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Find more Sunney relatives and grow your tree by exploring billions of historical records. Taken every decade since 1790, the U.S. Federal Census can tell you a lot about your family. For example, from 1930 to 1940 there were 131 more people named Sunney in the United States — and some of them are likely related to you.

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What if you had a window into the history of your family? With historical records, you do. From home life to career, records help bring your relatives' experiences into focus. There were 46 people named Sunney in the 1930 U.S. Census. In 1940, there were 285% more people named Sunney in the United States. What was life like for them?

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In 1940, 177 people named Sunney were living in the United States. In a snapshot:

  • On average men worked 44 hours a week
  • 95% rented out rooms to boarders
  • 14 owned their homes, valued on average at $3,124
  • 37 adults were unmarried

Learn where they came from and where they went.

As Sunney families continued to grow, they left more tracks on the map:

  • The most common mother tongue was Spanish
  • 28 migrated within the United States from 1935 to 1940
  • 9 were first-generation Americans
  • Most mothers originated from North Carolina