Octavia Dodson in the 1940 Census

This snapshot of Octavia Dodson's life was captured by the 1940 U.S. Census.
When Octavia Dodson was born about 1927, her father, Oscar, was 20, and her mother, Margie, was 19. In 1940, she was 13 years old and lived in Detroit, Michigan, with her father, mother, and brother.