Individual Details
Elmer Cecil Brice CARLSON
(19 Nov 1894 - 1 Sep 1936)
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Source 4: except as noted.
Worked as a painter. Died of lead poisoning.
Funeral by Rev. Armstrong, Methodist Episcopal Church
Lifetime resident of Cameron County
Member of the Emporium Fire Dept
Source Jean (family bible): Given2 name.
Source 14: full name and death date.
Do not confuse with Elmer Carl Carlson, 1893-1934, Ridgway, Elk, PA, son of Carl J Carlson and Julia Wennerlund.
Events
| Birth | 19 Nov 1894 | Sterling Run, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States |  |  | |
| Birth | Abt 1896 | Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1900 | Age: 5Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - Emporium, Cameron, 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 | | ||
| Residence-shared | Apr 1910 | (Arthur Ferdinand CARLSON) (lives with parents) - Allegany Avenue, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 18 Apr 1916 | Olean, Cattaraugus, New York, United States - Elvira Lillian "VI" OBER | | | |
| Occupation | 18 Apr 1916 | oiler at powder works - Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Military | 5 Jun 1917 | (registered for the draft) - Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence (family) | Jan 1920 | (rented) - 305 Allegany Avenue, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States - Elvira Lillian "VI" OBER | | ||
| Occupation | Jan 1920 | painter at a tannery - Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence (family) | Apr 1930 | 408 West Fourth St, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States - Elvira Lillian "VI" OBER | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1936 | member of Emporium Fire Department - Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Death | 1 Sep 1936 | of lead poisoning - Elk County Hospital, Ridgway, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Burial | 4 Sep 1936 | after funeral services at his home - Newton Protestant Cemetery, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | | |
| Alt name | Elmer Cecil Brice CARLSON | | |||
| Residence | Rich Valley Road, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | |||
| Occupation | painter and contractor | |
Families
| Spouse | Elvira Lillian "VI" OBER (1896 - 1975) |
| Child | Paul Harry CARLSON (1916 - 1966) |
| Child | Jean Marie CARLSON (1926 - 2020) |
| 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 | Martin Valdemare CARLSON (1896 - 1896) |
| Sibling | Inez Elizabeth Blanch CARLSON (1897 - 1897) |
| Sibling | Dewey Ernest CARLSON (1898 - 1964) |
| Sibling | Iva Myrtle CARLSON (1900 - 2005) |
| Sibling | Victoria Evelyn R. "Kena" CARLSON (1901 - 1978) |
Notes
Birth
Agreed by Cameron County Historical SocietyConsistent with marriage record
Consistent with censuses: 1900, 1910, 1920
Consistent with death certificate
Marriage
Licensed and married on 18 April 1916 in Olean, NY. Official: G. R. Williamson, Minister.Burial
Burial place verified by Cameron County Historical Society.Services by Rev. Armstrong of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1920; Census Place: Emporium West Ward, Cameron, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1548; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 4; Image: 645.
2. Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1930; Census Place: Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2014; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 4; Image: 497.0; FHL microfilm: 2341748.
3. "New York County Marriages, 1908-1935," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/: accessed 3 February 2015), Elmer C Carlson and Elvira L Ober, 18 Apr 1916 (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XVGK-VBW); citing New York, United States, county offices, New York, FL microfilm 583,818.
4. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6V3-NSR: accessed 15 June 2015), Elmer Cecil Carlson.
5. "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..
6. Elmer Carlson obituary, in /Moore-Lardner Family History/ undated clipping from unidentified newspaper, circa 2 September 1936, privately held by James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 2016. Probably obtained from Iva Donovan in 1995.
7. Susan Hoy, Family Record Sheet of Elmer 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.
8. 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.
9. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 December 2016), memorial #35797275, Elmer C Carlson (1894-1936), Newton Cemetery, Emporium, Cameron County, Pennsylvania; gravestone photograph by Wendy D.
10. N.A., "Elmer Carlson, Emporium Man, Laid to Rest," funeral notice, The Olean (NY) Times-Herald, 5 September 1936, p. 8, col. 3; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/52125/ : accessed 23 February 2024); > 1936 > September > 5, image 8 of 35; ( https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/52125/images/News-NE-TI_HE.1936_09_05-0008 ).
11. 1930 U. S. census, Cameron County, Pennsylvania||Cameron Co., PA, population schedule, Emporium Borough, West Ward, enumeration district (ED) 12-4, sheet 2B, lines 85-88, dwelling 44, family 44, 408 West Fourth Street, Elmer C. Carlson household; database index with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH85-9WQ : downloaded 15 September 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication T626. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C..
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. "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..
15. "New York County Marriages, 1908-1935," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/: accessed 3 February 2015), Elmer C Carlson and Elvira L Ober, 18 Apr 1916 (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XVGK-VBW); citing New York, United States, county offices, New York, FL microfilm 583,818.
16. "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVGK-VB3: accessed 15 June 2015), Cattaraugus, p 95, no 5475, Elmer C. Carlson and Elvira L. Ober, 18 Apr 1916.
17. Elmer Carlson obituary, in /Moore-Lardner Family History/ undated clipping from unidentified newspaper, circa 2 September 1936, privately held by James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 2016. Probably obtained from Iva Donovan in 1995.
18. N.A., "Elmer Carlson, Emporium Man, Laid to Rest," funeral notice, The Olean (NY) Times-Herald, 5 September 1936, p. 8, col. 3; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/52125/ : accessed 23 February 2024); > 1936 > September > 5, image 8 of 35; ( https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/52125/images/News-NE-TI_HE.1936_09_05-0008 ).
19. "New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967," database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61632/: accessed 23 February 2024) , Elmer C Carlson, Elvira L Ober, m. 18 April 1916, Olean, cert #6529; ( https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/5657187:61632 ); citing New York State Marriage Index, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY.
20. "New York County Marriages, 1908-1935," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/: accessed 3 February 2015), Elmer C Carlson and Elvira L Ober, 18 Apr 1916 (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XVGK-VBW); citing New York, United States, county offices, New York, FL microfilm 583,818.
21. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6V3-NSR: accessed 15 June 2015), Elmer Cecil Carlson.
22. 1920 U. S. census, Cameron County, Pennsylvania||Cameron Co., PA, population schedule, Shippen Twp, Emporium Borough, West Ward, enumeration district (ED) SD 15, ED 4, sheet 1B, dwelling 12, family 14, Elmer Carlson family; database index with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFTR-G4V : accessed 27 June 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,548.
23. 1920 U. S. census, Cameron County, Pennsylvania||Cameron Co., PA, population schedule, Shippen Twp, Emporium Borough, West Ward, enumeration district (ED) SD 15, ED 4, sheet 1B, dwelling 12, family 14, Elmer Carlson family; database index with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFTR-G4V : accessed 27 June 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,548.
24. 1930 U. S. census, Cameron County, Pennsylvania||Cameron Co., PA, population schedule, Emporium Borough, West Ward, enumeration district (ED) 12-4, sheet 2B, lines 85-88, dwelling 44, family 44, 408 West Fourth Street, Elmer C. Carlson household; database index with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH85-9WQ : downloaded 15 September 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication T626. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C..
25. Elmer Carlson obituary, in /Moore-Lardner Family History/ undated clipping from unidentified newspaper, circa 2 September 1936, privately held by James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 2016. Probably obtained from Iva Donovan in 1995.
26. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/: accessed 22 October 2015) , File #84607[?], Registered #95, Primary Registration District #24-04-21, Elmer C Carlson; citing Pennsylvania (State), Death certificates, 1906–1968, Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons), Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
27. Elmer Carlson obituary, in /Moore-Lardner Family History/ undated clipping from unidentified newspaper, circa 2 September 1936, privately held by James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 2016. Probably obtained from Iva Donovan in 1995.
28. "Paul H. Carlson dies here Sunday Morning," (29 September 1966); vertical file: "Carlson," Newspaper Clippings and Transcriptions; Cameron County Historical Society, Emporium, Pennsylvania.
29. Susan Hoy, Family Record Sheet of Elmer 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.
30. 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.
31. Iva Carlson Donovan, daughter of Gust A Carlson, , Emporium, PA, interview by James W. Moore, 10 October 1985, according to Swedish Family Bible in her possession; notes, privately held by James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 2016.
32. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 December 2016), memorial #35797275, Elmer C Carlson (1894-1936), Newton Cemetery, Emporium, Cameron County, Pennsylvania; gravestone photograph by Wendy D.
33. N.A., "Elmer Carlson, Emporium Man, Laid to Rest," funeral notice, The Olean (NY) Times-Herald, 5 September 1936, p. 8, col. 3; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/52125/ : accessed 23 February 2024); > 1936 > September > 5, image 8 of 35; ( https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/52125/images/News-NE-TI_HE.1936_09_05-0008 ).
34. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/: accessed 22 October 2015) , File #84607[?], Registered #95, Primary Registration District #24-04-21, Elmer C Carlson; citing Pennsylvania (State), Death certificates, 1906–1968, Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons), Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
35. Elmer Carlson obituary, in /Moore-Lardner Family History/ undated clipping from unidentified newspaper, circa 2 September 1936, privately held by James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 2016. Probably obtained from Iva Donovan in 1995.
36. Susan Hoy, Family Record Sheet of Elmer 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.
37. 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.
38. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 December 2016), memorial #35797275, Elmer C Carlson (1894-1936), Newton Cemetery, Emporium, Cameron County, Pennsylvania; gravestone photograph by Wendy D.
39. N.A., "Elmer Carlson, Emporium Man, Laid to Rest," funeral notice, The Olean (NY) Times-Herald, 5 September 1936, p. 8, col. 3; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/52125/ : accessed 23 February 2024); > 1936 > September > 5, image 8 of 35; ( https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/52125/images/News-NE-TI_HE.1936_09_05-0008 ).
40. 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.
41. Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Registration State: Pennsylvania; Registration County: Cameron; Roll: 1877830.
42. Elmer Carlson obituary, in /Moore-Lardner Family History/ undated clipping from unidentified newspaper, circa 2 September 1936, privately held by James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 2016. Probably obtained from Iva Donovan in 1995.
43. Family tradition.
44. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/: accessed 22 October 2015) , File #84607[?], Registered #95, Primary Registration District #24-04-21, Elmer C Carlson; citing Pennsylvania (State), Death certificates, 1906–1968, Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons), Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
45. Elmer Carlson obituary, in /Moore-Lardner Family History/ undated clipping from unidentified newspaper, circa 2 September 1936, privately held by James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 2016. Probably obtained from Iva Donovan in 1995.
46. 1930 U. S. census, Cameron County, Pennsylvania||Cameron Co., PA, population schedule, Emporium Borough, West Ward, enumeration district (ED) 12-4, sheet 2B, lines 85-88, dwelling 44, family 44, 408 West Fourth Street, Elmer C. Carlson household; database index with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH85-9WQ : downloaded 15 September 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication T626. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C..
47. N.A., "Elmer Carlson, Emporium Man, Laid to Rest," funeral notice, The Olean (NY) Times-Herald, 5 September 1936, p. 8, col. 3; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/52125/ : accessed 23 February 2024); > 1936 > September > 5, image 8 of 35; ( https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/52125/images/News-NE-TI_HE.1936_09_05-0008 ).