In the 1950 census my grandparents, Richard and Lydia Kallman, are living on the second floor of 4512 N. Seeley in Chicago. Four of their children, including my father, are now married. Daughter Ebba alone lives with them. Richard is unable to work. At the age of 63 his rheumatoid arthritis is already well advanced. They have a lodger, an unmarried male to help pay the rent. This was a common practice, a holdover from "Great Depression" days.
Line #20 - Kallman, Richard, Head, White, Male, 62 yrs old, married, born in Sweden, citizen, unable to work
Line #21 - , Lydia, Wife, White, Female, 60 married, born in Sweden, citizen, at home, not employed or seeking work
Line #22 - Ebba Rebecka, daughter, White, Female, 30, never married, born in Illinois, working 40 hrs last week, clerk, cleaning co., living in same house last year, both parents born in Sweden, attended and finished 12th grade, worked 52 weeks last year, earned 2500 last year
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