In 1940, he lived with his parents at 1956 84th Street in Brooklyn. They owned the house, valued at $9,000, and had lived there in 1935 as well. He was 35, had completed 8th grade, and earned $100 as the owner/chauffeur of a taxi service. His parents Peter, 84, and Josephine, 73, had filed papers for citizenship. Next door, his sister, brother-in-law, nephew, and niece rented for $39. Marcel, 34, had an 8th grade education, his first papers, and earned $1,800 as a bookkeeper for a corporation. Jean, 38, had an 8th grade education, and her son Harold, 15, had just finished the 8th grade. Daughter Joan B. was 5.
Year: 1940; Census Place: New York, Kings, New York; Roll: T627_2592; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 24-1781.