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Find more Lemmens 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 56 more people named Lemmens 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 65 people named Lemmens in the 1930 U.S. Census. In 1940, there were 86% more people named Lemmens in the United States. What was life like for them?

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In 1940, 121 people named Lemmens were living in the United States. In a snapshot:

  • 32% owned their homes, valued on average at $2,532
  • On average men worked 41 hours a week
  • 36 were children
  • 117 rented out rooms to boarders

Learn where they came from and where they went.

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

  • 29% were born in foreign countries
  • 11% migrated within the United States from 1935 to 1940
  • They most commonly lived in Wisconsin
  • Most immigrants originated from Holland