Partial Transcription of 1940 census
for Buffalo County, Nebraska
Buffalo County, Nebraska
District 10-34 and District 10-44
This includes all of Riverdale Village
| Line | Hshld # | Name | first | relation | age | status | place of birth | occupation | |
| p1 SHEET 1A | -- Block 1 -- | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Harden | Lydia | head | 67 | Wd | Illinois | ||
| 2 | Marvin | grandson | 13 | S | Michigan | ||||
| 3 | 2 | Johnston | Roy | head | 54 | M | Nebraska | laborer | road work |
| 4 | Martha | wife | 56 | M | Nebraska | ||||
| 5 | 3 | Anderson | W. Carlisle | head | 26 | M | Nebraska | supertendent | public school |
| 6 | Wanda | wife | 26 | M | Nebraska | ||||
| 7 | 4 | Alexander | Ruby | head | 27 | S | Nebraska | teacher | public school |
| 8 | -- Block 8 -- | ||||||||
| 9 | 5 | Lindholm | Hilda | head | 82 | M7 | Sweden | ||
| 10 | 6 | Cudaback | Lloyd | head | 33 | M | Nebraska | janitor | public school |
| 11 | Dallas | wife | 30 | M | Missouri | ||||
| 12 | Geraldine | daughter | 8 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| 13 | Norma | daughter | 2 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| 14 | Dale | son | 1 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| 15 | 7 | Swain | Willis | head | 40 | M | Wisconsin | section head | UP Railroad Co |
| 16 | Madeline | wife | 36 | M | Kansas | ||||
| 17 | Patricia | daughter | 16 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| 18 | Betty | daughter | 14 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| 19 | Jaqueline | daughter | 7 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| 20 | 8 | Cunningham | Spencer | head | 76 | M | Canada English | ||
| 21 | Icie | wife | 62 | M | Tennessee | ||||
| 22 | 9 | Johnson | James | head | 68 | M | Iowa | ||
| 23 | Ella | wife | 62 | M | Nebraska | ||||
| 24 | Shannon | Mildred | lodger | 36 | S | Nebraska | teacher | public school | |
| 25 | Foy | Mabel | lodger | 27 | S | Kansas | teacher | public school | |
| 26 | 10 | Abels | John | head | 56 | S | Germany | repairs wells | well work |
| 27 | -- Block 7 -- | ||||||||
| 28 | 11 | Johnston | William | head | 24 | M | Nebraska | manager | Elevator and lumber yard |
| 29 | Margaret | wife | 22 | M | Nebraska | ||||
| 30 | 12 | Hill | Earl | head | 58 | M | Nebraska | Partner Proprietor | General Store |
| 31 | Mary | wife | 54 | M | Wisconsin | ||||
| 32 | Erwin | son | 13 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| 33 | 13 | Pruett | Melville | head | 25 | M | Iowa | Minister | |
| 34 | Esther | wife | 23 | M | Nebraska | ||||
| 35 | 14 | Skov | Jens | head | 59 | M | Denmark | rural mail carrier | US Gov't |
| 36 | Edith | wife | 42 | M | Nebraska | ||||
| 37 | Marian | daughter | 8 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| 38 | Charles | son | 6 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| 39 | Leonard | son | 5 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| 40 | |||||||||
| p2 SHEET 1B | -- Block 6 -- | ||||||||
| 41 | 15 | Bard | Theodore | head | 29 | M | South Dakota | Owner-operator | automotive garage |
| 42 | Mae | wife | 26 | M | Nebraska | ||||
| 43 | Delores | daughter | 2 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| 44 | 16 | Kreutzer | Emil | head | 33 | M | Nebraska | trucker | trucking |
| 45 | Bertha | wife | 31 | M | Nebraska | ||||
| 46 | Twila | daughter | 9 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| 47 | Luella | daughter | 8 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| 48 | Rolland | son | 2 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| 49 | Alan | son | 1 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| 50 | -- Block 10-- | ||||||||
| 51 | 17 | Dennis | Roy | head | 58 | M | Illinois | service station attendant | filling station |
| 52 | Dora | wife | 51 | M | Nebraska | ||||
| 53 | 18 | Hill | Ernest | head | 64 | M | Nebraska | Partner Proprietor | General Store |
| 54 | Gertrude | wife | 61 | M | Illinois | ||||
| 55 | -- Block 12-- | ||||||||
| 56 | 19 | Pratt | Charles | head | 55 | M | Iowa | cashier | State Bank |
| 57 | Hilder | wife | 50 | M | Nebraska | ||||
| 58 | LaVerne | son | 21 | S | Nebraska | asst. cashier | State Bank | ||
| 59 | Rozella | daughter | 19 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| 60 | 20 | Peterson | Holger | 46 | M | Nebraska | barber | barber shop | |
| 61 | Verna | 36 | M | Nebraska | beauty operator | beauty shop | |||
| 62 | Harry | 18 | S | Nebraska | farm hand | farm | |||
| 63 | James | 16 | S | Nebraska | |||||
| 64 | 21 | Fiddelke | Harold | head | 26 | M | Nebraska | section head | UP Railroad Co |
| 65 | Lucile | wife | 21 | M | Nebraska | ||||
| -- Block 13-- | |||||||||
| 66 | 22 | Cudaback | Morris | head | 36 | M | Nebraska | filling station operator | filling station |
| 67 | Lena | wife | 29 | M | Colorado | ||||
| 68 | Jackie | son | 10 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| 69 | Ronald | son | 9 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| 70 | LaVerne | son | 7 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| 71 | Jean | daughter | 4 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| 72 | Jimmie | son | 1 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| 73 | 23 | Elliott | E. Ray | head | 39 | M | Nebraska | manager of lumber yard | Elevator and lumber yard |
| 74 | Ava | wife | 39 | M | Iowa | ||||
| 75 | Donald | son | 7 | S | Texas | ||||
| 76 | 24 | King | Edgar | 75 | M | Maine | |||
| 77 | Emma | 71 | M | Iowa | |||||
| 78 | -- Block 9 -- | ||||||||
| 79 | 25 | Wakefield | Margaret | head | 43 | D | Nebraska | telephone operator | Nebr. Continental Co |
| 80 | Beverly | daughter | 12 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| p3 SHEET 2A | |||||||||
| 1 | 26 | Jobe | Walter | head | 52 | M | Illinois | section foreman | UP Railroad Co |
| 2 | Irene | wife | 54 | M | Iowa | ||||
| 3 | 27 | Baird | Ella | head | 64 | Wd | Iowa | ||
| 4 | 28 | Fiddelke | Herman | head | 64 | M | Germany | Owner-operator | cafe |
| 5 | Clara | wife | 57 | M | Illinois | ||||
| 6 | Evelyn | daughter | 27 | S | Nebraska | part owner-operator | cream station | ||
| 7 | Irene | daughter | 23 | S | Nebraska | part owner-operator | cream station | ||
| 8 | Verbena | daughter | 16 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| Bernice | daughter | 24 | S | Nebraska | (from p5 Sheet 61A) | ||||
| 9 | 29 | Jorgenson | Ray | head | 36 | M | Iowa | maintains roads | county road |
| 10 | Lenora | wife | 31 | M | Nebraska | ||||
| 11 | David | son | 10 | S | Wyoming | ||||
| 12 | Cool | Mildred | lodger | 6 | S | Nebraska | |||
| 13 | Frank | Artie | lodger | 34 | S | Kansas | teaching | public school | |
| 14 | Bohac | Edwin | lodger | 22 | S | Nebraska | teaching | public school | |
| 15 | -- Block 2 -- | ||||||||
| 16 | 30 | Dennis | Duane | head | 41 | M | Nebraska | maintains roads | township roads |
| 17 | Anna | wife | 41 | M | Nebraska | ||||
| 18 | LaVonne | daughter | 18 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| 19 | Daryl | son | 17 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| 20 | Maurine | daughter | 16 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| 21 | 31 | Christenson | Henry | head | 53 | M | Denmark | blacksmith | blacksmith shop |
| 22 | Etta | wife | 48 | M | Nebraska | ||||
| 23 | |||||||||
| 24 | 32 | Dennis | Sarah | head | 83 | Wd | Indiana | ||
| 25 | -- Block 3 -- | ||||||||
| 26 | 33 | Swartsley | William | head | 77 | M | Illinois | dairy man | private dairy |
| 27 | Alice | wife | 71 | M | Iowa | ||||
| 28 | Wendt | Bert | lodger | 56 | S | Nebraska | mechanic | trucking, farming | |
| 29 | Here ends Block | ||||||||
| 30 | 34 | Brennan | John | head | 63 | M | Iowa | farmer | |
| 31 | Alice | wife | 63 | M | Iowa | ||||
| 32 | Opal | daughter | 31 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| 33 | Hart | Clarence | head | 51 | M | Illinois | farmer | farming | |
| 34 | Hazel | wife | 43 | M | Nebraska | ||||
| 35 | Lyle | son | 8 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| 36 | 35 | Leslie | Jeannette | Mother-in-law | 87 | Wd | Illinois | ||
| 37 | 36 | Schake | Minnie | head | 54 | Wd | Illinois | farmer | farming |
| 38 | Arthur | son | 17 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| 39 | Mabel | daughter | 16 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| 40 | Harvey | son | 11 | S | Nebraska | ||||
| p4 SHEET 2B | Railroad St. | ||||||||
| 41 | 37 | Rogers | Paul | head | 28 | M | Nebraska | station agent | UP Railroad Co |
| 42 | Inez | wife | 22 | M | Nebraska | ||||
| 43 | 38 | Carper | John | head | 56 | M | Ohio | section hand | UP Railroad Co |
| 44 | Eva | wife | 56 | M | Nebraska | ||||
| 45 | 39 | Bargmann | Fred | head | 77 | S | Germany | Insurance salesman | Insurance Co |
| 46 | Rieckmann | William | boarder | 66 | S | Illinois | owner, ice plant | ice plant | |
| p5 SHEET 61A | |||||||||
| 1 | 28 | Fiddelke | Bernice | daughter | 24 | S | Nebraska |
District 10-44
The part of Riverdale Village that lies in Divide Township
| Line | Hshld # | Name | first | relation | age | status | place of birth | occupation | |
| p1 SHEET 1A | |||||||||
| 1 | 52 | Freeman | John | head | 65 | m | Indiana | carpenter | building |
| 2 | Olive | wife | 51 | m | Nebraska | ||||
| 3 | Bruce | son | 23 | S | Nebraska | carpenter | building | ||
| 4 | Brown | Marline | granddaughter | 5 | S | Washington DC |