Individual Details
Paul Harry CARLSON
(11 Dec 1916 - 25 Sep 1966)
Given2: From Family Bible owned by Jean Carlson
Service record is on tombstone.
Source 22: Will recorded.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1916 | Pennsylvania, United States |  | ||
| Birth | 11 Dec 1916 | Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |  | | |
| Birth | 12 Dec 1916 | | |||
| Birth | Abt 1917 | Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | Jan 1920 | (lived with parents) - 305 Allegany Avenue, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | Apr 1930 | with parents - Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1935 | Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1938 | Elberta Olive GEORGE | | ||
| Residence | 1 Apr 1940 | Age: 23Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - Shippen Township, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Military | 16 Oct 1940 | registered for the draft - Newtown Square, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Description | 16 Oct 1940 | as 5'-10", weighing 140 pounds, ruddy complexion, blue eyes, with blonde hair | | ||
| Residence | 16 Oct 1940 | 44 N. Lindberg Avenue, Newtown Square, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Employment | 16 Oct 1940 | by Harry Knott, presumably at Wark & Company | | | |
| Employment | Aft 1941 | employed by Wark & Company - Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Description | 1942 | as 66 inches tall and weighing 130 pounds | | ||
| Military | 6 Nov 1942 | as a private in the U. S. Army (Air Force) during World War II, serial number 13153057, | | | |
| Military | 11 Jul 1944 | in 2141st Base Unit AAF AUS, - Stuttgart Army Air Field (now Stuttgart Municipal Airport) 5 miles north, Stuttgart, Arkansas, Arkansas, United States | | ||
| Military | 11 Jul 1944 | was discharged from military service - Kennedy General Hospital, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States | | ||
| Residence (family) | Apr 1950 | with daughter Maxine - Rich Valley Rd., Shippen Township, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States - Elberta Olive GEORGE | | ||
| Employment | Apr 1950 | a trucker driver for "transfer express" | | ||
| Military | 18 Apr 1950 | applied for veterans compensation - R. D. 1, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 18 Apr 1950 | R. D. 1, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Death | 25 Sep 1966 | due to lobar pneumonia - Rich Valley Road, Emporium, Shippen Twp., Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Burial | 28 Sep 1966 | lot no. 667, range grave no. 3 - Newton Protestant Cemetery, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | | |
| Occupation | self-employed painter and carpenter | | |||
| Religion | a member of The First Methodist Church - Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | |||
| Soc Sec No | 197-01-4005 | | |||
| Education | through 3 years of high school | |
Families
| Spouse | Elberta Olive GEORGE (1920 - ) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Elmer Cecil Brice CARLSON (1894 - 1936) |
| Mother | Elvira Lillian "VI" OBER (1894 - 1975) |
| Sibling | Jean Marie CARLSON (1926 - 2020) |
Notes
Birth
Consistent with censuses: 1920.Marriage
according to Jean Carlson, Jean was about 14 years old when Paul married1940 census shows Maxine, age 1
Employment
Harry Knott was the husband of Paul's aunt Myrtle.On the draft registration card, Paul indicated that there were no members of his household and he listed Harry Knott as his next-of-kin.
Military
According to Jean Carlson, he came home on leave and never returned.Burial
"Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Coppersmith Funeral Home with the Rev. Paul[?] D. Schroeder, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating. Burial followed in Newton Cemetery where brief graveside military rites were accorded by Emporium servicemen."Endnotes
1. 1950 U.S. census, Cameron, Pennsylvania||Cameron, PA, population schedule, Shippen Twp, enumeration district (ED) 12-12, sheet 11, lines 4-6, dwelling 109, Carlson, Paul H.; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62308/ : accessed 20 May 2023) > Pennsylvania > Cameron > Shippen > 12-12, image 12 of 39; Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950. NAID: 43290879. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, Record Group 29. National Archives at Washington, DC., Washington, DC..
2. "Paul H. Carlson dies here Sunday Morning," (29 September 1966); vertical file: "Carlson," Newspaper Clippings and Transcriptions; Cameron County Historical Society, Emporium, Pennsylvania.
3. 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.
4. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/: viewed 14 February 2020), > 1966 > 085501-088350, image 2251 of 2762, Paul Harry Carlson, [stamped] #87846; 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.
5. "U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database index, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8939: viewed 14 February 2020), Paul H. Carlson, enlisted 6 Nov 1942; citing National Archives and Records Administration. Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; ARC: 1263923. World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park. College Park, Maryland, U.S.A..
6. "Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966," database index with images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3147/: viewed 15 February 2020), > "Carioto, Salvatore - Carmen, Mary Petroska (Box 121)", image 2542 of 3359, Carlson, Paul Harry.
7. "Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012," indexed card images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1967/: viewed 14 February 2020), > Series 1 (French and Indian War to WWII) > Care-Carnahan, image 553 of 727, CARLSON, Paul Harry; citing Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1777–2012. Digital Images, 3–5. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau of Archives and History. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
8. 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.
9. Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Year: 1940; Census Place: Shippen, Cameron, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3459; Page: 61A; Enumeration District: 12-10.
10. 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..
11. 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.
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. Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Year: 1940; Census Place: Shippen, Cameron, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3459; Page: 61A; Enumeration District: 12-10.
14. Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Year: 1940; Census Place: Shippen, Cameron, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3459; Page: 61A; Enumeration District: 12-10.
15. "U.W. WWII Draft Cards, Young Men, 1940-1947," database index referring to fold3.com, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2238/: viewed 15 February 2020), Paul Harry Carlson, b. 11 Dec 1916, registered 16 Oct 1940, Newtown Square, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA; citing NARA record group 147, National Archives and Records Administration, St. Louis, Missouri.
16. "U.W. WWII Draft Cards, Young Men, 1940-1947," database index referring to fold3.com, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2238/: viewed 15 February 2020), Paul Harry Carlson, b. 11 Dec 1916, registered 16 Oct 1940, Newtown Square, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA; citing NARA record group 147, National Archives and Records Administration, St. Louis, Missouri.
17. "U.W. WWII Draft Cards, Young Men, 1940-1947," database index referring to fold3.com, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2238/: viewed 15 February 2020), Paul Harry Carlson, b. 11 Dec 1916, registered 16 Oct 1940, Newtown Square, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA; citing NARA record group 147, National Archives and Records Administration, St. Louis, Missouri.
18. "Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966," database index with images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3147/: viewed 15 February 2020), > "Carioto, Salvatore - Carmen, Mary Petroska (Box 121)", image 2542 of 3359, Carlson, Paul Harry.
19. "U.W. WWII Draft Cards, Young Men, 1940-1947," database index referring to fold3.com, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2238/: viewed 15 February 2020), Paul Harry Carlson, b. 11 Dec 1916, registered 16 Oct 1940, Newtown Square, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA; citing NARA record group 147, National Archives and Records Administration, St. Louis, Missouri.
20. Clipping of photo in unknown article depicting Paul Carlson and Harry Knott.
21. "U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database index, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8939: viewed 14 February 2020), Paul H. Carlson, enlisted 6 Nov 1942; citing National Archives and Records Administration. Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; ARC: 1263923. World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park. College Park, Maryland, U.S.A..
22. "Paul H. Carlson dies here Sunday Morning," (29 September 1966); vertical file: "Carlson," Newspaper Clippings and Transcriptions; Cameron County Historical Society, Emporium, Pennsylvania.
23. 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.
24. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/: viewed 14 February 2020), > 1966 > 085501-088350, image 2251 of 2762, Paul Harry Carlson, [stamped] #87846; 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.
25. "U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database index, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8939: viewed 14 February 2020), Paul H. Carlson, enlisted 6 Nov 1942; citing National Archives and Records Administration. Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; ARC: 1263923. World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park. College Park, Maryland, U.S.A..
26. "Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966," database index with images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3147/: viewed 15 February 2020), > "Carioto, Salvatore - Carmen, Mary Petroska (Box 121)", image 2542 of 3359, Carlson, Paul Harry.
27. "Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012," indexed card images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1967/: viewed 14 February 2020), > Series 1 (French and Indian War to WWII) > Care-Carnahan, image 553 of 727, CARLSON, Paul Harry; citing Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1777–2012. Digital Images, 3–5. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau of Archives and History. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
28. "Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966," database index with images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3147/: viewed 15 February 2020), > "Carioto, Salvatore - Carmen, Mary Petroska (Box 121)", image 2542 of 3359, Carlson, Paul Harry.
29. 1950 U.S. census, Cameron, Pennsylvania||Cameron, PA, population schedule, Shippen Twp, enumeration district (ED) 12-12, sheet 11, lines 4-6, dwelling 109, Carlson, Paul H.; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62308/ : accessed 20 May 2023) > Pennsylvania > Cameron > Shippen > 12-12, image 12 of 39; Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950. NAID: 43290879. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, Record Group 29. National Archives at Washington, DC., Washington, DC..
30. 1950 U.S. census, Cameron, Pennsylvania||Cameron, PA, population schedule, Shippen Twp, enumeration district (ED) 12-12, sheet 11, lines 4-6, dwelling 109, Carlson, Paul H.; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62308/ : accessed 20 May 2023) > Pennsylvania > Cameron > Shippen > 12-12, image 12 of 39; Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950. NAID: 43290879. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, Record Group 29. National Archives at Washington, DC., Washington, DC..
31. "Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966," database index with images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3147/: viewed 15 February 2020), > "Carioto, Salvatore - Carmen, Mary Petroska (Box 121)", image 2542 of 3359, Carlson, Paul Harry.
32. "Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966," database index with images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3147/: viewed 15 February 2020), > "Carioto, Salvatore - Carmen, Mary Petroska (Box 121)", image 2542 of 3359, Carlson, Paul Harry.
33. "Paul H. Carlson dies here Sunday Morning," (29 September 1966); vertical file: "Carlson," Newspaper Clippings and Transcriptions; Cameron County Historical Society, Emporium, Pennsylvania.
34. 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.
35. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/: viewed 14 February 2020), > 1966 > 085501-088350, image 2251 of 2762, Paul Harry Carlson, [stamped] #87846; 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.
36. "Paul H. Carlson dies here Sunday Morning," (29 September 1966); vertical file: "Carlson," Newspaper Clippings and Transcriptions; Cameron County Historical Society, Emporium, Pennsylvania.
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. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/: viewed 14 February 2020), > 1966 > 085501-088350, image 2251 of 2762, Paul Harry Carlson, [stamped] #87846; 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.
39. "Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012," indexed card images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1967/: viewed 14 February 2020), > Series 1 (French and Indian War to WWII) > Care-Carnahan, image 553 of 727, CARLSON, Paul Harry; citing Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1777–2012. Digital Images, 3–5. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau of Archives and History. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
40. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : viewed 15 February 2020), Paul Carlson, memorial # 35797282.
41. "Paul H. Carlson dies here Sunday Morning," (29 September 1966); vertical file: "Carlson," Newspaper Clippings and Transcriptions; Cameron County Historical Society, Emporium, Pennsylvania.
42. "U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database index, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8939: viewed 14 February 2020), Paul H. Carlson, enlisted 6 Nov 1942; citing National Archives and Records Administration. Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; ARC: 1263923. World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park. College Park, Maryland, U.S.A..
43. "Paul H. Carlson dies here Sunday Morning," (29 September 1966); vertical file: "Carlson," Newspaper Clippings and Transcriptions; Cameron County Historical Society, Emporium, Pennsylvania.
44. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/: viewed 14 February 2020), > 1966 > 085501-088350, image 2251 of 2762, Paul Harry Carlson, [stamped] #87846; 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. "U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database index, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8939: viewed 14 February 2020), Paul H. Carlson, enlisted 6 Nov 1942; citing National Archives and Records Administration. Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; ARC: 1263923. World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park. College Park, Maryland, U.S.A..