | Beulah | born about 1874 |
| Shirley | Beulah M | born about 1917 |
| Shirley | C A | born about 1871 |
| Skinner | Viola | born about 1909 |
| Sparks | A A | born about 1884 |
| Sparks | Cora | born about 1887 |
| Sparks | E E | born about 1882 |
| Sparks | Pearl | born about 1892 |
| Squires | Archie | born about 1918 |
| Squires | C C | born about 1892 |
| Squires | Cecile | born about 1920 |
| Squires | Katie | born about 1904 |
| Squires | Richard | born about 1939 |
| Squires | Robert | born about 1919 |
| Starck | Carl | born about 1911 |
| Starck | Gladys | born about 1912 |
| Stewart | Carl | born about 1923 |
| Stewart | Ina L | born about 1896 |
| Stewart | Opal | born about 1928 |
| Stewart | Sam H | born about 1892 |
| Storck | A M | born about 1867 |
| Storck | B M | born about 1884 |
| Storck | Marie | born about 1918 |
| Struble | Alberta | born about 1935 |
| Struble | Eugene | born about 1926 |
| Struble | Floyd | born about 1902 |
| Struble | Ida Mae | born about 1924 |
| Struble | Irene | born about 1903 |
| Swaggart | A H | born about 1870 |
| Swaggart | Fred | born about 1900 |
| Swaggart | Fred | born about 1928 |
| Swaggart | Geralee | born about 1925 |
| Swaggart | Lula B | born about 1876 |
| Swaggart | Mary | born about 1927 |
| Swaggart | Patracia | born about 1933 |
| Swaggart | Ruby | born about 1900 |
| Swaggart | Thomas | born about 1924 |
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T Surnames
| Thompson | Lawrence | born about 1917 |
| Totten | Hazel | born about 1904 |
| Totten | L J | born about 1900 |
| Totten | Raymond | born about 1927 |
| Totten | Yvonne | born about 1928 |
| Trebell | C L | born about 1911 |
| Trebell | Charles Leon | born about 1936 |
| Trebell | Lorene | born about 1910 |
| Turner | Edna | born about 1898 |
| Turner | J A | born about 1897 |
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U Surnames
| Ullrich | Bessie | born about 1907 |
W Surnames
| Walker | C V | born about 1895 |
| Walker | Lois Jean | born about 1934 |
| Ward | Diana Jean | born about 1939 |
| Ward | Eileen | born about 1915 |
| Ward | Jack | born about 1916 |
| Watson | J S | born about 1855 |
| Watson | Robert | born about 1864 |
| Watson | W A | born about 1869 |
| Webb | Fred A | born about 1911 |
| Webb | Irene | born about 1919 |
| Webb | Ralph | born about 1937 |
| Wenrick | Ann | born about 1872 |
| Wenrick | H W | born about 1872 |
| White | A W | born about 1886 |
| White | Alva | born about 1898 |
| White | Arlene | born about 1931 |
| White | Frederick | born about 1931 |
| White | Genevieve | born about 1922 |
| White | George | born about 1891 |
| White | Glen | born about 1936 |
| White | John | born about 1900 |
| White | Leona | born about 1932 |
| White | Marvin | born about 1922 |
| White | Maxine | born about 1924 |
| White | Nettie | born about 1898 |
| White | Nettie May | born about 1900 |
| White | Ora | born about 1889 |
| White | Phyllis | born about 1927 |
| White | Plessie | born about 1891 |
| White | Richard | born about 1929 |
| Williams | Alta | born about 1907 |
| Williams | D W | born about 1915 |
| Williams | Kelly | born about 1904 |
| Williams | Laverne | born about 1911 |
| Williams | Lena | born about 1872 |
| Williams | Russell | born about 1926 |
| Williamson | Dale | born about 1925 |
| Williamson | Earnestine | born about 1932 |
| Williamson | Mary Ann | born about 1923 |
| Williamson | R E | born about 1898 |
| Williamson | Roy | born about 1922 |
| Williamson | Ruby Fern | born about 1938 |
| Williamson | Ursie | born about 1902 |
| Williamson | Velma | born about 1930 |
| Williamson | Vernie | born about 1929 |
| Williamson | Wayne | born about 1927 |
| Wilson | Emma | born about 1893 |
| Wilson | Helen | born about 1929 |
| Wilson | R A | born about 1883 |
| Wilson | Ralph | born about 1920 |
| Wittum | Cecil | born about 1913 |
| Wittum | Donald | born about 1936 |
| Wittum | F E | born about 1886 |
| Wittum | Garnet | born about 1913 |
| Wittum | James | born about 1937 |
| Wittum | Kenneth | born about 1939 |
| Wittum | Minnie | born about 1888 |
| Wooderson | L E | born about 1877 |
| Wooderson | Roy | born about 1915 |
| Wooderson | Sarah | born about 1877 |
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Z Surnames
| Zeman | Frank L | born about 1905 |
| Zeman | Joe | born about 1940 |
| Zeman | John | born about 1937 |
| Zeman | Olga | born about 1939 |
| Zeman | Rose | born about 1911 |
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