Doris Nisonger (center), a secretary and receptionist at the U.S. Census office in Tacoma showed Patricia Walton (left) and her mother Mrs. Nelle Walton one of the large enumeration books that were used beginning April 2, 1940 to register everyone residing in Tacoma. The U.S. Constitution mandates that the government conduct a census every ten years. In 1940, over 150 men and women canvassed Tacoma and Pierce County. The Waltons lived at 4122 North 7th Street; Patricia was a 4-A student at Jefferson school. (Patricia Walton after she married was known as Patricia Sampson.) (T. Times 3/30/1940, pg. 1)( Walton identification by a family member)

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