1950 Census Prep for Norman’s Paternal Relatives

I have completed the prep for the upcoming release of the 1950 federal census on April 1. This last set are for my husband's paternal relatives. 

I need to know the address of each person in order to locate them in specific Enumeration Districts. At first, we will be browsing the records until indexes are completed. To find their address, I used city directories, voter registrations, newspaper articles, and other records that give addresses.

These are the direct ancestors who I expect to find on my mother’s side of the family. By using the Unified Census ED Finder on the Steve Morse One Step site, I located the Enumeration District (ED) numbers for the following addresses. Those on farms, will be more troublesome and I will likely have to wait for an index. NARA is supposed to have an index, using an application that can “read” handwriting. We’ll see how well it works on April 1.

Below is the list of his ancestors, their address and the possible ED they will be in.

Name	Location	ED No.	Street address	Found	Notes
George J Gorrell	California, Sacramento	70-172	2300 Portola Way
J. Edwin & Viola Whitlow	Hawaii, Honolulu	02-92	454 Launiu
Louise Whitlow	Hawaii, Honolulu	2-2	Blaisdell Hotel
Bertha & Francis Smart	Kansas, Pittsburg	19-40	1712 S Olive
Ada May & Samuel Thomason	Kentucky, Hopkinsville				Dec-50
Warren S Ball	Massachusetts, Cambridge	17-26	410 Memorial Drive		Married in NH on 3 April
William P & Linnie S Netherton	Missouri, Blackwater	27-2, 27-19	farm
Wilbur Whitlow	Missouri, Fayette	45-17, 18, 19	505 W Davis Street
Claire E Gorrell	Missouri, Kansas City	116-235	3300 Gillham Rd		Married in NH on 3 April
Thomas & Linnie Oma Hackley	Missouri, Lafayette Co		farm
John I & Ada L Whitlow	Missouri, LaMine	27-19	farm
Walter & Ada Sue Davis	Missouri, Springfield	118-17	1863 N Grant
Joseph N & Matilda Gorrell	Missouri, Webb City	49-84	502 S. Pennsylvania

The website also has the maps which can help in finding the ED numbers. Here is the map where George J. Gorrell lived on Portola Way. The house he lived on belonged to Mrs. Hardin and was next to the Western Pacific Railroad yard.

The purple star is the approximate location of George J Gorrell's address

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