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Find more Gearheart 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 94 more people named Gearheart 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 708 people named Gearheart in the 1930 U.S. Census. In 1940, there were 13% more people named Gearheart in the United States. What was life like for them?

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In 1940, 802 people named Gearheart were living in the United States. In a snapshot:

  • 2 reported their race as other than white
  • On average men worked 42 hours a week
  • 37% were children
  • 773 rented out rooms to boarders

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

  • 57 were first-generation Americans
  • 136 migrated within the United States from 1935 to 1940
  • Most mothers originated from Virginia
  • 11 were born in foreign countries