Individual Details

Orin OBER

(1878 - 14 Dec 1942)

Source 7: except as noted.

Events

Birth	1878
Birth	Oct 1878	Pennsylvania, United States
Birth	Abt 1879	Pennsylvania, United States
Birth	14 Oct 1879	York, York, Pennsylvania, United States
Residence	1880	with parents - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States
Residence	6 Jun 1900	Lives with brother Henry - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage	1919	Pocahontas, West Virginia, United States - Mary VAN DE VANDER
Death	14 Dec 1942	due to cerebral hemorrhage due to hypertension and advanced age - Thornwood, Pocahontas, West Virginia, United States
Burial	17 Dec 1942	Thornwood Cemetery, Thornwood, Pocahontas, West Virginia, United States
Alt name		Orrin
Alt name		Oren Scelsin OBER
Alt name		Oren S. OBER
Alt name		Oren OBER
Alt name		Orrin OBER
Occupation		teamster at a lumber camp
Birth		Bend Run, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States

Families

Spouse	Mary VAN DE VANDER (1902 - 1984)
Child	[unknown] OBER ( - )
Child	Frederick OBER (1920 - 1985)
Child	Living
Child	Bertha Virginia OBER (1928 - 2008)
Child	Orin OBER Jr. (1932 - 1933)

Father	Abner OBER (1830 - 1905)
Mother	Celana ENGLISH (1836 - 1901)
Sibling	Lucy E. OBER (1856 - 1894)
Sibling	John Abner "Jack" OBER (1857 - 1939)
Sibling	Henry OBER CONFLATION (1859 - 1939)
Sibling	George OBER (1861 - 1921)
Sibling	Iona OBER (1867 - 1943)
Sibling	Hiram W. OBER (1877 - 1877)

Notes

Birth

Age at death is given as 63 y., 2 mo.

Birth

Because Orin himself was the informant, the birth place would seem to be authoritative.

There is a "Short Bend Run" in Cameron County.

Endnotes

1. "Modified Register for Levi Hicks", rtf file, "levi hicks desc.rtf", version 6, Paul E. Barley, Jr., Facebook group: "Descendants of Levi Hicks born 1771" (https://www.facebook.com/groups/244244132739788/ : downloaded 31 July 2017), 24, Celina English and Abner Ober; undocumented and unnamed family tree submitted 26 July 2017 by Paul E. Barley, Jr..

2. 1900 Census, Pennsylvania, Elk County, (ED 29 Benezette); dwelling number 101, family number 102, citing sheet 6A, family 99, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241406, (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3S6-WFB : accessed 20 May 2014), Family Search.

3. 1880 U. S. census, Elk County, Pennsylvania||Elk Co., PA, population schedule, Benezette Township, enumeration district (ED) 133, p. 31, lines 34-45, dwellings 243, 245, households 258, 260, Abner Ober and John Ober; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/ : accessed 9 December 2023) > Pennsylvania > Elk > Benezette > 133, image 17 of 19.

4. "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database index, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1PZ-PVV: viewed 17 September 2017), Oren Scelsin Ober, d. 14 Dec 1942, age 63 y. 2 mo., Pocahontas, WV; citing Pocahontas, West Virginia, County Records, 16162, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,983,638.

5. "Certificates of death," database index with images, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Culture and History (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1441405&Type=Death: downloaded 17 September 2017), image 1983638_0001179, file# 16162, Oren Scelsin Ober, d. 14 Dec 1942, Pocahontas, WV; citing West Virginia Vital Registration Office.

6. "County death registers," database index with images, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Culture and History (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4069307&Type=Death: downloaded 17 September 2017), Pocahontas County, "O" tab, p. 147, showing Obers, including Orin Jr., Henry W., and Orin S..

7. 1880 U. S. census, Elk County, Pennsylvania||Elk Co., PA, population schedule, Benezette Township, enumeration district (ED) 133, p. 31, lines 34-45, dwellings 243, 245, households 258, 260, Abner Ober and John Ober; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/ : accessed 9 December 2023) > Pennsylvania > Elk > Benezette > 133, image 17 of 19.

8. Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc).

9. "West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971," database index, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2538: viewed 17 September 2017), May G. Vandevender m. Oren Ober, 1919, Pocahontas, WV; citing "West Virginia Marriages, 1853–1970." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2008, 2009. Digital images of originals housed in County Courthouses in various counties throughout West Virginia. Marriage records.

10. "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database index, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1PZ-PVV: viewed 17 September 2017), Oren Scelsin Ober, d. 14 Dec 1942, age 63 y. 2 mo., Pocahontas, WV; citing Pocahontas, West Virginia, County Records, 16162, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,983,638.

11. "Certificates of death," database index with images, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Culture and History (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1441405&Type=Death: downloaded 17 September 2017), image 1983638_0001179, file# 16162, Oren Scelsin Ober, d. 14 Dec 1942, Pocahontas, WV; citing West Virginia Vital Registration Office.

12. "County death registers," database index with images, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Culture and History (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4069307&Type=Death: downloaded 17 September 2017), Pocahontas County, "O" tab, p. 147, showing Obers, including Orin Jr., Henry W., and Orin S..

13. "Certificates of death," database index with images, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Culture and History (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1441405&Type=Death: downloaded 17 September 2017), image 1983638_0001179, file# 16162, Oren Scelsin Ober, d. 14 Dec 1942, Pocahontas, WV; citing West Virginia Vital Registration Office.

14. "County death registers," database index with images, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Culture and History (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4069307&Type=Death: downloaded 17 September 2017), Pocahontas County, "O" tab, p. 147, showing Obers, including Orin Jr., Henry W., and Orin S..

15. 1900 Census, Pennsylvania, Elk County, (ED 29 Benezette); dwelling number 101, family number 102, citing sheet 6A, family 99, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241406, (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3S6-WFB : accessed 20 May 2014), Family Search.

16. "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database index, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1PZ-PVV: viewed 17 September 2017), Oren Scelsin Ober, d. 14 Dec 1942, age 63 y. 2 mo., Pocahontas, WV; citing Pocahontas, West Virginia, County Records, 16162, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,983,638.

17. "County death registers," database index with images, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Culture and History (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4069307&Type=Death: downloaded 17 September 2017), Pocahontas County, "O" tab, p. 147, showing Obers, including Orin Jr., Henry W., and Orin S..

18. "West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971," database index, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2538: viewed 17 September 2017), May G. Vandevender m. Oren Ober, 1919, Pocahontas, WV; citing "West Virginia Marriages, 1853–1970." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2008, 2009. Digital images of originals housed in County Courthouses in various counties throughout West Virginia. Marriage records.

19. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Year: 1880; Census Place: Benezette, Elk, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1125; Page: 356C; Enumeration District: 133.

20. "Certificates of death," database index with images, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Culture and History (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1441405&Type=Death: downloaded 17 September 2017), image 1983638_0001179, file# 16162, Oren Scelsin Ober, d. 14 Dec 1942, Pocahontas, WV; citing West Virginia Vital Registration Office.

21. "County death registers," database index with images, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Culture and History (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4069307&Type=Death: downloaded 17 September 2017), Pocahontas County, "O" tab, p. 147, showing Obers, including Orin Jr., Henry W., and Orin S..

22. "County death registers," database index with images, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Culture and History (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4069307&Type=Death: downloaded 17 September 2017), Pocahontas County, "O" tab, p. 147, showing Obers, including Orin Jr., Henry W., and Orin S..