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Find more Maurs 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 123 more people named Maurs 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 41 people named Maurs in the 1930 U.S. Census. In 1940, there were 300% more people named Maurs in the United States. What was life like for them?

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In 1940, 164 people named Maurs were living in the United States. In a snapshot:

  • 23 adults were unmarried
  • On average men worked 43 hours a week
  • For 80 females, Josephine was the most common name
  • 13 women had paying jobs

Learn where they came from and where they went.

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

  • Most mothers originated from New York
  • Most immigrants originated from Italy
  • 49% were first-generation Americans
  • 12% migrated within the United States from 1935 to 1940