Elmer Culver1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 19224, (1888 - 1920)
FatherRobert E. Culver4 (18 Jan 1860 - 30 Aug 1937)
MotherSarah Hemlock4

Key Events:

Birth: 22 Sep 1888, Lehman Twp., Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania5,6,7
Marriage: 12 Oct 1910, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, Olive Blanch Souder (7 Aug 1893 - 25 Jan 1935)8,9,10
Death: 29 Sep 1920, Nanticoke, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania11,10
Burial: 1 Oct 1920, Shickshinny4
ChartsDescendants of Jacob K. and Christiana Ohl Riegel

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Narrative:

     Elmer Culver was born on 22 Sep 1888 in Lehman Twp., Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania.5,6,7
     Elmer appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Lehman Twp., Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, enumerated 23 Apr 1910, in the household of Clarance D. Thomas, a blacksmith, and his family, where he was serving as an apprenice.12
     Elmer married Olive Blanch Souder, daughter of Joseph Souder and Sarah E. Reigle, on 12 Oct 1910 in Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, with A. A. Nicholson, justice at Harveyville officiating, after receiving the consent of her mother because she was a minor.8,9,10
     Elmer registered for the draft for World War I on 5 Jun 1917, while living on Union St., Shickshinny, Pennsylvania, reporting he was employed as a coal miner for E. S. Stockhouse Coal Co., in Shickshinny.2
     Elmer and Olive appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Luzerne, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, at 492 Vaughn, enumerated 17 Jan 1920, reporting that they were renting their home. Their children Pauline, Glenn, Inez, Harry and Alvin were listed as living with them.3
     He was apprenticed as a blacksmith, but then worked as a laborer, and as a coal miner.13,14,15,16
     Elmer died on 29 Sep 1920 in Nanticoke, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, at age 32, of typhoid fever.11,10 He was buried on 1 Oct 1920 in Shickshinny.4
     
Research Note, 31 Dec 2014:

It seems probable, but unproven, that the Robert Culver who was Elmer's father was the son of Lyman and Mary (Zimmerman) Culver, known as Ephraim as a child and when he married Sarah Reigle in 1918, and as Robert Culver when he was with her in the 1920 census, and when he died in 1937. It seems very likely, but remains unproven, that he was the same Robert Culver who married Sarah Hines in 1893, and the Robert E. Culver divorced by Sarah Culver in 1914. He is the only Robert Culver known to have lived in Shickshinny during his lifetime. He is shown as such here.
     But if so, it is less clear whether the boy's mother, known as Sarah Thomas, was Robert's wife, Sarah Hines, so they are not shown here as the same person.

Children:
     Children with Olive Blanch Souder

The birth dates of Elmer and Olive's children have been collected from various sources each appearing to be credible, but one or more of them is obviously in error.
  • Pauline Culver3 (abt Mar 1912 - )
  • Glenn Woodrow Culver3,17 (25 Jun 1913 - Aug 1987)
  • Inez Culver3,18,19 (12 Oct 1913 - 4 Sep 1940)
  • Harry Roy Culver3 (2 Feb 1915 - 19 Sep 1991)
  • Alvin Elmer Culver3,20 (26 Jun 1919 - 15 Apr 2001)
  • Thelma Louise Culver21 (31 Dec 1920 - Oct 1988)

Citations

  1. [S5132] Elmer Culver and Olive B. Souder, Marriage License Docket, Luzerne County.
  2. [S5163] Elmer Culver, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
  3. [S5155] Elmer Culver household, 1920 U.S. Census, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania.
  4. [S5139] Elmer Culver, Certificate of Death.
  5. [S5132] Elmer Culver and Olive B. Souder, Marriage License Docket, Luzerne County, shows date, as 22 Sep 1888, and county.
  6. [S5163] Elmer Culver, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, shows date, as 22 Sep 1887, township, and state.
  7. [S5139] Elmer Culver, Certificate of Death, shows date, as 15 Jan 1886, and state.
  8. [S5132] Elmer Culver and Olive B. Souder, Marriage License Docket, Luzerne County, shows date and officiant.
  9. [S5155] Elmer Culver household, 1920 U.S. Census, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, shows married.
  10. [S5131] Bruce C. Welch and Olive B. Culver, Marriage License Docket, Luzerne County, shows her with surname Culver and her previous marriage ended in death, and date.
  11. [S5139] Elmer Culver, Certificate of Death, shows date, city, county, and state.
  12. [S5164] Clarance D. Thomas household, 1910 U.S. Census, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania.
  13. [S5164] Clarance D. Thomas household, 1910 U.S. Census, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, shows occupation as apprentice, industry as blacksmith shop.
  14. [S5132] Elmer Culver and Olive B. Souder, Marriage License Docket, Luzerne County, shows occupation as laborer.
  15. [S5155] Elmer Culver household, 1920 U.S. Census, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, shows occupation as minor, industry as coal mine.
  16. [S5139] Elmer Culver, Certificate of Death, shows occupation as laborer.
  17. [S5166] Glenn Woodrow Culver and Verna Kulynek, Application for Marriage License, Luzerne County.
  18. [S1932] Marriage Applications, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, no. 23391A, Charles Nafus and Inez Culver.
  19. [S8630] Inez Nafus, Certificate of Death, shows father as George Culver.
  20. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Alvin Elmer Culver, Soc. Sec. No. 205-10-3347.
  21. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Thelma Louise Culver, Soc. Sec. No. 177-12-0591.