Thank you Arlene. Yes, I had already found that info which led me to look for the name Nettie which could easily have been a nickname... In an earlier census, I came across the name Jeanette Smith (i.e. possibly a maiden name for Nettie, before marrying John L Minor.

Race Negro
Home in 1940
1704 26th Street, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri
Household Members � Age
Head John L Minor 49 born 1891
Wife Nettie T Minor 37 born 1903 (possibly Jeanette Smith)
Stepson Leonard Baxter 19 born 1921
Step Helen Baxter 14 born 1926.

They also had family and business ties in Brooklyn, NY and Denver CO areas in an earlier census.