Individual Details
Gustav Adolf CARLSON
(2 Feb 1860 - 28 Oct 1933)
Biography
Gustav Adolph Carlson was born in Sweden and immigrated to Pennsylvania, where he married another Swedish immigrant, Amanda Lind. They eventually settled in Emporium, Cameron County, Pennsylvania where they lived for the remainder of their lives. They had twelve or maybe thirteen children, with eight surviving beyond infancy. Gust died in 1933.
These generalities are easily verified. The specifics are more difficult, though. Sweden was undergoing economic difficulties and records, particularly for rural families, are difficult to find. At the time of immigration, Pennsylvania did not yet have a mandate for the collection of vital records. Also, there is the issue of names. Swedes at the time selected given names from a remarkably small pool. Because patronymic naming was on the decline, one can never be sure if a child carried the father’s given name, surname, or even a made-up name. Finally, because Gus immigrated as an adult, his English may have been rudimentary and heavily accented, hence difficult for record-keepers to understand. Accordingly, we find variation of his name in available records: Gustave Adolf, Gustaf Adolf, Augustus, Gust, Gus, and Gustus.
Birth
Various records differ slightly on the date and place of Gus’s birth. Here we rely on the date given in his death certificate and obituary, 2 February 1861 [1] [2] A reasonable alternative is the date 2 February 1860 given in a letter by a professional genealogist in Sweden. [3] That date is discounted, though, because the letter provided deliberately incomplete information in the hope of gaining commissioned work. Other dates as early as 1860 and as late as Mar 1861 also appear in some records.
All sources agree that he was born somewhere in Kalmär, Småland, Sweden. Some sources state more precisely Mönsterås or Forssa. To decode this: Småland is a province; Kalmär is a county; Mönsterås is a municipality; and Forssa is a parish.
As for his parents, the Carlson family is in possession of a death announcement in Kalmär for a Carl Nilsson, issued by his wife Kristina (or Christina). [4] The family’s possession would seem to be legitimate evidence that Gus Carlson was the son of Carl Nilsson, and his wife Christina. Furthermore, the family’s Bible lists Carl and Christina as grandparents, although this might not have been a contemporary note. [5] Gus’s death certificate [6] states that his father is Carl Carlson, but we take the surname as a presumption by the clerk who recorded the information. Additional evidence is provided by a letter from another descendant of Carl, [7] although the information in this letter has almost no overlap with other information, raising the possibility that it might have been a grand case of mistaken identity.
Immigration
In the 1900 census, [8] Gust said he immigrated in 1880; in the 1920 census, [9] he said 1878. Perhaps he was relying on memory or was rounding off. Because his name is common, it is difficult to determine emigration records with precision. However, the most likely records found so far are Swedish police reports that a Gustave Adolf Carlson traveled from his home in the village of Forssa to Göteborg, Västra Götaland, Sweden, ca 7 March 1881. From there he took a ship to Hull, England on 23 March. (Hull was a common processing center for migrants to America.) It is currently not known how his voyage was completed, nor how he immigrated to the US. The emigration report stated his destination as “Stoneboro”. The only “Stoneboro” that we have been able to find is a town in Mercer County, in far western Pennsylvania. Although, Gus never arrived there, the various events during the remainder of this life could be considered as falling upon the route from New York City to Stoneboro. [10] [11]
Marriage and first children
At some point, Gus met the women that he would marry. Amanda Lind. His obituary states that he married her on 7 July 1884 in Antrim, Tioga, PA. [12] Tioga is a county in the central part of the state bordering on New York. There is room for some doubt about the specifics, though. We can’t find any formal record of the marriage. Gus’s youngest daughter said that her mother had torn the marriage record out of the family Bible. [13]
Their first child, Gustav Adolf Hillner Carlson, was born 1885 in Tioga County. Their second child, Arthur Ferdinand, was born a year later in Sullivan County, which is southeast of Tioga. [14]
Removal to Cameron County
About 1889, Gus and Amanda removed to Cameron County, PA, where they lived for the remainder of their lives. This date is inferred by his 1889 petition in Sullivan County (described below), his obituary implying a date of 1891, and the dates of birth of his children. Judging from the recorded births of children, they would have lived in Sterling Run, a small community named by a confluence of a stream with the same name. Possibly, they farmed there.
Naturalization
Gus was declared a naturalized citizen on 2 October 1893, by the prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in Emporium. [15] In his petition for naturalization, he stated that he had taken an oath of allegiance before the prothonotary of Sullivan County on 13 April 1889. Despite contrary information provided in subsequent census reports, the wife, Amanda, was declared naturalized by reason of marriage only in 1933. [16]
Life in Emporium
Emporium, the county seat of Cameron, is a small town in the least populous county of Pennsylvania. The winters are cold and the ground is hilly, rendering difficult large-scale farming. However, it became a watering stop on the Pennsylvania Railroad, hence a transportation nexus. Children’s birth records suggest that Gus and Amanda moved there in 1898.
Gus Carlson took a job as watchman at a large tannery, which continued its operation for the remainder of his life. Their first census record as a family, the 1900 census, shows them living northwest of the village at 419 W. Allegany Avenue. [17] This house was occupied continuously by Carlson family descendants as late as 1986 and probably beyond. (The census records show that the house was rented; it’s unclear when the Carlson’s gained ownership.)
Children
In addition to the two previous children, Gus and Amanda had seven, maybe eight, children in Sterling Run. Only three survived beyond infancy. In Emporium, they had three children, all surviving infancy.
The first two children born in Sterling Run were both named Hulda (or Huldah) Victoria, born on 23 Nov 1888 and 31 Oct 1890, respectively. Both died within a year, 8 May 1889 and 21 Nov 1890, respectively, and are buried in Sterling Run Cemetery (also called the Whiting Cemetery). [18] There is also an undertaker’s record that Gus purchased a casket for an unnamed child on 21 Nov 1889. [19] If the date is correct, that would suggest yet another short-lived child.
The repeated use of the name Hulda Victoria suggests that Amanda’s mother might have had that name.
The next three children, Victor, Carl Oscar, and Elmer Cecil Brice were born in 1890, 1892, and 1894. All survived to adulthood. [20] [21] [22] [23]
Two more children, Martin Valdemare (incorrectly transcribed as “Mark” in some records) and Inez Elizabeth Blanch were born in 1896 and 1897, only to die young. [24] [25]
After the family moved to Emporium, three more children, Dewey Ernest, Myrtle Iva Linnea, and Victoria Evelyn R. “Kena”, were born in 1898, 1900, and 1901. [26] [27] [28] All lived to adulthood. In fact, Iva lived to age 105, her life touching three different centuries. [29]
Family Life
The lives of Gus and Amanda overlap those of persons still living. One such descendant describes Gus as a kind and gentle old man, while describing Amanda as a “dragon” who tried (and sometimes succeeded) in breaking up her children’s marriages. She claimed that her great-great-grandmother was a Swedish duchess. [30] We can certainly infer some degree of vanity to her; successive censuses imply birthdates that are successively later in time.
The family attended the Methodist Episcopal Church in Emporium. [31] (Probably, no Lutheran Church was available.)
Apparently, Gus worked as a watchman at the tannery until near his death. [32] [33] [34] He died in the hospital in nearby Elk County on 28 Oct 1933 of uremia and stomach cancer, complicated by an arteriosclerotic kidney. [35] His obituary noted two surviving siblings, Carl and Christine Johnson, both living in Chicago. Also, his wife, five sons, and two daughters lived beyond him. He was buried in the Sterling Run Cemetery on 31 October. [36]
Gus’s obituary called him “one of Emporium's respected and loved citizens.”
Events
| Birth | 2 Feb 1860 | Mönsterås, Kalmar, Sweden |  |  | |
| Birth | 2 Feb 1861 | to Carl Nilsson and Kristina Persdotter - Storra Forssa, Mönsterås, Kalmar Län, Sweden | | | |
| Birth | Abt 1862 | | |||
| Birth | Abt 1868 | Sweden | | ||
| Arrival | 1878 | | |||
| Immigration | 1880 | | |||
| Emigration | 7 Mar 1881 | Forssa, Mönsterås, Kalmar Län, Sweden | | | |
| Emigration | 23 Mar 1881 | Göteborg, Västra Götaland, Sweden | | | |
| Arrival | 1882 | Age: 20 | | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1883 | Amanda LIND | | ||
| Marriage | 7 Jul 1884 | Antrim, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States - Amanda LIND | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 13 Apr 1889 | made an oath of his intention to become a U.S. citizen - Sullivan, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence (family) | 1891 - 1933 | Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States - Amanda LIND | | ||
| Naturalization | 2 Oct 1893 | Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Naturalization | 1895 | | |||
| Residence (family) | 1900 | 419 W Allegany Avenue, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States - Amanda LIND | | ||
| Occupation | 1900 | laborer at tannery - Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1900 | Age: 39; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Illness | From Abt 25 Oct 1903 to 5 Nov 1903 | suffering from anthrax (presumably contracted where he worked at the Elk Tanning Company) - Ridgway Hospital, Ridgway, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1910 | Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - West Ward, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence (family) | Apr 1910 | (rents home) - Allegany Avenue, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States - Amanda LIND | | ||
| Residence | 1920 | 419 W Allegany Avenue, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Employment | 1920 | watchman at Tannery - Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1920 | Age: 58; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - West Ward, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1930 | 419 Woodland Ave, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | | |
| Employment | 1930 | watchman at tannery | | ||
| Residence (family) | 1 Apr 1930 | with son, Arthur, - 419 Woodland Ave., Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States - Amanda LIND | | ||
| Residence (family) | 1933 | 419 W Allegany Avenue, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States - Amanda LIND | | ||
| Employment | 1933 | as night watchman at a local tannery - Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | | |
| Death | 28 Oct 1933 | of uremia and carcinoma of stomach as well as arteriosclerotic kidnay - Elk County Hospital, Ridgway, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | | |
| Death | 28 Oct 1933 | Ridgway, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Burial | 31 Oct 1933 | Sterling Run Cemetery, Sterling Run, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | | |
| Alt name | Gustus A. CARLSON | | |||
| Alt name | Augustus | | |||
| Alt name | Gust CARLSON | | |||
| Alt name | Gustaf Adolph CARLSSON | | |||
| Alt name | Augustus CARLSON | | |||
| Religion | member of Methodist Episcopal Church - Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | |||
| Religion | Lutheran (while in Sweden?) | | |||
| -atDNA | on Ancestry 6 segments totalling 109 | ||||
| Education | through fourth grade | |
Families
| Spouse | Amanda LIND (1864 - 1943) |
| Child | Gustav Adolf Hillner CARLSON (1885 - 1918) |
| Child | Arthur Ferdinand CARLSON (1886 - 1968) |
| Child | Hulda Viktoria CARLSON (1888 - 1889) |
| Child | [unknown, possibly non-existent] CARLSON (1889 - ) |
| Child | Hulda Viktoria CARLSON (1890 - 1890) |
| Child | Victor CARLSON (1890 - 1970) |
| Child | Carl Oscar CARLSON (1892 - 1960) |
| Child | Elmer Cecil Brice CARLSON (1894 - 1936) |
| Child | Martin Valdemare CARLSON (1896 - 1896) |
| Child | Inez Elizabeth Blanch CARLSON (1897 - 1897) |
| Child | Dewey Ernest CARLSON (1898 - 1964) |
| Child | Iva Myrtle CARLSON (1900 - 2005) |
| Child | Victoria Evelyn R. "Kena" CARLSON (1901 - 1978) |
| Father | Carl August NILSSON (1825 - 1908) |
| Mother | Christina PETERSDOTTER (1830 - 1908) |
| Sibling | Carl Oskar CARLSON (1852 - 1933) |
| Sibling | Kristina KARLSDOTTER (1857 - 1933) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Living |
Notes
Birth
Because this date disagrees with many other sources, I posted a question in the Swedish American Genealogy Group on Facebook: "Is this an original birth record?" referring to https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2262/images/SC-647_100008__1-047100.The answer is that it is not original, hence subject to errors in copying. It is instead an abridged excerpt sent to the government and lacks information, such as witnesses to baptism. The original birthbook is to be found at: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0010541_00004 ; which appears to be cited as: "Mönsterås kyrkoarkiv, Födelse- och dopböcker, SE/VALA/00258/C/9 (1860-1871) - Riksarkivet - Sök i arkiven" or as "Mönsterås (H) C:9 (1860-1871) Bild 7 / sid 7 (AID: v40528.b7.s7, NAD: SE/VALA/00258)"
However, this record also shows the birthdate as being 2 Feb 1860.
One person followed Gustav Adolf through subsequent volumes with this result: "They are found at Forsa number 2, with Gustaf Adolf's birthdate recorded as 1860-02-02.
Mönsterås (H) AI:8 (1847-1860) Image 184 / Page 171 (AID: v23530.b184.s171, NAD: SE/VALA/00258).
Also in the next volume.
Mönsterås (H) AI:11 (1860-1870) Image 168 / Page 161 (AID: v23533.b168.s161, NAD: SE/VALA/00258).
And also in the next volume, where Gustaf Adolf became a sailor 1880, and emigrated 1881-03-07 to Amerika.
Mönsterås (H) AI:15 (1871-1881) Image 132 / Page 250 (AID: v23537.b132.s250, NAD: SE/VALA/00258)."
Birth
1920 census was taken on Jan 1 so age of 58 is consistent with this date.1930 census was taken on Apr 1 so age of 68 is off by one from this date.
Emigration
See note on birth record dated 2 Feb 1860.Emigration
Destination listed is StoneboroThe ticket # was 18617.
(There is a Stoneboro in Mercer County, PA.)
Marriage
1930 census states Gust was married at age 22 and Amanda at age 18 or maybe 16, which is roughly consistent with this date.Residence
Because the street number is the same as the prior W. Allegany address, I assume that this was a change of street name.Employment
The tannery was located where the High School is now.Death
Burial
Funeral services were performed at the home. Rev. C. F. Berkheimer officiated and interment was made at Sterling Run.Endnotes
1. "Sweden, Indexed Birth Records, 1859-1947," database index with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2262/: accessed 16 October 2022) > Kalmar > Mönsterås > 1860, image 2 of 9, item 21, Gustaf Adolf; citing Swedish Church Records Archive, Johanneshov, Sweden: Genline AB, 1944-1947, images provided courtesy of ArkivDigital.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/: accessed 12 December 2015), Gust Carlson, certificate #87722; 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. "Well Known Resident Dead (transcription)," (2 November 1933); vertical file: "Carlson," Newspaper Clippings and Transcriptions; Cameron County Historical Society, Emporium, Pennsylvania.
6. 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.
7. Iva Carlson Donovan, Emporium, Pennsylvania, to James W. Moore, letter, about 25 August 1985, re Gust and Amanda Carlson and his parents; Carlson Family, Moore-Lardner Family Records; privately held by James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854. written to James W. Moore.
8. Lars-Goran Johannson, archivist, Emigrantinstitutet Utvandrasran Hus (The House of Emigrants), Vaxjo, Sweden, to Leonard Laylon, letter, 9 January 1986, re Emigration of Gustaf Adolph Carlsson; Moore-Lardner Family History; privately held by James W. Moore, , Potomac, Maryland 20854. copy given by Leonard Laylon to James Moore, ca 1986.
9. "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..
10. Iva Carlson Donovan, daughter of Gust A Carlson, , Emporium, PA, interview by James W. Moore, 10 October 1985, citing baptismal certificate of Arthur Carlson; notes, privately held by James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 2016.
11. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 October 2022), Gust A. Carlson, memorial 93638933.
12. 1930 U. S. census, Cameron County, Pennsylvania || Cameron Co., PA, population schedule , West ward, Emporium borough, enumeration district (ED) 12-4, sheet 8B, lines 73-75, dwelling 187, family 189, 419 Woodland Ave., Gust A. Carlson household; database index with images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6224 : accessed 16 October 2022); 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.
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. 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.
15. 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.
16. Lars-Goran Johannson, archivist, Emigrantinstitutet Utvandrasran Hus (The House of Emigrants), Vaxjo, Sweden, to Leonard Laylon, letter, 9 January 1986, re Emigration of Gustaf Adolph Carlsson; Moore-Lardner Family History; privately held by James W. Moore, , Potomac, Maryland 20854. copy given by Leonard Laylon to James Moore, ca 1986.
17. "Sweden, Indexed Birth Records, 1859-1947," database index with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2262/: accessed 16 October 2022) > Kalmar > Mönsterås > 1860, image 2 of 9, item 21, Gustaf Adolf; citing Swedish Church Records Archive, Johanneshov, Sweden: Genline AB, 1944-1947, images provided courtesy of ArkivDigital.
18. Lars-Goran Johannson, archivist, Emigrantinstitutet Utvandrasran Hus (The House of Emigrants), Vaxjo, Sweden, to Leonard Laylon, letter, 9 January 1986, re Emigration of Gustaf Adolph Carlsson; Moore-Lardner Family History; privately held by James W. Moore, , Potomac, Maryland 20854. copy given by Leonard Laylon to James Moore, ca 1986.
19. Göteborg, Sweden, Emigrantlistor : inkomna uppgifter om utvandrade personer 1869-1920, med personregister 1869-1951, 1881, volym E IX: 17-18, Del I; Carlson, Gustaf Adolf, age 21, 23 Mar 1881, ticket #18617; Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 1043030 and 1043031.
20. Göteborg, Sweden, Emigrantlistor : inkomna uppgifter om utvandrade personer 1869-1920, med personregister 1869-1951, E, IX, 17; Ticket #18617, Gustaf Adolf Carlson, b. Monsteras, Kalmar, age 21, male, alone, destination Stoneboro, PA; Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 0216590, item #2.
21. 1930 U. S. census, Cameron County, Pennsylvania||Cameron Co., PA, population schedule, Emporium Borough, West Ward, enumeration district (ED) ED 12-4, sheet 8-B, lines 73-75, dwelling 187, family 189, 419 Woodland Ave, Carlson, Gust A.; database index with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH8P-5FX : downloaded 20 August 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T626. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C..
22. 1930 U. S. census, Cameron County, Pennsylvania || Cameron Co., PA, population schedule , West ward, Emporium borough, enumeration district (ED) 12-4, sheet 8B, lines 73-75, dwelling 187, family 189, 419 Woodland Ave., Gust A. Carlson household; database index with images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6224 : accessed 16 October 2022); 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.
23. 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.
24. 1930 U. S. census, Cameron County, Pennsylvania || Cameron Co., PA, population schedule , West ward, Emporium borough, enumeration district (ED) 12-4, sheet 8B, lines 73-75, dwelling 187, family 189, 419 Woodland Ave., Gust A. Carlson household; database index with images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6224 : accessed 16 October 2022); 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.
25. "Well Known Resident Dead (transcription)," (2 November 1933); vertical file: "Carlson," Newspaper Clippings and Transcriptions; Cameron County Historical Society, Emporium, Pennsylvania.
26. 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.
27. Cameron County, Pennsylvania||Cameron Co., PA, Naturalization p 133, Gust Carlson, naturalization declaration, 2 October 1893; Prothonotary, Emporium, Pennsylvania.
28. "Well Known Resident Dead (transcription)," (2 November 1933); vertical file: "Carlson," Newspaper Clippings and Transcriptions; Cameron County Historical Society, Emporium, Pennsylvania.
29. Cameron County, Pennsylvania||Cameron Co., PA, Naturalization Affidavit Serial No. 2410, Amanda Carlson by reason of marriage to August Carlson, 1 September 1937; Cameron County Historical Society, Emporium, Pennsylvania.
30. Cameron County, Pennsylvania||Cameron Co., PA, Naturalization p 133, Gust Carlson, naturalization declaration, 2 October 1893; Prothonotary, Emporium, Pennsylvania.
31. Iva Carlson Donovan, Emporium, Pennsylvania, to James W. Moore, letter, about 25 August 1985, re Gust and Amanda Carlson and his parents; Carlson Family, Moore-Lardner Family Records; privately held by James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854. written to James W. Moore.
32. 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.
33. 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.
34. 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.
35. 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.
36. "Local Department: Personal Gossip," notice, Cameron County (Pennsylvania) Press, 5 November 1903, p 5, col 1; digital page images, Newspapers.com (http://newspapers.com/ : accessed 24 April 2016).
37. Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Provo, 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.
38. "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..
39. 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.
40. 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.
41. 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: 10A; Enumeration District: 4.
42. 1930 U. S. census, Cameron County, Pennsylvania||Cameron Co., PA, population schedule, Emporium Borough, West Ward, enumeration district (ED) ED 12-4, sheet 8-B, lines 73-75, dwelling 187, family 189, 419 Woodland Ave, Carlson, Gust A.; database index with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH8P-5FX : downloaded 20 August 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T626. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C..
43. 1930 U. S. census, Cameron County, Pennsylvania||Cameron Co., PA, population schedule, Emporium Borough, West Ward, enumeration district (ED) ED 12-4, sheet 8-B, lines 73-75, dwelling 187, family 189, 419 Woodland Ave, Carlson, Gust A.; database index with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH8P-5FX : downloaded 20 August 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T626. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C..
44. 1930 U. S. census, Cameron County, Pennsylvania || Cameron Co., PA, population schedule , West ward, Emporium borough, enumeration district (ED) 12-4, sheet 8B, lines 73-75, dwelling 187, family 189, 419 Woodland Ave., Gust A. Carlson household; database index with images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6224 : accessed 16 October 2022); 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.
45. 1930 U. S. census, Cameron County, Pennsylvania || Cameron Co., PA, population schedule , West ward, Emporium borough, enumeration district (ED) 12-4, sheet 8B, lines 73-75, dwelling 187, family 189, 419 Woodland Ave., Gust A. Carlson household; database index with images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6224 : accessed 16 October 2022); 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.
46. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 October 2022), Gust A. Carlson, memorial 93638933.
47. "Well Known Resident Dead (transcription)," (2 November 1933); vertical file: "Carlson," Newspaper Clippings and Transcriptions; Cameron County Historical Society, Emporium, Pennsylvania.
48. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/: accessed 12 December 2015), Gust Carlson, certificate #87722; 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.
49. "Well Known Resident Dead (transcription)," (2 November 1933); vertical file: "Carlson," Newspaper Clippings and Transcriptions; Cameron County Historical Society, Emporium, Pennsylvania.
50. 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.
51. 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.
52. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 October 2022), Gust A. Carlson, memorial 93638933.
53. Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014), Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Certificate Number Range: 086001-089000.
54. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/: accessed 12 December 2015), Gust Carlson, certificate #87722; 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.
55. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 December 2015), Gust A Carlson, memorial #93638933.
56. "Well Known Resident Dead (transcription)," (2 November 1933); vertical file: "Carlson," Newspaper Clippings and Transcriptions; Cameron County Historical Society, Emporium, Pennsylvania.
57. 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.
58. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 October 2022), Gust A. Carlson, memorial 93638933.
59. "Well Known Resident Dead (transcription)," (2 November 1933); vertical file: "Carlson," Newspaper Clippings and Transcriptions; Cameron County Historical Society, Emporium, Pennsylvania.
60. "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..
61. "Local Department: Personal Gossip," notice, Cameron County (Pennsylvania) Press, 5 November 1903, p 5, col 1; digital page images, Newspapers.com (http://newspapers.com/ : accessed 24 April 2016).
62. Family tradition.
63. Lars-Goran Johannson, archivist, Emigrantinstitutet Utvandrasran Hus (The House of Emigrants), Vaxjo, Sweden, to Leonard Laylon, letter, 9 January 1986, re Emigration of Gustaf Adolph Carlsson; Moore-Lardner Family History; privately held by James W. Moore, , Potomac, Maryland 20854. copy given by Leonard Laylon to James Moore, ca 1986.
64. Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Provo, 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.
65. 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.
66. Iva Carlson Donovan, Emporium, Pennsylvania, to James W. Moore, letter, about 25 August 1985, re Gust and Amanda Carlson and his parents; Carlson Family, Moore-Lardner Family Records; privately held by James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854. written to James W. Moore.
67. 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).