1940 U.S. Federal Census of Jefferson in Walla Walla County, Walla Walla, Washington
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A Surnames
| Albrecht | Frances | born about 1921 |
| Albrecht | Frederick | born about 1885 |
| Albrecht | Margaret E | born about 1915 |
| Albrecht | Marie | born about 1919 |
| Albrecht | Rosa M | born about 1885 |
| Amborn | Dorothy | born about 1871 |
| Amborn | Fred | born about 1914 |
| Anderson | Luella | born about 1910 |
| Apperson | Dick | born about 1932 |
| Apperson | Manfred C | born about 1908 |
| Apperson | Mozella F | born about 1912 |
| Apperson | Ronnie | born about 1936 |
| Armstrong | Geo | born about 1891 |
| Armstrong | Warren | born about 1897 |
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B Surnames
| Baber | Thelma | born about 1912 |
| Baber | Willard | born about 1904 |
| Baber | William Roy | born about 1939 |
| Baker | Barbara | born about 1937 |
| Baker | Rose | born about 1916 |
| Baldwin | Betty Jean | born about 1936 |
| Baldwin | Pauline | born about 1913 |
| Baldwin | Richard | born about 1909 |
| Baldwin | Richard W | born about 1934 |
| Baldwin | Shirley Joan | born about 1939 |
| Baltezore | Delta | born about 1912 |
| Baltezore | Harry | born about 1914 |
| Banes | Barel | born about 1878 |
| Banes | Inez | born about 1882 |
| Barner | Alvena | born about 1913 |
| Barner | Kenneth | born about 1934 |
| Barner | Lewis | born about 1910 |
| Barner | Tim Dean | born about 1932 |
| Bayer | Albert | born about 1881 |
| Bayer | Katherine | born about 1881 |
| Bermington | Wm H | born about 1880 |
| Biersner | Allie | born about 1900 |
| Biersner | Aster | born about 1913 |
| Biersner | Donna | born about 1931 |
| Biersner | Earl | born about 1933 |
| Biersner | Edwin | born about 1937 |
| Biersner | James | born about 1938 |
| Biersner | Marlyn | born about 1935 |
| Biersner | Roger | born about 1929 |
| Biggs | Laretta Mae | born about 1928 |
| Biggs | Laura | born about 1898 |
| Bigler | Grace | born about 1885 |
| Boehlin | Dan | born about 1901 |
| Borton | Doa | born about 1917 |
| Borton | Norma L | born about 1918 |
| Bowman | Fred F | born about 1884 |
| Bowman | Nellie N | born about 1886 |
| Brannin | Amanda | born about 1888 |
| Brannin | Ernest | born about 1880 |
| Brannin | Irving | born about 1923 |
| Bristol | Augusta | born about 1877 |
| Bristol | Charles | born about 1882 |
| Bristol | Harold | born about 1925 |
| Bristol | Iza | born about 1883 |
| Bristol | Marjorie | born about 1916 |
| Bristol | Ralph | born about 1922 |
| Bristol | Robert | born about 1918 |
| Bristol | Roberta | born about 1920 |
| Brittain | Buddy | born about 1932 |
| Brittain | Carol | born about 1935 |
| Brittain | May | born about 1897 |
| Brittain | R H | born about 1895 |
| Brittain | Robert | born about 1928 |
| Brooks | Laura | born about 1876 |
| Brost | Fred J | born about 1884 |
| Brost | Margaret | born about 1887 |
| Brotherton | John | born about 1913 |
| Brown | George F | born about 1880 |
| Brown | John F | born about 1926 |
| Brown | Mae | born about 1904 |
| Brown | Mr W | born about 1915 |
| Brumback | Alvin | born about 1908 |
| Brumback | Andrew J | born about 1875 |
| Brumback | Donald | born about 1920 |
| Brumback | Gerald | born about 1911 |
| Brumback | Theresa | born about 1883 |
| Budd | Joseph | born about 1875 |
| Budd | Marie | born about 1887 |
| Butler | Abraham | born about 1893 |
| Butler | Bonnie | born about 1923 |
| Butler | Delvin | born about 1917 |
| Butler | John J | born about 1921 |
| Butler | Nellie | born about 1892 |
| Butler | Nellie Mae | born about 1925 |
| Butler | Pauline | born about 1930 |
| Butler | Sadie | born about 1928 |
| Butler | Thomas | born about 1936 |
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C Surnames
| Campbell | Daniel R | born about 1876 |
| Campbell | Martha E | born about 1885 |
| Carrithers | Albert | born about 1898 |
| Carrithers | Betty Jean | born about 1928 |
| Carrithers | James | born about 1935 |
| Carrithers | Mary D | born about 1903 |
| Carrithers | Samuel | born about 1932 |
| Claussen | John | born about 1876 |
| Cowan | Wm | born about 1889 |
| Crewell | Elaine | born about 1927 |
| Crewell | James | born about 1899 |
| Crewell | James | born about 1937 |
| Crewell | Jessie | born about 1939 |
| Crewell | June | born about 1930 |
| Crewell | Vivian | born about 1905 |
| Cross | Archie | born about 1908 |
| Cross | Della | born about 1908 |
| Crumpacker | Elmer | born about 1923 |
| Crumpacker | Harold D | born about 1887 |
| Crumpacker | Minnie | born about 1901 |
| Cunnington | Alvin | born about 1866 |
| Cunnington | Alvin Jr | born about 1890 |
| Cunnington | Clell | born about 1927 |
| Cunnington | Emma | born about 1870 |
| Cunnington | Lemont | born about 1905 |
| Cunnington | May | born about 1908 |
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D Surnames
| Dahlquist | Anna | born about 1910 |
| Dahlquist | Kenneth | born about 1938 |
| Dahlquist | Lawrence | born about 1902 |
| Dahlquist | Lawrence Jr | born about 1929 |
| Dahlquist | Mureil | born about 1930 |
| Daniel | Asta | born about 1858 |
| Darr | George | born about 1879 |
| Darr | George | born about 1880 |
| Dickerson | Francis | born about 1908 |
| Dickerson | Mary V | born about 1873 |
| Dickerson | Wanna F | born about 1910 |
| Dotson | Elizabeth | born about 1926 |
| Dotson | Harry | born about 1897 |
| Dotson | James | born about 1931 |
| Dotson | John | born about 1932 |
| Dotson | Joseph | born about 1935 |
| Dotson | Nellie | born about 1907 |
| Dotson | Pauline | born about 1927 |
| Dotson | Rachel | born about 1934 |
| Dotson | Rhoda | born about 1929 |
| Driskill | Agnes | born about 1897 |
| Driskill | Thomas | born about 1891 |
| Dull | Arch Ann | born about 1938 |
| Dull | Fred | born about 1900 |
| Dull | Rose | born about 1904 |
| Dull | Sylvia Fern | born about 1937 |
| Dull | Thomas Ira | born about 1939 |
| Duluca | Amelia | born about 1895 |
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E Surnames
| Eiffert | Helen | born about 1891 |
| Elkinton | Jame L | born about 1902 |
| Elkinton | James Z | born about 1931 |
| Elkinton | Velma M | born about 1903 |
| Elliott | Helen G | born about 1911 |
| Eyrand | Peter | born about 1914 |
F Surnames
| Feathers | Dora | born about 1875 |
| Feathers | Freeman | born about 1895 |
| Fletcher | Donald | born about 1925 |
| Fletcher | Faye | born about 1902 |
| Fox | Dale | born about 1929 |
| Fox | George | born about 1886 |
| Fox | Robert | born about 1922 |
| Fraser | Clementine | born about 1878 |
| Fraser | Elcam R | born about 1879 |
| Fraser | Horace | born about 1907 |
| Fraser | Vandel | born about 1909 |
| Friese | Amanda | born about 1890 |
| Friese | Francis | born about 1926 |
| Friese | John | born about 1891 |
| Friese | Mary Geraine | born about 1924 |
| Friese | Reta Marie | born about 1927 |
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G Surnames
| Gabel | Alexander | born about 1923 |
| Gabel | Carl | born about 1883 |
| Gabel | Herman | born about 1924 |
| Gabel | Mary | born about 1887 |
| Gallington | Elwood | born about 1890 |
| Gallington | Lawrence | born about 1913 |
| Gallington | Mary | born about 1890 |
| Gallington | Mary Ellen | born about 1926 |
| Glenn | Mary L | born about 1883 |
| Gonser | Clair E | born about 1867 |
| Greene | Anna | born about 1908 |
| Greene | Clarence | born about 1867 |
| Greene | Donald | born about 1903 |
| Greene | Ida | born about 1873 |
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H Surnames
| Hamblen | Minnie | born about 1893 |
| Hamblen | Ray | born about 1889 |
| Hamilton | Gladys | born about 1897 |
| Hamilton | May | born about 1904 |
| Hanson | Mary S | born about 1872 |
| Harding | Arthur | born about 1908 |
| Harding | Catherine | born about 1859 |
| Harding | Emma | born about 1895 |
| Harding | George | born about 1923 |
| Harding | Henry | born about 1888 |
| Hart | Fred | born about 1916 |
| Hart | George | born about 1876 |
| Hart | George | born about 1903 |
| Hart | Margaret | born about 1879 |
| Hartwell | Freda | born about 1915 |
| Hartwell | Harry | born about 1898 |
| Hartwell | Norma | born about 1935 |
| Hartwell | Robert | born about 1936 |
| Hartwig | Arthur | born about 1914 |
| Hartwig | Emma | born about 1890 |
| Hartwig | Kenneth | born about 1919 |
| Hartwig | Lewin | born about 1889 |
| Hatley | Betty | born about 1920 |
| Hatley | Robert | born about 1926 |
| Hattwig | Betty Lou | born about 1933 |
| Hattwig | Catherine | born about 1903 |
| Hattwig | Jack | born about 1899 |
| Hattwig | Jack | born about 1924 |
| Hattwig | Jimmie | born about 1935 |
| Hattwig | Joann | born about 1932 |
| Hattwig | June | born about 1923 |
| Henriches | Clarence F | born about 1895 |
| Henriches | Geneva A | born about 1913 |
| Hill | Catherine | born about 1858 |
| Hodge | Garreth | born about 1928 |
| Hodge | George | born about 1925 |
| Hoefling | Dorothy | born about 1925 |
| Hoefling | Paul | born about 1896 |
| Hooper | Beatrice | born about 1895 |
| Hooper | Frances D | born about 1926 |
| Hooper | Fred N | born about 1892 |
| Hooper | Jewell N | born about 1903 |
| Hooper | Lorna R | born about 1933 |
| Hooper | Nellie R | born about 1902 |
| Hooper | Robert A | born about 1901 |
| Hooper | Robert L | born about 1922 |
| Hooper | William P | born about 1864 |
| Hooper | William P | born about 1923 |
| Hooper | William Jr | born about 1895 |
| Hufford | Violet | born about 1920 |
| Hutcheson | Lillian M | born about 1886 |
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J Surnames
| Jeffris | Sam | born about 1911 |
| Jenkins | Anna | born about 1892 |
| Jenkins | Max | born about 1919 |
| Jenkins | Walter K | born about 1893 |
| Jensen | Eugene T | born about 1886 |
| Jensen | Mary | born about 1889 |
| Jensen | Norman | born about 1922 |
| Jesse | Jack | born about |
| Jessee | Eva | born about 1908 |
| Jessee | Jerald | born about 1931 |
| Johnson | Mildred | born about 1879 |
| Jones | Walter | born about 1915 |
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K Surnames
| Kahl | Lydia | born about 1885 |
| Kahl | Mike | born about 1875 |
| Kahl | Ross | born about 1917 |
| Kasten | Albert W | born about 1884 |
| Kasten | Belle | born about 1886 |
| Kenney | H B | born about 1883 |
| Kenworthy | Vendal | born about 1920 |
| Kimmerly | Kathryn | born about 1929 |
| Kimmerly | Lucille V | born about 1900 |
| Kimmerly | Margaret | born about 1932 |
| Kimmerly | Mary L | born about 1926 |
| Kimmerly | Walter W | born about 1881 |
| Kingsley | Clifford | born about 1917 |
| Kingsley | Donald | born about 1933 |
| Kingsley | Ella | born about 1911 |
| Kingsley | Janice | born about 1939 |
| Kingsley | Maxine | born about 1917 |
| Kingsley | Phyllis | born about 1929 |
| Kingsley | Robert | born about 1931 |
| Kinsfather | Albert | born about 1918 |
| Kinsfather | Alex | born about 1923 |
| Kinsfather | Mollie | born about 1885 |
| Kinsfather | Paul | born about 1921 |
| Knaris | Esther | born about 1936 |
| Knaris | Eva | born about 1907 |
| Knaris | Fred | born about 1866 |
| Knaris | Jack | born about 1928 |
| Knaris | Jake | born about 1901 |
| Knaris | Marjorie | born about 1932 |
| Kohl | John | born about 1893 |
| Kohl | Mae | born about 1883 |
| Kolish | Mary | born about 1910 |
| Kolish | Mitchell | born about 1903 |
| Kralman | Albert | born about 1889 |
| Kralman | Albert Jr | born about 1929 |
| Kralman | Arminda | born about 1924 |
| Kralman | Bertha | born about 1907 |
| Kralman | Dolores | born about 1927 |
| Kralman | Geraldine | born about 1933 |
| Krausher | Sarah | born about 1876 |
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L Surnames
| Lane | Alvis | born about 1931 |
| Lane | Elizabeth | born about 1912 |
| Lane | Ervin | born about 1934 |
| Lane | Evelyn | born about 1938 |
| Lane | Florence | born about 1933 |
| Lane | George | born about 1900 |
| Lane | Marion | born about 1936 |
| Lautenbach | Louis M | born about 1904 |
| Lautenbach | Marjorie | born about 1912 |
| Lawrence | Corine | born about 1914 |
| Lawrence | Delmar | born about 1908 |
| Lawrence | Richard | born about 1938 |
| Ledbetter | Carrie | born about 1879 |
| Ledbetter | Charles | born about 1883 |
| Lester | Ken | born about 1872 |
| Lewis | Bert W | born about 1895 |
| Lewis | Betty | born about 1928 |
| Lewis | Donna | born about 1931 |
| Lewis | Marion | born about 1902 |
| Lienalen | Jesse A | born about 1873 |
| Lienalen | Melvina | born about 1875 |
| Lilwall | Catherine A | born about 1895 |
| Lilwall | Henry A | born about 1897 |
| Lilwall | Marbel | born about 1924 |
| Lilwall | Mary E | born about 1921 |
| Lilwall | Rose Marie | born about 1923 |
| Lilwall | William J | born about 1919 |
| Little | Mather | born about 1893 |
| Lockney | Ida M | born about 1881 |
| Lockney | Ira L | born about 1876 |
| Lowden | Emma | born about 1866 |
| Luchte | Anna | born about 1884 |
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M Surnames
| Maddle | John W | born about 1870 |
| Magnuson | Anthon M | born about 1905 |
| Magnuson | Apel | born about 1868 |
| Magnuson | Bonita G | born about 1905 |
| Magnuson | Tolda | born about 1863 |
| Maher | Betty | born about 1923 |
| Maher | Gerald | born about 1917 |
| Maher | Minnie | born about 1877 |
| Maher | William | born about 1869 |
| Malloy | Jacquelin | born about 1934 |
| Malloy | John M | born about 1897 |
| Malloy | Margaret | born about 1924 |
| Malloy | Patricia | born about 1920 |
| Malloy | Pauline | born about 1922 |
| Malloy | Pearl | born about 1900 |
| Malloy | Phyllis | born about 1926 |
| Martin | Barbara E | born about 1920 |
| Martin | Roy Alee | born about 1938 |
| Martin | Wayne E | born about 1916 |
| McAllester | Charles | born about 1886 |
| McAllester | Jack | born about 1925 |
| McAllester | Margarite | born about 1917 |
| McAllester | Mary | born about 1889 |
| McCallum | Della J | born about 1897 |
| McCallum | Marilyn E | born about 1938 |
| McCallum | Walter D | born about 1898 |
| McClure | Chas | born about 1863 |
| McCord | Clarence J | born about 1899 |
| McCord | Mary E | born about 1863 |
| McFadgen | Ann | born about 1907 |
| McFadgen | Beverly Ann | born about 1934 |
| McFadgen | Kenneth | born about 1903 |
| McFarland | Irene Josephine | born about 1888 |
| McGee | Freda | born about 1909 |
| McGee | Howard | born about 1909 |
| McGee | Patricia | born about 1933 |
| McKin | Carmela B | born about 1911 |
| McKin | Elmer J | born about 1912 |
| McKin | Robert R | born about 1938 |
| McKown | Fred H | born about 1891 |
| McKown | Velma B | born about 1894 |
| Meckler | Grace | born about 1923 |
| Meckler | Jacob | born about 1890 |
| Meckler | Martha | born about 1898 |
| Miller | Caroline | born about 1912 |
| Miller | Dolores | born about 1938 |
| Miller | Enos Blacklurn | born about 1911 |
| Miller | Gerald | born about 1936 |
| Miller | Laura May | born about 1913 |
| Miller | Leroy | born about 1913 |
| Miller | Sally Mae | born about 1935 |
| Mitchell | Comury* | born about 1906 |
| Morasch | Elma | born about 1915 |
| Morris | Lloyd C | born about 1909 |
| Morris | Mary P | born about 1909 |
| Morris | Sherrill J | born about 1931 |
| Munden | Arthur | born about 1883 |
| Munden | Phoebe | born about 1884 |
| Murphy | Clara M | born about 1883 |
| Murphy | Con S | born about 1858 |
| Murphy | Cornelia | born about 1917 |
| Murphy | Harriet | born about 1911 |
| Murphy | Julia | born about 1925 |
| Murphy | Margaret | born about 1919 |
| Murry | Margaret | born about 1931 |
| Murry | Mollie | born about 1912 |
| Myers | Jessie A | born about 1921 |
| Myers | Robert W | born about 1918 |
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N Surnames
| Nack | Harry | born about 1883 |
| Nedlick | Clara | born about 1921 |
| Nelson | Cecil | born about 1921 |
| Nelson | Clara | born about 1894 |
| Nelson | Roy | born about 1924 |
| Nelson | Ruben | born about 1894 |
| Nelson | Virgil | born about 1929 |
| Nicholas | Addie | born about 1889 |
| Nicholas | Lillie | born about 1895 |
| Nicholas | Susan | born about 1858 |
| Noble | Agnes | born about 1878 |
| Noble | Elmer | born about 1915 |
| Noble | John U | born about 1879 |
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P Surnames
| Patterson | Anna | born about 1883 |
| Patterson | Joseph M | born about 1876 |
| Patterson | W H | born about 1872 |
| Pellick | Antone | born about 1874 |
| Pettibone | Arnald S | born about 1907 |
| Pettibone | Ursel | born about 1909 |
| Pflugard | Howard | born about 1923 |
| Pflugard | Jacob | born about 1879 |
| Pflugard | Marie | born about 1885 |
| Phillip | Florence | born about 1933 |
| Phillip | Judith | born about 1938 |
| Phillip | Reba | born about 1912 |
| Phillip | Richard | born about 1936 |
| Phillip | Rodney | born about 1898 |
| Postookoff | Mary | born about 1877 |
| Powell | Betty Jean | born about 1930 |
| Powell | Garl | born about 1903 |
| Powell | Nora | born about 1909 |
| Power | Helia | born about 1912 |
| Power | John | born about 1906 |
| Pratts | Chuze | born about 1910 |
| Pratts | Dora Jean | born about 1932 |
| Pratts | Joseph | born about 1906 |
| Pratts | Joseph Jr | born about 1928 |
| Pratts | Richard | born about 1937 |
| Press | Verne | born about 1920 |
| Preston | Abe | born about 1862 |
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R Surnames
| Rach | Frank | born about 1874 |
| Raguso | Catherine | born about 1915 |
| Raguso | Sam | born about 1915 |
| Reed | Ralph | born about 1918 |
| Reihl | Eleen | born about 1934 |
| Reihl | Henry | born about 1901 |
| Reihl | Joanne | born about 1933 |
| Reihl | Mary | born about 1914 |
| Riggle | Don | born about 1891 |
| Riggle | Ethel | born about 1891 |
| Romine | Lillie | born about 1900 |
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S Surnames
| Schack | Emma | born about 1885 |
| Schmidt | Anna Mae | born about 1914 |
| Schmidt | Donna Mae | born about 1934 |
| Schmidt | Emma | born about 1865 |
| Schmidt | Emma | born about 1895 |
| Schmidt | George Mrs | born about 1870 |
| Schmidt | Phillip | born about 1909 |
| Schmidt | Robert | born about 1856 |
| Schmidt | Roland | born about 1935 |
| Schneidmiller | David | born about 1910 |
| Schneidmiller | Thelma | born about 1917 |
| Schott | Al G | born about 1881 |
| Schott | Anna | born about 1904 |
| Schott | Gertude | born about 1912 |
| Schott | Harold | born about 1908 |
| Short | Alvina | born about 1917 |
| Short | Bonnie Jean | born about 1934 |
| Short | Harland | born about 1936 |
| Short | Leroy | born about 1912 |
| Smith | Arthur L | born about 1919 |
| Smith | Bernice | born about 1881 |
| Smith | Clifford | born about 1934 |
| Smith | George | born about 1877 |
| Smith | George | born about 1911 |
| Smith | Ida A | born about 1879 |
| Smith | Jessup | born about 1874 |
| Smith | Katherine | born about 1916 |
| Smith | Norma June | born about 1935 |
| Smith | Theodore | born about 1915 |
| Smith | Vernon | born about 1936 |
| Smuckal | Harriet E T | born about 1891 |
| Smuckal | Lester | born about 1931 |
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T Surnames
| Thomas | Bobbie | born about 1930 |
| Thomas | Vida Thomas | born about 1929 |
| Thompson | George | born about 1869 |
| Tierney | Barbara | born about 1939 |
| Tierney | Jeanne | born about 1937 |
| Tierney | Joan | born about 1933 |
| Tierney | John | born about 1908 |
| Tierney | Zona | born about 1909 |
| Troyer | Dorothy | born about 1904 |
| Troyer | Jerry | born about 1897 |
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V Surnames
| Vanlandt | Betty | born about 1936 |
| Vanlandt | Donna | born about 1939 |
| Vanlandt | Louise | born about 1916 |
| Vanlandt | Nevill | born about 1909 |
| Vanlandt | Patrice | born about 1937 |
| Veit | Alta B | born about 1907 |
| Veit | Peter | born about 1871 |
W Surnames
| Wallace | Daisy | born about 1882 |
| Wallace | Frank | born about 1879 |
| Wammack | Viola | born about 1871 |
| Wayman | Emma | born about 1888 |
| Wayman | Lillian | born about 1887 |
| Weber | Alexander | born about 1907 |
| Weber | Irma | born about 1904 |
| Weber | John P | born about 1927 |
| Weis | Carl | born about 1877 |
| Weis | Rose | born about 1888 |
| Weitz | Benjamin | born about 1910 |
| Weitz | Esther | born about 1910 |
| Welles | Christina | born about 1911 |
| Welles | Harry | born about 1891 |
| Williams | Dora | born about 1894 |
| Williams | Emma R | born about 1895 |
| Williams | Erma | born about 1929 |
| Williams | Howard | born about 1925 |
| Williams | Kenneth | born about 1921 |
| Williams | Laverne | born about 1923 |
| Womack | Luther A | born about 1860 |
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Z Surnames
| Zigman | Charlotte | born about 1905 |
| Zigman | Marjorie | born about 1928 |
| Zigman | Walter | born about 1902 |
| Zigman | William | born about 1926 |
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