Lorne was the s/o Henry Freeman Pettis and Bertha Castera Morris.
Steve
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Lorne Pettis, "United States Census, 1930"
Name: Lorne Pettis
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1930
Event Place: Queens (Districts 0001-0250), Queens, New York, United States
District: 0021
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1898
Birthplace: Canada English
Immigration Year: 1926
Father's Birthplace: Canada English
Mother's Birthplace: Canada English
Sheet Number and Letter: 38A
Household ID: 44
Line Number: 9
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National
Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T626
Affiliate Film Number: 1582
GS Film number: 2341317
Digital Folder Number: 004639131
Image Number: 00929
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head
Lorne Pettis M 32 Canada English
Brother
Albert T Pettis M 27 Canada English
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Lorne Pettis, "United States Census, 1940"
Name: Lorne Pettis
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Assembly District 1, Queens, New York City, Queens, New York, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 42
Marital Status: Single
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Canada [Parrsboro]
Birth Year (Estimated): 1898 [3 Dec 1897]
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
District: 41-119A
Family Number: 184
Sheet Number and Letter: 7B
Line Number: 55
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 2722
Digital
Folder Number: 005458694
Image Number: 00418
[lives alone in an apartment complex on 33rd Ave, occupation: collector automobiles]