In Louisiana they had Old Age Assistance in the 1930-40, who paid the checks.?

Question

My grand parents received a pension check each month during the 1940 era. My grandfather died in 1964. I'm trying to find genealogy about his father.

Answer 1

A lot of states had a state pension back in that era. It was from the state government and the amount varied wildly from state to state. Louisiana paid a nice chunk of change to seniors back then. The money mostly came from oil company taxes and royalties paid to the state.

Answer 2

If grandpa died in 1964, it would really be a good idea to order his social security file, and check to see what is known of his work history.
There are numerous sources for what can be called pension or assistance. Social security is one example, which comes from the federal govt. A "pension" is often from prior employers. Another type of assistance may come from the state itself, such as a welfare grant for poor persons. The reason I suggest the ssi file is to see if he did have money from there, or if he had to report income to qualify for social security later.
Grandpa's father is a whole different ball game. If grandpa was born prior to 1930, he should be found in census records with his own parents.

Answer 3

Since you indicated "old age assistance" in the 1930 time frame, what you might want to do is find your grandparents in the 1930, 1920, 1910 (and maybe earlier) census (you seem to know a bit about them - like they lived in Louisiana so if they are there, finding them wouldn't be that hard). In those census, they often listed occupation and even place of employment.

If you are comfortable with it, you might want to edit your question and provide your grandfather's name, date/place of birth, spouses name, a name of one or two siblings if they exist are useful for census investigations, etc. [ but NO information on any living individual please] A lot of people here can take a look for you and see what's there. Might even be a WWI or WWII draft registration card, etc. out there we could find.

Answer 4

you will have to spend some money on this one hon. the organizations that paid those pensions cannot release any information. You will need to use a geneology service, and there are lots online.