Analysis: The release of the 1950 Census allows us to see the first time America’s three baby-boom presidents were recorded — or, at least, it should.
that is able to parse even the less-legible scribblings of its 1950 enumerators . But some records are trickier to uncover, as you’ll see.What emerges from our search for those presidents are very American stories about seeking better jobs, ambition and making the best of difficult circumstances. We’ll begin with the oldest of the three.If you plug the name “Trump” into the bureau’s search tool, you quickly discover that there is no easy record for Donald Trump or his father, Fred.
Scanning the left edge of the census records, where streets are listed, we find 85-15 Wareham. And we discover that, in 1950, the house was occupied by Vera Kloster and her siblings. We flip through the enumeration records a bit further, and we find it: 85-14 Midland Parkway. And when the enumerator, Jeremiah Murphy, showed up, no one was home.
The future president’s age isn’t quite right, but what parent of five can remember every age at the drop of a hat?We move on to George W. Bush, born in Connecticut. But we find no record there for the Bush family, even though his grandfather’s was soon elected senator from that state. For the Bushes, too, 1950 was a time of change. His father, future president George H.W. Bush, was trying to make it in business, moving to California in 1949 and then to Midland, Tex., the next year.
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