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Find more Geffers 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 112 more people named Geffers 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 78 people named Geffers in the 1930 U.S. Census. In 1940, there were 144% more people named Geffers in the United States. What was life like for them?

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In 1940, 190 people named Geffers were living in the United States. In a snapshot:

  • 27 adults were unmarried
  • They typically took 7 weeks of vacation a year
  • 185 rented out rooms to boarders
  • On average men worked 44 hours a week

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

  • Most mothers originated from Ohio
  • Most immigrants originated from Germany
  • 31 migrated within the United States from 1935 to 1940
  • The most common mother tongue was German