Hanlontown, Worth County, Iowa
1940 Census
All data as of April 1, 1940.
Population: 259.
| Family | Rent 0r | Marital | |||||||
| No. | Own | Surname | Given Name | Relationship | Sex | Age | Status | Birthplace | Occupation |
| Danville | Township | ||||||||
| 1 | R | Lee | Selmer M. | head | m | 29 | married | Iowa | Public school janitor |
| Marcella A. | wife | f | 27 | married | Iowa | ||||
| Joan | daughter | f | 6 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 2 | R | Nagel | Wilbur | head | m | 46 | married | Iowa | Proprietor of garage |
| Gena | wife | f | 39 | married | Iowa | ||||
| 3 | R | Thoms | Edmund | head | m | 44 | married | Illinois | Agent in depot |
| Helena | wife | f | 41 | married | Iowa | ||||
| Loraine | daughter | f | 16 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Joan | daughter | f | 12 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Lloyd | son | m | 7 | single | Minnesota | ||||
| 4 | O | Ford | Bessie | head | f | 62 | single | Iowa | Farm laborer |
| Irvin | brother | m | 43 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 5 | O | Munson | Mons | head | m | 81 | single | Norway | |
| Casnis | sister | f | 73 | single | Norway | ||||
| 6 | R | Phillips | Verna | head | m | 38 | married | Iowa | Mechanic in garage |
| Nellie | wife | f | 38 | married | Virginia | ||||
| Douglass | son | m | 12 | single | California | ||||
| Marie | daughter | f | 7 | single | California | ||||
| 7 | O | Johnson | Fred | head | m | 36 | widowed | England | |
| Thomas | son | m | 10 | single | Illinois | ||||
| Mary M. | daughter | f | 9 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Fanny | mother | f | 59 | widowed | England | ||||
| 8 | O | Smeby | Mabel | head | f | 31 | married | Iowa | |
| Ocella | daughter | f | 9 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Eileen | daughter | f | 6 | single | Iowa | ||||
| June | daughter | f | 3 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Joan | daughter | f | 2 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 9 | O | Brunsvold | Henry | head | m | 62 | married | Iowa | |
| Sophia | wife | f | 49 | married | Iowa | ||||
| Dorothy | daughter | f | 17 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Sorend | Father-in-law | m | 80 | married | Norway | ||||
| Bertha | Mother-in-law | f | 71 | married' | Iowa | ||||
| 10 | R | Jacobson | Jerome | head | m | 27 | married | Minnesota | Proprietor of general store |
| Hazel | wife | f | 31 | married | North Dakota | ||||
| Patricia | daughter | f | 3/12 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Meixner | Carol | sister | f | 28 | married | Minnesota | Saleslady in general store | ||
| Jean | niece | f | 6 | single | Minnesota | ||||
| 11 | R | Field | Ed | head | m | 44 | married | Iowa | Truck driver |
| Escher | wife | f | 37 | married | Iowa | ||||
| Harold | son | m | 18 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 12 | O | Thorson | Thomas | head | m | 56 | married | Norway | Proprietor of farm shop |
| Nellie | wife | f | 51 | married | Wisconsin | ||||
| Ruth | daughter | f | 16 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 13 | O | Thorson | Carrie | head | f | 66 | single | Iowa | |
| Hans | brother | m | 64 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Hegener | Jeanette | niece | f | 11 | sngle | Iowa | |||
| 14 | O | Luckason | Christina | head | f | 68 | widowed | Iowa | |
| 15 | R | Doebel | Henry | head | m | 42 | married | Iowa | Proprietor of garage |
| Rua | wife | f | 40 | married | Iowa | ||||
| David | son | m | 8 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 16 | R | Thompson | Helen | head | f | 23 | married | Iowa | |
| 17 | O | Brunsvold | ;Sara | head | f | 71 | widowed | Norway | |
| 18 | O | Colby | John | head | m | 41 | married | North Wales | Proprietor of peat goods |
| Enid | wife | f | 34 | married | Indiana | ||||
| John | son | m | 12 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Joseph | son | m | 4 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Anthony | son | m | 10/12 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 19 | R | Hale | Micheal | head | m | 29 | married | Iowa | Proprietor of filling station |
| Lorraine | wife | f | 26 | married | Iowa | ||||
| Dennis | son | m | 1 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 20 | O | Bray | Elmer | head | m | 60 | married | Iowa | Proprietor of hardware store |
| Ellen | wife | f | 58 | married | Iowa | ||||
| Loretta | daughter | f | 29 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Brunsvold | Clarence | lodger | m | 37 | single | Iowa | Truck driver | ||
| 21 | O | Loveless | William | head | m | 53 | married | Minnesota | Proprietor of meat market |
| Elda | wife | f | 56 | married | Minnesota | ||||
| Boyd | son | m | 19 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 22 | O | Kaasa | Carrie | head | f | 56 | widowed | Iowa | Farmer |
| Kermit | son | m | 30 | single | Iowa | Truck driver | |||
| Bertham | son | m | 21 | single | Iowa | Filling station attendant | |||
| Burnette | daughter | f | 17 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 23 | O | Knutson | Thomas | head | m | 58 | single | North Dakota | Laborer in housing construction |
| 24 | O | Waldrup | Burley | head | m | 47 | married | Illinois | Section foreman on railroad |
| Catherine | wife | f | 23 | married | Iowa | ||||
| 25 | O | Goodahl | Richard | head | m | 70 | married | Iowa | Livestock buyer |
| Lucy | wife | f | 61 | married | Iowa | ||||
| Strand | Alvin | lodger | m | 33 | single | Iowa | Butter maker in creamery | ||
| 26 | O | Peterson | Pete | head | m | 69 | single | Iowa | |
| Mary | sister | f | 67 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Methus | Albert | companion | m | 48 | single | Iowa | Farmer | ||
| Gunderson | Sidney | servent | m | 22 | single | Iowa | Farmer | ||
| 27 | R | Hammond | Vistan | head | m | 56 | married | Maryland | Laborer in peat co. |
| Alice | wife | f | 49 | married | Wisconsin | ||||
| Lola Marie | daughter | f | 13 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Victor L. | daughter | f | 11 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Hurd | Guy | brother-in-law | m | 55 | single | Iowa | Laborer on railroad section | ||
| 28 | O | Furness | Arthur | head | m | 28 | married | North Dakota | Mechanic for peat company |
| Goodrum | wife | f | 28 | married | Iowa | ||||
| Ernest | son | m | 7 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Dale | son | m | 5 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Eugene | son | m | 2 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Roland | son | m | 6/12 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 30 | O | Austin | Marlin | head | m | 26 | married | Iowa | Assistant manager in elevator |
| Mary A. | wife | f | 26 | married | Iowa | ||||
| Glenn | son | m | 8 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Charles | son | m | 6 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 31 | O | McNelley | Charles | head | m | 57 | married | Iowa | Proprietor of barber shop |
| Myrtle | wife | f | 46 | married | Iowa | Postmistress at post office | |||
| Norman | son | m | 24 | single | Iowa | Foreman at peat co. | |||
| William | son | m | 19 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 32 | O | Mueller | Benton | head | m | 38 | married | Iowa | Proprietor of cafe |
| Lenore | wife | f | 36 | married | Iowa | Cook in cafe | |||
| Benton Jr. | son | m | 11 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 33 | R | Strandquist | Ray | head | m | 28 | married | Iowa | Truck driver |
| Lola | wife | f | 25 | married | Iowa | ||||
| Jimmy | son | m | 5 | single | Wisconsin | ||||
| 34 | Grove | Peter | head | m | 65 | married | Iowa | ||
| Georgiana | wife | f | 61 | married | Iowa | ||||
| 35 | R | Larson | Leslie | head | m | 38 | married | Iowa | Proprietor of filling station |
| Hazel | wife | f | 35 | married | Iowa | ||||
| Leslie J. | son | m | 12 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Susan B. | daughter | f | 7 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Milton | V. Maurice | m | 26 | single | Iowa | Operator of service station | |||
| 36 | R | Burke | Harold M. | head | m | 30 | married | South Dakota | Superintendent of public school |
| Evelyn | wife | f | 30 | married | South Dakota | ||||
| Deborah | daughter | f | 4 | single | South Dakota | ||||
| Severs | Dorothy | f | 46 | single | Iowa | Instructor in public school | |||
| Anderson | Annabelle | f | 27 | single | Minnesota | Instructor in public school | |||
| Briggs | Eleanor | f | 22 | single | Iowa | Instructor in public school | |||
| Frees | Arlonius | f | 20 | married | Iowa | Instructor in public school | |||
| Thompson | Leon | m | 22 | married | Iowa | Instructor in public school | |||
| 37 | O | Hill | Ole | head | m | 46 | single | Wisconsin | Farm laborer |
| 38 | O | McEnelly | Beulah | head | m | 48 | married | Iowa | |
| 38 | O | McEnelly | George | m | 50 | married | Iowa | ||
| Fertile | Township | ||||||||
| 1 | R | Watson | William | head | m | 29 | married | North Dakota | Music teacher |
| Elizabeth | wife | f | 24 | married | Iowa | ||||
| 2 | O | Stromborn | Axel | head | m | 77 | married | Sweden | Farmer |
| Caroline | wife | f | 63 | married | Germany | ||||
| 3 | O | Halvorson | G. H. | head | m | 70 | single | Minnesota | Pension |
| 4 | R | Florence | Darlene | head | f | 41 | widowed | Pennsylvania | Telephone operator |
| Patience | daughter | f | 16 | single | Indiana | ||||
| Dorothy | daughter | f | 12 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 5 | O | Scott | F. S. | head | m | 67 | married | Michigan | Store keeper |
| Daisy | wife | f | 60 | married | Iowa | Store keeper | |||
| 6 | O | Kaasa | Carl | head | m | 51 | married | Iowa | Owner of merchandise store |
| Thea | wife | f | 48 | married | Iowa | ||||
| Carlyle | son | m | 20 | single | Iowa | Clerk in merchandise store | |||
| LaVerne | son | m | 18 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 7 | R | Logue | Leslie | head | m | 29 | married | Wisconsin | Barber |
| Lucinda | wife | f | 28 | married | Canada | ||||
| Dean | son | m | 6 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Dale | son | m | 4 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 8 | R | Swallow | ;W. S. | head | m | 70 | married | Illinois | Farm hand |
| Ila | wife | f | 50 | married | Iowa | ||||
| Keith | son | m | 9 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 9 | R | Russell | Maurice | head | m | 28 | married | Iowa | Mechanic in implement shop |
| Althea | wife | f | 23 | married | Iowa | ||||
| Karen Faye | daughter | f | 2/12 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 10 | O | Miller | Arthur | head | m | 25 | single | Minnesota | Mason work – brick layer |
| Regina | mother | f | 53 | widowed | Wisconsin | Helper in beer parlor | |||
| Loraine | sister | f | 15 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Jay M. | brother | m | 20 | single | Iowa | Laborer for pioneer peat co. | |||
| Robert | brother | m | 17 | single | Iowa | Laborer for pioneer peat co. | |||
| 11 | O | Bratrud | Henry | head | m | 66 | married | Iowa | Blacksmith |
| Gertrude | wife | f | 53 | married | Norway | ||||
| Helen | daughter | f | 23 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Helmer | son | m | 27 | single | Iowa | Electrician | |||
| Richard | adopted son | m | 1 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 12 | O | Knutson | J. M. | head | m | 55 | married | Norway | Sec./Treasurer in pioneer peat co. |
| Clara | wife | f | 58 | married | Iowa | ||||
| Harold | son | m | 24 | widowed | Iowa | Truck driver for pioneer peat co. | |||
| Izetta | daughter | f | 21 | single | Iowa | Bookkeeper for pioneer peat co. | |||
| James | son | m | 29 | married | North Dakota | Laborer for pioneer peat co. | |||
| Rose | Daughter-in-law | f | 18 | married | Iowa | ||||
| 13 | R | McMullen | Norvel | head | m | 37 | married | Iowa | Agent for standard oil |
| Ruth | wife | f | 33 | married | Illinois | ||||
| Richard | son | m | 8 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Roger | son | m | 3 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 14 | R | Swartz | Samuel B. | head | m | 32 | married | Pennsylvania | Manager of farmer's elevator |
| Charlotte | wife | f | 28 | married | Iowa | ||||
| Myrtle Jeanne | daughter | f | 9 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Samuel B. | son | m | 8 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Daniel | son | m | 2 | single | Iowa | ||||
| David | son | m | 1 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 15 | O | Schott | Christ | head | m | 68 | married | Germany | Retired farmer |
| Creistina | wife | f | 68 | married | Denmark | ||||
| 16 | R | Pauley | Ralph | head | m | 21 | married | Missouri | Farm laborer |
| Olive | wife | f | 18 | married | Missouri | ||||
| 17 | R | Carr | Cecil | head | m | 37 | married | Iowa | Truck driver for fertile lumber |
| Norma | wife | f | 26 | married | Iowa | Clerk in drug store | |||
| 18 | O | Escheriick | Ed. | head | m | 60 | married | Iowa | Common laborer |
| R | Juleana | wife | f | 58 | married | Iowa | Dressmaker | ||
| 19 | R | Furness | John | head | m | 66 | married | Norway | Foreman at Eli Colby peat co. |
| Aleda | wife | f | 57 | married | Norway | ||||
| Alvin | son | m | 24 | single | North Dakota | Peat processing | |||
| Melvin | son | m | 22 | single | North Dakota | Farm laborer | |||
| Invold | son | m | 21 | single | North Dakota | Peat processing – trucking | |||
| Carl | son | m | 18 | single | North Dakota | Peat processing | |||
| Evelyn | daughter | f | 19 | single | North Dakota | Housework | |||
| Judith | daughter | f | 16 | single | North Dakota | Waitress in restaurant | |||
| Dorothy | daughter | f | 14 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Helen | daughter | f | 12 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 20 | O | Meservey | Alfred | head | m | 59 | married | Minnesota | Truck gardener |
| Frances | wife | f | 49 | married | Iowa | ||||
| Wendle | son | m | 15 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Harold | son | m | 12 | single | Minnesota | ||||
| Burnadine | daughter | f | 9 | single | Minnesota | ||||
| 21 | O | Smeby | Otto | head | m | 64 | married | Iowa | Retired farmer |
| Randine | wife | f | 58 | married | Iowa | ||||
| 22 | O | Lee | Lana | head | m | 62 | widowed | Iowa | |
| 23 | R | Russell | W. T. | head | m | 51 | married | Iowa | Mechanic in implement shop |
| Ida | wife | f | 57 | married | Iowa | ||||
| Floyd | son | m | 21 | single | Iowa | Common laborer in peat bogs | |||
| Donald | son | m | 16 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 24 | O | Torgeson | Oline | head | f | 86 | widowed | Norway | |
| Ingwal | son | m | 62 | widowed | Wisconsin | Painter | |||
| Larson | Ann | maid | f | 52 | single | Iowa | Housekeeper | ||
| 25 | R | Nagel | Charles | head | m | 34 | married | Iowa | Mechanic in Pontiac garage |
| Pearl | wife | f | 31 | married | Iowa | ||||
| Clifford | son | m | 11 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Beverly | daughter | f | 7 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 26 | R | Amberg | Edward | head | m | 25 | married | Minnesota | Laborer at eli colby co. |
| Marquette | wife | f | 22 | married | Iowa | ||||
| Anthony | son | m | 1 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 27 | R | Peterson | Harlan | head | m | 23 | married | Iowa | Laborer in peat bogs |
| Madelynne | wife | f | 19 | married | Iowa | ||||
| 28 | R | Strandquist | E. W. | head | m | 39 | married | Illinois | Laborer in peat bogs |
| Viola | wife | f | 28 | married | Nebraska | ||||
| Mary Lou | daughter | f | 8 | single | Nebraska | ||||
| Loretta | daughter | f | 6 | single | Nebraska | ||||
| Richard | son | m | 2 | single | Nebraska | ||||
| 29 | O | Strandquist | Minnie | head | f | 59 | widowed | Sweden | |
| Johnnie | son | m | 24 | single | Iowa | Laborer in peat bogs | |||
| 31 | O | Richardson | S. G. | head | m | 73 | single | Iowa | Retired laborer |
| 32 | O | Colby | Eli | head | m | 39 | married | Iowa | Manufacturer of peat products |
| Eleanore | wife | f | 37 | married | Minnesota | ||||
| John | son | m | 14 | single | Minnesota | ||||
| Janis | daughter | f | 12 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Karen | daughter | f | 1 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 33 | O | Ausenhus | Esther | head | f | 42 | widowed | Iowa | Relief |
| Roy | son | m | 17 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Bernice | daughter | f | 14 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Norris | son | m | 11 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Jane | daughter | f | 8 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Dorothy | daughter | f | 6 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 34 | O | Kaasa | T. G. | head | m | 45 | married | Iowa | Farming – poultry |
| Theresa | wife | f | 37 | married | Iowa | ||||
| Harris | son | m | 14 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Merkvegn | daughter | f | 4 | single | Iowa | ||||
| K. Carol | daughter | f | 2 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 35 | o | Peck | Fred | head | m | 73 | married | Iowa | Retired |
| Stella | wife | f | 71 | married | Iowa | ||||
| 36 | o | Brunsvold | Halvor E. | head | m | 75 | married | Norway | Retired farmer |
| Thea | wife | f | 65 | married | Norway | ||||
| 37 | R | Lund | Olaf | head | m | 35 | married | Norway | Helper in creamery |
| Thelma | wife | f | 27 | married | Iowa | ||||
| Betty | daughter | f | 6 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Margaret | daughter | f | 2 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 38 | R | Lewis | Carl | head | m | 55 | widowed | Wisconsin | Laborer at Colby peat co. |
| Marian | daughter | f | 18 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 39 | R | Crooks | Harry L. | head | m | 34 | married | North Dakota | Laborer at Eli Colby co. |
| Myrtle | wife | f | 28 | married | Iowa | ||||
| Darrell | son | m | 4 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Donavin | son | m | 3 | single | Iowa | ||||
| Albert | brother | m | 29 | married | North Dakota | Laborer in Eli peat co. | |||
| Eleanore | Sister-in-law | f | 20 | married | North Dakota | ||||
| 40 | O | Hegney | John G. | head | m | 56 | widowed | Minnesota | Carpenter |
| Oran A. | son | m | 16 | single | Iowa | ||||
| 41 | R | Ranglin | Edwin E. | head | m | 48 | married | Wisconsin | Banker |
| Laura | wife | f | 45 | married | Wisconsin | ||||
NOTES: The census also had a column on race, but all were listed a white so it wasn't included above.
Transcribed by Gordon Felland on 6/3/2016 from pictures of the original census records.