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Paulus Lenseth (aged 48), wife Ezeke (?) (aged 37), daughter Edith (18), sons Louis (14), Lief (12), Harry (9), Marvin (7), daughters Plengi (?) (2 yr 10 mos) and Maria (?) (9 mos) lived at 920 (?) 6th Avenue, Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York - census enumeration district #393. (Sadly, their census taker had poor penmanship.) Paulus was born in Norway, as were both of his parents; he immigrated in 1896 (? - might be 1890). Ezeke was born in Norway; both her parents were born in Sweden. She immigrated in 1905. All the children were born in New York, which doesn't fit with Edith's age and Ezeke's immigration date, but that's the census for you; a possibility to look into is that Ezeke, or whatever her name actually is, is Paulus's second wife, and Edith is a daughter from the first marriage (that possibility makes sense in light of the age difference). Neither Paulus nor Ezeke was a U.S. citizen at that point. Paulus was an iron worker in the building trade; Edith worked in an office.
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