1910 Census on 18 April, 1910

 A general overview of information obtained from the 1910 Census

*Henry  (age 14 @ time of census) DOB 1896 in NY

Parents:  Both were born in Germany & were married in 1893 (married 17 years @ time of census).

Both sets of his Grandparents came from Germany too.

Father> Christian (age 42 @ time of census) DOB 1862 who came to US in 1882 @ the age of 20. He had a  pending app for citizenship.  He worked as the carpenter in the house they lived in.

Mother> is Henrietta (age 36 @ time of census) DOB 1874 who came to US 1865 @ the age of 9.

She worked as the janitor in the house they lived in.

She stated she bore 6 children but only 4 are living.

Siblings> George (10 @ time of census) DOB 1900

              Bertha (6 @ time of census) DOB 1904

              Christian Jr. (5 @ time of census) DOB 1905

Address (rented) :  Simpson Street Bronx

They had borders living with them Herman (aged 23 DOB 1887 in Germany) whose parents were both born in Germany as well.  He had immigrated to the USA in 1900.

Harry  (aged 18 DOB 1892 in NY) - both his parents were born in NY.

My Thoughts 

Henry, my Grandfather, was the oldest child in their current family situation.  The Census showed that his Mother, had lost 2 children but it didn't say when.  How that impacted her and the entire family is hard to imagine.  If he was her 1st child, that means she was 22 when she had him.  She had married at the age of 19 so possibly there had been a child/baby prior to Henry. 

His Father had hit the 40 mark; or mid-life as we now call it, and his Mother wasn't far behind. The Census showed that they both worked in the place they resided, so I'm thinking that means they were possibly the superintendents of sorts.  Another option could of been to fix up the place in liu of rent.  I was surprised to see her job title as janitor.  Suppose it fits though since housekeeper would of been designated as a person who worked for a specific family or that "just" kept up their own individual dwelling unit.  

I wonder if the parents received any funds for their work in the place, Being that they had 6 mouths to feed, I'm sure they needed cash.  I wonder too if Henry worked at all, maybe as a paper-boy or some other similar teen type job.    Possibly actual cash was obtained through the boarders listed on the Census.  Although it didn't list any occupation for them.  If they were true borders they would of most certainly been require to pay rent &/or do labor in exchange for room & board.  

*I may come back & add additional thoughts.