Individual Details
Elvira Lillian "VI" OBER
(28 Mar 1894 - 27 Jan 1975)
18 April 1916, in Olean, New York, she married Elmer Cecil Carlson,[3] the son of Swedish immigrants. They lived in his home in Emporium, Pennsylvania[4][5] until his death in 1936.
She married second, John James Wiley, 1 Nov 1941,[6] in the parsonage of the United Methodist Church in Emporium.
She died 27 Jan 1975 at the Andrew Kaul Memorial Hospital in St. Mary’s, Pennsylvania[7], and is buried at the Newton Protestant Cemetery in Emporium.[8]
---- OLD NOTES REGARDING SOURCES -----
Source 9: except as noted.
Source 5: birth year, state.
Source 5: 1900, lived with parents, not in school.
Source tombstone: birth/death year.
Question: Did she actually die in St. Marys?
Source Laylon: Dents Run.
Events
| Birth | 28 Mar 1894 | Dents Run, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States |  |  | |
| Birth | 29 Mar 1894 | Dents Run, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | | |
| Birth | Abt 1895 | Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 6 Jun 1900 | Age: 6Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1910 | Age in 1910: 15Age in 1910: 16; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 18 Apr 1916 | Olean, Cattaraugus, New York, United States - Elmer Cecil Brice CARLSON | | | |
| Residence | 1920 | Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife - Emporium West Ward, Cameron, Pennsylvania, USA | | ||
| Residence (family) | Jan 1920 | (rented) - 305 Allegany Avenue, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States - Elmer Cecil Brice CARLSON | | ||
| Residence | 1930 | Age: 35Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence (family) | Apr 1930 | 408 West Fourth St, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States - Elmer Cecil Brice CARLSON | | ||
| Residence | 1935 | same house at 1940 - Rich Valley, Shippen Township, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 14 Jan 1937 | Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | Apr 1940 | Rich Valley, Shippen Township, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | | |
| Employment | Apr 1940 | tester at Sylvania tube factory - Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 1 Nov 1941 | United Methodist Church parsonage, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States - John James WILEY | | ||
| Residence (family) | Apr 1942 | Rich Valley Road, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States - John James WILEY | | ||
| Living | 1970 | Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Death | 27 Jan 1975 | Age at Death: 80, Age: 81 - Andrew Kaul Memorial Hospital, Saint Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Alt name | Elvira Lillian OBER | | |||
| Alt name | Vide OBER | | |||
| Alt name | Elvira CARLSON | ||||
| Alt name | Elvira WILEY | ||||
| Burial | Newton Protestant Cemetery, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | |||
| Soc Sec No | 191-03-1284 - Pennsylvania, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Elmer Cecil Brice CARLSON (1894 - 1936) |
| Child | Paul Harry CARLSON (1916 - 1966) |
| Child | Jean Marie CARLSON (1926 - 2020) |
| Spouse | John James WILEY (1892 - 1985) |
| Father | John Abner "Jack" OBER (1857 - 1939) |
| Mother | Emma Frances COTTLE (1860 - 1937) |
| Sibling | Alvie Abner "Ab" OBER (1881 - 1967) |
| Sibling | Mabel O. "May or Mabe" OBER (1884 - 1972) |
| Sibling | Myrtle Adah OBER (1887 - 1946) |
| Sibling | Roy Cedric OBER (1891 - 1976) |
| Sibling | Joseph Fred "Joe" OBER (1897 - 1970) |
| Sibling | Elner Gertrude Grethel OBER (1900 - 1960) |
Notes
Birth
ObituaryConsistent with marriage record
Consistent with censuses: 1920
Birth
Consistent with marriage recordConsistent with censuses: 1920
Marriage
Licensed and married on 18 April 1916 in Olean, NY. Official: G. R. Williamson, Minister.Residence
Owned home worth 3000Marriage
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pacamero/township/shippen/methodmarrb1.htmland
http://sites.rootsweb.com/~pacamero/township/shippen/methodmarrg2.html
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Number: 191-03-1284; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951.
2. 1900 Census, Pennsylvania, Elk County, (ED 29 Benezette); dwelling number 99, family number 100, 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. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 December 2016), memorial # 40101708, Elvira C. Wiley (1894-1975), Newton Cemetery, Emporium, Cameron County, Pennsylvania; gravestone photographed by Wendy D.
4. "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), 161, John Abner Ober and Emma Frances Cottle; undocumented and unnamed family tree submitted 26 July 2017 by Paul E. Barley, Jr..
5. Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1910; Census Place: Benezette, Elk, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1341; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0033; FHL microfilm: 1375354.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 1900 Census, Pennsylvania, Elk County, (ED 29 Benezette); dwelling number 99, family number 100, 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.
9. "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.
10. 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.
11. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 December 2016), memorial # 40101708, Elvira C. Wiley (1894-1975), Newton Cemetery, Emporium, Cameron County, Pennsylvania; gravestone photographed by Wendy D.
12. 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..
13. 1900 Census, Pennsylvania, Elk County, (ED 29 Benezette); dwelling number 99, family number 100, 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.
14. Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1910; Census Place: Benezette, Elk, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1341; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0033; FHL microfilm: 1375354.
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. Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1920; Census Place: Emporium West Ward, Cameron, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1548; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 4.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. 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..
22. 1940 U. S. census , Cameron County, Pennsylvania||Cameron Co., PA, population schedule, Shippen township, Rich Valley, enumeration district (ED) ED 12-10, p 3B (handwritten), lines 57-58, household 51, Elvera Carlson family; database index with images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQX1-J23 : accessed 13 June 2016); citing NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 3459.
23. "Drops Dead After Completing Chores", in transcription of obituary of Mrs. John (Emma Cottle) Ober, , privately held by Cameron County Historical Society, , Emporium, PA. Emporium Press-Independent, 21 Jan 1937, p. 1. Posted to Ancestry.com by Terri Burke, Ridgway, PA, on 16 Jan 2019, https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/75390868/person/262036217387/media/7fe97fee-4775-4447-98bf-45a142a8691c.
24. 1940 U. S. census , Cameron County, Pennsylvania||Cameron Co., PA, population schedule, Shippen township, Rich Valley, enumeration district (ED) ED 12-10, p 3B (handwritten), lines 57-58, household 51, Elvera Carlson family; database index with images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQX1-J23 : accessed 13 June 2016); citing NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 3459.
25. 1940 U. S. census , Cameron County, Pennsylvania||Cameron Co., PA, population schedule, Shippen township, Rich Valley, enumeration district (ED) ED 12-10, p 3B (handwritten), lines 57-58, household 51, Elvera Carlson family; database index with images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQX1-J23 : accessed 13 June 2016); citing NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 3459.
26. "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database index with images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQNN-FXZ: accessed 4 September 2016), John James Wylie, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
27. "Joseph F. Ober," obituary, (New Castle, PA) News, 16 September 1970, p. 3, col. 1; online page images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 19 March 2023).
28. Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Number: 191-03-1284; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951.
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. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 December 2016), memorial # 40101708, Elvira C. Wiley (1894-1975), Newton Cemetery, Emporium, Cameron County, Pennsylvania; gravestone photographed by Wendy D.
31. "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), 161, John Abner Ober and Emma Frances Cottle; undocumented and unnamed family tree submitted 26 July 2017 by Paul E. Barley, Jr..
32. Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1900; Census Place: Benezette, Elk, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1406; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0029; FHL microfilm: 1241406.
33. Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Number: 191-03-1284; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951.
34. 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.
35. 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.
36. Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1910; Census Place: Benezette, Elk, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1341; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0033; FHL microfilm: 1375354.
37. 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.
38. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 December 2016), memorial # 40101708, Elvira C. Wiley (1894-1975), Newton Cemetery, Emporium, Cameron County, Pennsylvania; gravestone photographed by Wendy D.
39. Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Number: 191-03-1284; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951.