1930 Census of Merchant Seamen

1930 Census of Merchant Seamen
Name Index

(M1932, RG 029, 3 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.)

This is an Index of Seamen who’s birth place was listed as Kansas.  Information found at the top of each Merchant Seamen schedules:

• Name and address of owner or operator of vessel
• Name of vessel
• Date of enumeration
• Name of enumerator, usually his signature and/or typewritten name
• The home port of the vessel (If the vessel did not have a regular home port then the name of the port in which the vessel was anchored on the census day or from which it sailed last prior to 1 April 1930 was to be listed)

The following questions were asked the men aboard the vessel:

• Name of each person whose place of abode on 1 April 1930 was on board this ship
  Sex
  Color or race
  Age at last birthday
  Whether single, married, widowed, or divorced
  Whether able to read or write
  Place of birth (If born in the United States, give the state or territory. If of foreign birth, give the country of birth)
  Whether naturalized or alien
  Whether able to speak English
  Occupation – trade, profession, or particular kind of work done
  Whether a veteran of the U.S. military or naval forces mobilized for any war or expedition; if so, what war or expedition
  Address of wife or next of kin