PARTIAL DEMOGRAPHY OF CRANE COUNTY IN 1930

Table Seven, Page 4, Residents of Company Houses Houses 184-314, south of east/west road
House#	Residents	Relation	Rent	Sex	Age	Marriage	Occupation
The next dwelling is a known Gulf bunkhouse with five men. The following five dwellings, mostly single employees, remain a mystery. Were some bunkhouses one big room like a military barracks, while others had separate rooms? Did Gulf rent a room or house to DuBose, owner of a Magazine Stand? Was Durham the editor of a Gulf paper?
273	Joseph Gilchrist, Jr.	Head	Unk	M	27	s	Worker, Oilfield
	Preston Finsker	Head	Unk	M	31	m	Auto Mechanic, Oilfield
	Avery Carter	Head	Unk	M	28	s	Worker, Oilfield
	Fred Lakin	Head	Unk	M	25	s	Fireman, Oilfield
	Eldo A. McAnelly ?	Head	Unk	M	37	m	Worker, Oilfield
274	Roy Rineheart	Head	Unk	M	23	s	Foreman, Oilfield
275	I. Lake DuBose	Head	15	M	40	s	Owner, Magazine Stand
276	Ray Surrat	Head	Unk	M	23	s	Fireman, Oilfield
277	Thomas Durham	Head	Unk	M	51	m	Editor, Newspaper
278	Claude A. Townsend	Head	Unk	M	28	s	Gauger, Oilfield
The next dwelling is probably a bunkhouse or a large tent, but were the highway construction men working for the state, county, or Gulf?
279	Elmer Medder Joe Heaf Frank Miller Fred Kelley J. T. McBee Arthur Burk	Head " " " " "	Unk Unk Unk Unk Unk Unk	M M M M M M	30 25 40 38 42 21	s s s s s s	Construction, Highway " " " " "
280	Dan Sloan Bertha Midena Tommie Mary J.	Head wife dau son dau	Unk	M F F M F	48 45 18 16 14	m m	Road Construction
The next dwelling is either a bunkhouse or large tent, and some of the men are known to have worked for Gulf in later years, so probably this transportation crew are all Gulf employees.
281	Henry E. Baumgarten Rufas W. Hail Ernest F. Miller Herman Austin Joe B. Bullock David Cockron William V. Hardin Leslie C. Hinsley	Head Head Head Head Head Head Head Head	Unk " " " " " " "	M M M M M M M M	24 30 25 25 23 23 24 27	s m m s s s s s	Transportation, Oilfield " " " " " " "
The next two dwellings are residences owned by a rancher.
282	G. H. Cowden Billy Tom	Head son	2500	M M	33 12	d s	Ranchman
283	Myrtle E. Cook Ermine ? B. Patterson	Head mother	Unk	F F	42 68	d wd	Housekeeper, Ranch None
Known Gulf employees occupied the next eight dwellings.
284	Floyd O. White Ruth M. Constance ? Helen Kathryn	Head wife dau dau dau	7.50	M F F F F	37 28 8 6 4	m m	Auto Mechanic, Oilfield None
285	Thad L. Jarvis Tyla or Zyla H. Regel Jarvis	Head wife son	10	M F M	44 43 19	m m s	Electrician, Oilfield None Electrician, Oilfield
286	Willie G. Slater Lillie Jimmie	Head wife son	5	M F M	31 32 9	m m	Pumper, Oilfield None
287	Jap A. McVickers Ola G. Mary E.	Head wife dau	5	M F F	45 35 15	m m	Worker, Oilfield None
288	James M. Patterson Ruby S.	Head wife	5	M F	27 20	m m	Pumper, Oilfield None
289	Loyd Prichard (left out) Ganivel Dorthy M.	Head wife son dau	5	M F M F	25 25 3 1	m m	Worker, Oilfield
290	Beacher Miller Pearl Johnnie Mary Francis Eugene Delia	Head wife son dau dau son dau	5	M F M F F M F	35 29 11 10 9 6 *	m m	Pumper, Oilfield none
291	Ameadan E. Murrell Lone Polly Jean Typan M.	Head wife dau son	5	M F F M	25 23 3 *	m m	Pumper, Oilfield none

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