Individual Details
Iva Myrtle CARLSON
(8 Jan 1900 - 31 Jan 2005)
4: except as noted.
Iva: official, documented birthday 28 Jan 1900. But actual birthday
is 8 Jan 1900. But note source 5.
5: gives birthday of Dec 1899.
25: Name "Myrtle Iva L. Carlson", birth date of 28 Jan 1900.
Lived in Olean when brother Elmer died.
Lives at 419 W. Allegany Rd, Emporium, PA.
Separated from hus. & dated John Wiley for 10-15 years.
Source Laylon: middle name. Worked for Sylvania for 35 years.
Source volraelmann@aol.com: in 1940 census, Iva and Neil lived with Gus and Amanda
Events
| Birth | Dec 1899 | Pennsylvania, United States |  |  | |
| Residence | 1900 | Age: 5/12Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Birth | Abt 1900 | Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence-shared | 1900 | (Gustav Adolf Hillner CARLSON) (in household of Gus and Amanda Carlson) - West Allegheny Avenue, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Birth | 8 Jan 1900 | Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | | |
| Birth | 28 Jan 1900 | Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | | |
| Birth | Abt 1901 | Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Birth | Abt 1901 | Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1910 | Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter - West Ward, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence-shared | Apr 1910 | (Arthur Ferdinand CARLSON) (lives with parents) - Allegany Avenue, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1920 | Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States - William Joseph DONOVAN | | ||
| Residence | 1920 | (with parents) - 419 W Allegany Avenue, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Employment | 1920 | laborer at lamp factory - Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1922 | William Joseph DONOVAN | | ||
| Residence (family) | Jun 1925 | 104 North 13 Street, Olean, Cattaraugus, New York, United States - William Joseph DONOVAN | | ||
| Residence (family) | Apr 1930 | in a rented home - 128-1/2 N Tenth Street, Olean, Cattaraugus, New York, United States - William Joseph DONOVAN | | ||
| Residence | 1 Apr 1935 | 419 W Allegany Avenue, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Divorce | Bef 1940 | William Joseph DONOVAN | | ||
| Occupation | 1940 | worker in the grid dept of vacuum tube plant | | ||
| Residence | 1940 | Marital Status: Divorced; Relation to Head: Daughter - Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1 Apr 1940 | with mother and son - 419 W Allegany Avenue, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1985 | 419 W Allegany Avenue, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 2004 | 309 E Allegany Avenue, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Death | 31 Jan 2005 | Guy and Mary Felt Manor, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | | |
| Burial | 1 Feb 2005 | Newton Protestant Cemetery, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | | |
| Alt name | Iva CARLSON | | |||
| Alt name | Iva M Carlson | | |||
| Education | attended Cameron County schools | | |||
| Employment | a worker in Sylvania (Grid Dept.) for 40 years - Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | |||
| Education | through one year of high school | |
Families
| Spouse | William Joseph DONOVAN (1892 - 1939) |
| Child | Neil Eugene DONOVAN (1925 - 2011) |
| Father | Gustav Adolf CARLSON (1860 - 1933) |
| Mother | Amanda LIND (1864 - 1943) |
| Sibling | Gustav Adolf Hillner CARLSON (1885 - 1918) |
| Sibling | Arthur Ferdinand CARLSON (1886 - 1968) |
| Sibling | Hulda Viktoria CARLSON (1888 - 1889) |
| Sibling | [unknown, possibly non-existent] CARLSON (1889 - ) |
| Sibling | Hulda Viktoria CARLSON (1890 - 1890) |
| Sibling | Victor CARLSON (1890 - 1970) |
| Sibling | Carl Oscar CARLSON (1892 - 1960) |
| Sibling | Elmer Cecil Brice CARLSON (1894 - 1936) |
| Sibling | Martin Valdemare CARLSON (1896 - 1896) |
| Sibling | Inez Elizabeth Blanch CARLSON (1897 - 1897) |
| Sibling | Dewey Ernest CARLSON (1898 - 1964) |
| Sibling | Victoria Evelyn R. "Kena" CARLSON (1901 - 1978) |
Notes
Birth
1900 census says Dec 1899 but also gives an age of 5/12. This would support the birth date of January 19001920 census gives age 20, which is consistent with this date.
Birth
This is the date that appears on her tombstone.Iva said that she was actually born on 8 Jan although the official records say 28.
Birth
But see note for 8 Jan.Death
Cameron County Historical SocietyThis is the date that appears on her tombstone.
Burial
Friends will be received from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Coppersmith-Condon Funeral Home, where funeral and committal services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday with the Rev. Dwight I Simpson, pastor of the Faith Baptist Church of Emporium, officiating. Burial will be in Newton Cemetery, Emporium. [2-1-05 Tues. is handwritten]Endnotes
1. 1900 U. S. census, Cameron County, Pennsylvania || Cameron Co., PA, population schedule, Emporium, West Ward, enumeration district (ED) SD 11, ED 2, Sheet 23 (handwritten) B (stamped), dwelling 135, family 135 (later renumbered as 450 and 468) on West Allegheny Avenue, Gustave Carlson family; database index with images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M39D-JPY : accessed 12 June 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,390.
2. 1920 U. S. census, Cameron County, Pennsylvania||Cameron Co., PA, population schedule, Shippen Township, Emporium Borough, West Ward, enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 10A (written), lines 35-40, dwelling 212, family 221, 419 West Allegany Avenue, Carlson, Gus; database index with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFTR-19J : downloaded 20 August 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,548.
3. Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1900; Census Place: Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1390; Page: 23B; Enumeration District: 0002; FHL microfilm: 1241390.
4. 1930 U. S. census, Cattaraugus County, New York || Cattaraugus Co, NY, population schedule, Olean, Ward 6, enumeration district (ED) E.D. 5-44, p 4A (written), sheet 86 (stamped), lines 48-50, dwelling 98, family 104, 128-1/2 N. Tenth Ave., William J. Donovan family; database index with images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&indiv=try&h=29647135 : accessed 19 July 2016); citing United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.
5. 1900 U. S. census, Cameron County, Pennsylvania || Cameron Co., PA, population schedule, Emporium, West Ward, enumeration district (ED) SD 11, ED 2, Sheet 23 (handwritten) B (stamped), dwelling 135, family 135 (later renumbered as 450 and 468) on West Allegheny Avenue, Gustave Carlson family; database index with images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M39D-JPY : accessed 12 June 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,390.
6. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 July 2015), Iva M. Donovan, memorial #35797232.
7. Iva Carlson Donovan, daughter of Gust A Carlson, , Emporium, PA, interview by James W. Moore, 10 October 1985, ; notes, privately held by James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 2016.
8. "Iva Donovan, native of Emporium, dies at 105," (circa 1 February 2005); vertical file: "Carlson," Newspaper Clippings and Transcriptions; Cameron County Historical Society, Emporium, Pennsylvania.
9. Susan Hoy, Family Record Sheet of Gustav Adolf Carlson, Family Record Sheets of Carlsons in Cameron County; supplied by /Cameron County Historical Society/, , Emporium, PA 15832, 2014; provides informal notations of some sources. Results of research requested by James W. Moore.
10. Cameron County, Pennsylvania, Birth Records 1893-1906, Carlson, Myrtle Iva L, 28 Jan 1900; FHL microfilm FHL 902022.
11. Funeral card for Iva M. Carlson Donovan, b. 28 Jan 1900, d. 31 Jan 2005; Moore-Lardner Family Collection; privately held by James W. Moore, , 2023. Coppersmith-Condon Funeral Home, Emporium, PA. Inherited from Jean Moore Carlson (Iva's niece).
12. "1910 United States Federal Census," database with images, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com/: accessed 4 July 2015), Augustus Carlson, Shippen, Emporium, ED 4, sheet 8B, line 90 (Year: 1910; Census Place: Emporium West Ward, Cameron, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1325; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0004; FHL microfilm: 1375338); citing Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C..
13. 1940 U. S. census, Cameron County, Pennsylvania || Cameron Co., PA, population schedule , West ward, Emporium borough, enumeration district (ED) ED 12-3, sheet 1B, lines 43-47, dwelling 10, Amanda Carlson household; database index with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2442/ : accessed 17 October 2022).
14. Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006), Year: 1910; Census Place: Emporium West Ward, Cameron, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1325; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0004; FHL microfilm: 1375338.
15. "1910 United States Federal Census," database with images, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com/: accessed 4 July 2015), Augustus Carlson, Shippen, Emporium, ED 4, sheet 8B, line 90 (Year: 1910; Census Place: Emporium West Ward, Cameron, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1325; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0004; FHL microfilm: 1375338); citing Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C..
16. "Iva Donovan, native of Emporium, dies at 105," (circa 1 February 2005); vertical file: "Carlson," Newspaper Clippings and Transcriptions; Cameron County Historical Society, Emporium, Pennsylvania.
17. 1920 U. S. census, Cameron County, Pennsylvania||Cameron Co., PA, population schedule, Shippen Township, Emporium Borough, West Ward, enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 10A (written), lines 35-40, dwelling 212, family 221, 419 West Allegany Avenue, Carlson, Gus; database index with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFTR-19J : downloaded 20 August 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,548.
18. 1920 U. S. census, Cameron County, Pennsylvania||Cameron Co., PA, population schedule, Shippen Township, Emporium Borough, West Ward, enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 10A (written), lines 35-40, dwelling 212, family 221, 419 West Allegany Avenue, Carlson, Gus; database index with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFTR-19J : downloaded 20 August 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,548.
19. 1930 U. S. census, Cattaraugus County, New York || Cattaraugus Co, NY, population schedule, Olean, Ward 6, enumeration district (ED) E.D. 5-44, p 4A (written), sheet 86 (stamped), lines 48-50, dwelling 98, family 104, 128-1/2 N. Tenth Ave., William J. Donovan family; database index with images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&indiv=try&h=29647135 : accessed 19 July 2016); citing United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.
20. "New York, State Census, 1925, (Cattaraugus County)," online database with images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2704: accessed 19 July 2016), Olean Ward 7, Assembly District 1, p 6, lines 38-40, 104 N 13 St, Wm J Donovan family; citing State population census schedules, 1925. Albany, New York: New York State Archives.
21. 1930 U. S. census, Cattaraugus County, New York || Cattaraugus Co, NY, population schedule, Olean, Ward 6, enumeration district (ED) E.D. 5-44, p 4A (written), sheet 86 (stamped), lines 48-50, dwelling 98, family 104, 128-1/2 N. Tenth Ave., William J. Donovan family; database index with images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&indiv=try&h=29647135 : accessed 19 July 2016); citing United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.
22. 1940 U. S. census, Cameron County, Pennsylvania || Cameron Co., PA, population schedule , West ward, Emporium borough, enumeration district (ED) ED 12-3, sheet 1B, lines 43-47, dwelling 10, Amanda Carlson household; database index with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2442/ : accessed 17 October 2022).
23. 1940 U. S. census, Cameron County, Pennsylvania || Cameron Co., PA, population schedule , West ward, Emporium borough, enumeration district (ED) ED 12-3, sheet 1B, lines 43-47, dwelling 10, Amanda Carlson household; database index with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2442/ : accessed 17 October 2022).
24. 1940 U. S. census, Cameron County, Pennsylvania || Cameron Co., PA, population schedule , West ward, Emporium borough, enumeration district (ED) ED 12-3, sheet 1B, lines 43-47, dwelling 10, Amanda Carlson household; database index with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2442/ : accessed 17 October 2022).
25. Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Year: 1940; Census Place: Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03459; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 12-3.
26. 1940 U. S. census, Cameron County, Pennsylvania || Cameron Co., PA, population schedule , West ward, Emporium borough, enumeration district (ED) ED 12-3, sheet 1B, lines 43-47, dwelling 10, Amanda Carlson household; database index with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2442/ : accessed 17 October 2022).
27. Personal knowledge of the author, James W. Moore, . I visited Iva Carlson Donovan at this address on 10 Oct 1985 for an interview..
28. "Iva Donovan, native of Emporium, dies at 105," (circa 1 February 2005); vertical file: "Carlson," Newspaper Clippings and Transcriptions; Cameron County Historical Society, Emporium, Pennsylvania.
29. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 July 2015), Iva M. Donovan, memorial #35797232.
30. "Iva Donovan, native of Emporium, dies at 105," (circa 1 February 2005); vertical file: "Carlson," Newspaper Clippings and Transcriptions; Cameron County Historical Society, Emporium, Pennsylvania.
31. Susan Hoy, Family Record Sheet of Gustav Adolf Carlson, Family Record Sheets of Carlsons in Cameron County; supplied by /Cameron County Historical Society/, , Emporium, PA 15832, 2014; provides informal notations of some sources. Results of research requested by James W. Moore.
32. Funeral card for Iva M. Carlson Donovan, b. 28 Jan 1900, d. 31 Jan 2005; Moore-Lardner Family Collection; privately held by James W. Moore, , 2023. Coppersmith-Condon Funeral Home, Emporium, PA. Inherited from Jean Moore Carlson (Iva's niece).
33. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 July 2015), Iva M. Donovan, memorial #35797232.
34. "Iva Donovan, native of Emporium, dies at 105," (circa 1 February 2005); vertical file: "Carlson," Newspaper Clippings and Transcriptions; Cameron County Historical Society, Emporium, Pennsylvania.
35. Susan Hoy, Family Record Sheet of Gustav Adolf Carlson, Family Record Sheets of Carlsons in Cameron County; supplied by /Cameron County Historical Society/, , Emporium, PA 15832, 2014; provides informal notations of some sources. Results of research requested by James W. Moore.
36. Funeral card for Iva M. Carlson Donovan, b. 28 Jan 1900, d. 31 Jan 2005; Moore-Lardner Family Collection; privately held by James W. Moore, , 2023. Coppersmith-Condon Funeral Home, Emporium, PA. Inherited from Jean Moore Carlson (Iva's niece).
37. Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1900; Census Place: Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1390; Page: 23B; Enumeration District: 0002; FHL microfilm: 1241390.
38. 1920 U. S. census, Cameron County, Pennsylvania||Cameron Co., PA, population schedule, Shippen Township, Emporium Borough, West Ward, enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 10A (written), lines 35-40, dwelling 212, family 221, 419 West Allegany Avenue, Carlson, Gus; database index with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFTR-19J : downloaded 20 August 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,548.
39. 1930 U. S. census, Cattaraugus County, New York || Cattaraugus Co, NY, population schedule, Olean, Ward 6, enumeration district (ED) E.D. 5-44, p 4A (written), sheet 86 (stamped), lines 48-50, dwelling 98, family 104, 128-1/2 N. Tenth Ave., William J. Donovan family; database index with images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&indiv=try&h=29647135 : accessed 19 July 2016); citing United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.
40. "Iva Donovan, native of Emporium, dies at 105," (circa 1 February 2005); vertical file: "Carlson," Newspaper Clippings and Transcriptions; Cameron County Historical Society, Emporium, Pennsylvania.
41. "Iva Donovan, native of Emporium, dies at 105," (circa 1 February 2005); vertical file: "Carlson," Newspaper Clippings and Transcriptions; Cameron County Historical Society, Emporium, Pennsylvania.
42. 1940 U. S. census, Cameron County, Pennsylvania || Cameron Co., PA, population schedule , West ward, Emporium borough, enumeration district (ED) ED 12-3, sheet 1B, lines 43-47, dwelling 10, Amanda Carlson household; database index with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2442/ : accessed 17 October 2022).