| Sources |
- [S662] census 1940 USA PA Potter Coudersport, Year: 1940; Census Place: Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3600; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 53-6 Park Ave, S. East ST, Allegany Ave.
Record for Benson, Perry, Dewey, Olmsted, Berger, Reese, van Wegen (165) facts
Record for Fanny A Knox (6) facts
20250519GHLn- merged ................ (171)
Eugenia C Perry in the 1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Eugenia C Perry
Age: 53
Estimated birth year:abt 1887
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House:Head
Home in 1940: Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania
Street: Allegheny Avenue
also on page: S. East ST
Park Avenue
House Number: 205
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935:Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 9B
Number of Household in Order of Visitation:203
House Owned or Rented:Owned
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented:6000
Attended School or College:No
Highest Grade Completed:High School, 4th year
Weeks Worked in 1939:0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources:Yes
Neighbors:
View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Park Ave
Harry E Benson 43 Head PA sh H2 manager, state liquor store
Onnolee M Benson 33 wife PA sh H3
Phyllis L Benson 15 dau PA sh H1
Elizabeth A Benson 13 dau PA sh 7
S. East ST
James S Berger 37 Head PA sp C4 lawyer
Georgiana J Berger 38 wife PA sp C4
James D Berger 7 son PA sp 1
Jane D Berger 2 dau PA
Albert J Reese 39 Head PA sp C6 Dentist
Margaret L Reese 39 wife PA sp C4
Allegany Ave
Don L Van Wegen 55 Head PA sh C2 electrician
Ruth M Van Wegen 56 wife PA sh C2
Carl L Dewey 40 Head PA sh C4 vocational teacher
Leah A Dewey 35 wife PA sh C2
Robert O Dewey 12 son PA sh 6
James E Dewey 10 son PA sh 4
Mary J Dewey 8 dau PA sh 2
Thomas P Dewey 3 son PA
Anne L Dewey 1 dau PA
Arthur S Olmsted 84 Head PA sh 8
Mervin Chamberlin 45 s-in-l PA sh C4 substitute postal clerk, US post office
Laura M Chamberlin 48 dau PA sh
Robert G Chamberlin 19 gr-son PA sh H4 single
Lois J Chamberlin 17 dau PA sh H3 single
Eugenia C Perry 53 Head PA sh H4 widow
Frances E Perry 15 dau PA sh H1
David E T Perry 27 son PA sh
Katharine L Perry 24 d-in-law PA Laurence, Douglas, KS H4
Fanny A Knox 87 aunt NY sh H4 widow
Source Citation
Year: 1940; Census Place: Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3600; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 53-6
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.
Albert J Reese in the 1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Albert J Reese
Age: 39
Estimated birth year:abt 1901
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House:Head
Home in 1940: Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania
Street: S East Street
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935:Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Resident on farm in 1935:No
Sheet Number: 9B
Number of Household in Order of Visitation:196
Occupation: Dentist
House Owned or Rented:Rented
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented:30
Attended School or College:No
Highest Grade Completed:College, 5th or subsequent year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census:38
Class of Worker: Working on own account
Weeks Worked in 1939:52
Income: 0
Income Other Sources:Yes
Neighbors:
View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Park Ave
Harry E Benson 43 Head PA sh H2 manager, state liquor store
Onnolee M Benson 33 wife PA sh H3
Phyllis L Benson 15 dau PA sh H1
Elizabeth A Benson 13 dau PA sh 7
S. East ST
James S Berger 37 Head PA sp C4 lawyer
Georgiana J Berger 38 wife PA sp C4
James D Berger 7 son PA sp 1
Jane D Berger 2 dau PA
Albert J Reese 39 Head PA sp C6 Dentist
Margaret L Reese 39 wife PA sp C4
Allegany Ave
Don L Van Wegen 55 Head PA sh C2 electrician
Ruth M Van Wegen 56 wife PA sh C2
Carl L Dewey 40 Head PA sh C4 vocational teacher
Leah A Dewey 35 wife PA sh C2
Robert O Dewey 12 son PA sh 6
James E Dewey 10 son PA sh 4
Mary J Dewey 8 dau PA sh 2
Thomas P Dewey 3 son PA
Anne L Dewey 1 dau PA
Arthur S Olmsted 84 Head PA sh 8
Mervin Chamberlin 45 s-in-l PA sh C4 substitute postal clerk, US post office
Laura M Chamberlin 48 dau PA sh
Robert G Chamberlin 19 gr-son PA sh H4 single
Lois J Chamberlin 17 dau PA sh H3 single
Eugenia C Perry 53 Head PA sh H4 widow
Frances E Perry 15 dau PA sh H1
David E T Perry 27 son PA sh
Katharine L Perry 24 d-in-law PA Laurence, Douglas, KS H4
Fanny A Knox 87 aunt NY sh H4 widow
 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
|
- [S814] FaceBook- You know you're from Coudersport, PA if... Hebron, dance band, cabin fire- photos.
Coudy teachers in a dance band, cabin fire- photos
Dale Angood?You know you're from Coudersport, PA if..........
December 20 · 2015
Here's a question for the old timers. I'm guessing this photo is from about 1947- 53. That's my dad Robert on the chord organ, grandmother Mabel at the piano and Frankie Slamecka on drums. Can anyone supply a name for the sax player? My mom thought his last name was Hosley. Don't know if that is correct. When I was very young, Dad told a story about their sax player dying in a cabin fire. Apparently the fire started when he dropped a glass jug of gasoline. Dad pointed out the site where the cabin used to be, down over the bank in the woods, on the way to Denton Hill. The chimney may still have been standing then.
I had the impression that it was my grandad's (John) cabin but again, I'm not sure. I was about 5 or 6 when I first heard the story.
LikeCommentShare
24 people like this.
Comments
Dale Ulkins
Dale Ulkins What an incredible photo. I had no idea Frank Slameca was a drummer. The fire sounds like the fire that also involved teacher Jim Berger. If so I'll dig out the old scrapbooks and try to photograph the story. I remember it being in one of them.
Like · Reply · 3 · December 20 at 12:10pm
Lila Watkins
Lila Watkins Don't know if Jeannette Buck belongs to this site. She might know answer to some of your questions.
Like · Reply · December 20 at 1:49pm
Jeannette Buck
Jeannette Buck Nope, can't help here.
Like · Reply · December 20 at 2:46pm
View more replies
John Christy Wetzel
Thomas Maynard
Thomas Maynard The burned cabin sounds like Old Bill Fish's "Golly's Folly" located in the place you describe, the Nine mine creek. A Kelsey boy died in that fire. One of the survivors, still living is Jim Berger..
Like · Reply · 4 · December 20 at 12:17pm · Edited
Dale Angood
Dale Angood Kelsey sounds kind of like Hosley.
Like · Reply · 3 · December 20 at 12:33pm
John Christy Wetzel
Write a reply...
Choose File
Thomas Maynard
Thomas Maynard Frankie was quite a drum player. He also had a uniform and played in the CHS marching band in the forties.
Like · Reply · 3 · December 20 at 12:14pm
Dale Ulkins
Dale Ulkins Hi Tom, I had no idea about Frank. They were a wonderful family. Merry Christmas to Mrs. Maynard and you!!
Like · Reply · 1 · December 20 at 12:21pm
John Christy Wetzel
Write a reply...
Choose File
Dale Angood
Dale Angood I appreciate the help. I already know more than I did. I remember Bill Fish as one of Grandad's friends so that part makes sense. I remember us visiting Frank when I was young. They lived in one of the last houses up on the bank before Rubbertown.
Like · Reply · December 20 at 12:43pm
Dale Angood
Dale Angood Found a reference here to Bill Fish's cabin. http://www.stc-hike.org/Newsletter/200307.pdf
Like · Reply · 1 · December 20 at 1:02pm
Paul Lynn Gardner
Paul Lynn Gardner Here is a photo of Bill Fish and my Dad, Larry Gardner, sawing a log at Bill's camp. This would have been in the 1940's.
Paul Lynn Gardner's photo.
Like · Reply · 3 · December 20 at 3:49pm · Edited
John Christy Wetzel
Write a reply...
Choose File
Dale Angood
Dale Angood And another: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr...
William Delos "Golly" Fish (1875 - 1969) -…
FINDAGRAVE.COM
Like · Reply · 2 · December 20 at 1:06pm
Leon B Reed Sr
Leon B Reed Sr Is that Mable Buck
Like · Reply · December 20 at 1:22pm
Dale Angood
Dale Angood Mable Chilson Angood
Like · Reply · 1 · December 20 at 1:33pm · Edited
John Christy Wetzel
Write a reply...
Choose File
Deborah Barber
Deborah Barber Neat picture
Like · Reply · 1 · December 20 at 1:27pm
Ed Darrin
Ed Darrin it was Jim Berger's father's camp Dale Angood
Like · Reply · 2 · December 20 at 1:40pm
Thomas Maynard
Thomas Maynard Nope Eddie. See other comments to get it right. smile emoticon
Like · Reply · December 21 at 3:15am · Edited
John Christy Wetzel
Write a reply...
Choose File
Susan Busch Holmberg
Susan Busch Holmberg There was a fire in a cabin that some young men died. Jim Burger who ended up being a history teacher at CHS. Jim was one of the men in the fire, but he lived but was very badly burned. Yes one of the boys did drop a glass gallon of gasline in front of a fire place and that's what started the fire.
Like · Reply · 2 · December 20 at 3:03pm
Dale Ulkins
Dale Ulkins Here ya go,Dale Angood. It was too large to shoot in one image so I broke it up into three pieces.
Dale Ulkins's photo.
Like · Reply · 5 · December 20 at 3:32pm
Mary Fickinger Pepper
Mary Fickinger Pepper Yes, James Fickinger, our dad, Charles Fickinger, was also there at the party, which I remember as being Mr. Berger's bachelor party.
Like · Reply · 1 · December 21 at 7:40am
George Finster
George Finster Always thought his burns were military related and know I know the real reason thanks.
Like · Reply · December 21 at 12:03pm
John Christy Wetzel
Dale Ulkins's photo.
Like · Reply · 6 · December 20 at 3:33pm
Paul Lynn Gardner
Paul Lynn Gardner I've heard this story from so many people who have passed on. Very interesting to see the facts and photos in print. Thanks Dale for sharing your mother's priceless archives.
Like · Reply · 2 · December 20 at 4:04pm
Dale Ulkins
Dale Ulkins It's a pretty grim story. I had no idea Charlie Fickinger was even there let alone responsible for saving Jim Berger's life!
Like · Reply · 4 · December 20 at 4:10pm
View more replies
John Christy Wetzel
Dale Ulkins's photo.
Like · Reply · 7 · December 20 at 3:34pm
Linda Hemphill
Linda Hemphill Jack Kelsey would of been my uncle....he died before I was born....my father doesnt talk alot about the fire.....heard the story from my grandma as we were growing up....
Like · Reply · 4 · December 20 at 5:51pm
Donna Kelsey Foust
Donna Kelsey Foust Thanks for all the history. Jack would have been my uncle also. I'm going to print the articles to save.
Like · Reply · 3 · December 20 at 7:02pm
Dale Angood
Dale Angood WOW!! What a response! Thank you everone for your contributions. Especially Dale Ulkins for photographing the artcle. I'm going to try to figure out how to save this entire conversation.
Like · Reply · 3 · December 20 at 7:41pm
Dale Ulkins replied · 1 Reply
Rocky Bretz
Rocky Bretz Had the pleasure of working with Frankie at the elementary school for a few years...he would have to leave everyday for n hour or so to go put on his Polka Party at the radio station
Like · Reply · 6 · December 20 at 8:47pm
Dirk Anderson replied · 1 Reply
Ray Nelson
Ray Nelson I think Mr. jim Berger might know who that is.
Like · Reply · December 20 at 9:33pm
Steven J Heimel
Steven J Heimel Yes, the camp burned to the ground, two dead. Only the chimney was left. I remember going out there with Grandaddy, Dad and Uncle Bill to build a woodshed, pour a foundation and build a new camp on the site.
Like · Reply · 3 · December 21 at 2:28am
James Fickinger
James Fickinger yes but i think the fire you are
all talking abuot jim berger happen up behind golf corse were he has his home today my father was ther then
Like · Reply · December 21 at 5:09am
James Fickinger
James Fickinger my sisters mite know more
Like · Reply · December 21 at 5:10am
_________________
20211129GHLn-
...
Burial will be taken to Perry, O., where committal services will be held at the cemetery there, at 1:30 pm, sunday. Friends may call at the Grabe Funeral Home starting this afternoon.
___________
20240328GHLn- added from a much later post and FBGp, for the sake of completion:
0240328GHLn-
FB You Know you're from Coudersport...
Paula Pesock Mitchell
28 March 2024
· April 1954
Story on tragic fire that destroyed the camp known as Golly's Folly.
Comments
Linda Goodnoe Russell
Such a tragedy
Linda Teasley
Such a tragedy
7h
Reply
John C Wetzel
[Potter Journal_cabin fire 195404 FB151220DUlkins2.jpg]
10m
Reply
John C Wetzel
[Potter Journal_cabin fire 195404 FB151220DUlkins3.jpg]
10m
Reply
 |
Dale Angood FB 20151220 dance band father grmother history of fire mr Burger Dale Angood?You know you're from Coudersport, PA if..........
December 20 · 2015
Here's a question for the old timers. I'm guessing this photo is from about 1947- 53. That's my dad Robert on the chord organ, grandmother Mabel at the piano and Frankie Slamecka on drums. Can anyone supply a name for the sax player? My mom thought his last name was… |
 |
newspaper, Potter Journal_One Youth Critical After Cabin Burns_Berger, Fickinger, Kelsey by Ulkins 20171217 RVA-
repasted from front Notes-
Dale Ulkins
December 20 · 2015
Here ya go,Dale Angood. It was too large to shoot in one image so I broke it up into three pieces.
LikeComment
Paul Lynn Gardner, Dale Angood and 3 others like this.
Comments
Mary Fickinger Pepper
Mary Fickinger Pepper Yes, James Fickinger, our dad, Charles Fickinger, was… |
 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
|
 |
newspaper, Potter Journal_One Youth Critical After Cabin Burns_Berger, Fickinger, Kelsey by Ulkins3 20171217 RVA-
repasted from front Notes-
Dale Ulkins
December 20 · 2015
LikeComment
Paul Lynn Gardner, Larry Herbstritt, Dale Angood and 3 others like this.
Comments
Paul Lynn Gardner
Paul Lynn Gardner I've heard this story from so many people who have passed on. Very interesting to see the facts and photos in print. Thanks Dale for sharing your… |
 |
Potter Journal_cabin fire 195404 FB240328PaulaPMitchell 0240328GHLn-
FB You Know you're from Coudersport...
Paula Pesock Mitchell
28 March 2024
· April 1954
Story on tragic fire that destroyed the camp known as Golly's Folly.
Comments
Linda Goodnoe Russell
Such a tragedy
Linda Teasley
Such a tragedy
7h
Reply
John C Wetzel
[Potter Journal_cabin fire 195404 FB151220DUlkins2.jpg]
10m
Reply
John C… |
- [S1259] FaceBook- Coudersport, 1950 Coudersport HS yearbook, the Couderian, p. 15 Lanny Nunn?You know you're from Coudersport, PA if... Visual Storyteller · June 22 · 2020.
James Berger (1) fact
20200626HAv-
Lanny Nunn?You know you're from Coudersport, PA if..........
Visual Storyteller · June 22 · 2020
1950 Coudersport HS yearbook, the Couderian, p. 15
- James Berger, - "Berg"
- Marcella Boucher, - "Marcy"
- Betty Boyer, - "Betsy"
- Mabel Brent, - "Mamie"
- Odell Caldwell, - "Odie"
- Beverly Daniels, - "Bev"
- Carmen DeStevens, - "Peanuts"
- Harry Foust, - "Chub"
20200626HAv-
Lanny Nunn?You know you're from Coudersport, PA if..........
Visual Storyteller · June 22 · 2020
1950 Coudersport HS yearbook, the Couderian, p. 15
- James Berger, - "Berg"
- Marcella Boucher, - "Marcy"
- Betty Boyer, - "Betsy"
- Mabel Brent, - "Mamie"
- Odell Caldwell, - "Odie"
- Beverly Daniels, - "Bev"
- Carmen DeStevens, - "Peanuts"
- Harry Foust, - "Chub"
31You, Jeannette Buck, Brenda Kenealy Williams and 28 others
9 Comments
Like
Comments
Brenda Kenealy Williams
Mr. Berger! History class.
3Like · Reply · 3d
Ken Cole
He was a great teacher!
1Like · Reply · 3d
Tom Pekarski Scoop
2Like · Reply · 3d
Michael Baker
Me Berger was a super teacher. Always made things interesting. As home room teacher, always started your day out with a laugh or a good word.
1Like · Reply · 3d
Charles Cutler
Mr. Berger and Mr. Schaub are why I became a history teacher.
3Like · Reply · 3d
Ken Cole
Hi Charlie. They were good mentors!
Like · Reply · 2d
Linda Setzer Cole Lohr
Liked them both a LOT...
1Like · Reply · 3d
Susan Foust Culver
My Uncle “Chub”
1Like · Reply · 3d
Kimberly Caldwell-Walters
My dad was good friends with Mr Berger and Peanuts DeStevens. My dad was O'Dell
The cutie little shaver! Miss him everyday
4Like · Reply · 3d
 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
|
- [S2520] thomasfickinger.com/obituary/, Obituary James Daniels Berger, 88, of Coudersport, passed away peacefully at his home on February 3, 2021.October 31, 1932 ~ February 3, 2021 (age 88).
Jim Daniels Berger (1) fact
20210205HAv-
20210205HAv-
James D. Berger
October 31, 1932 ~ February 3, 2021 (age 88)
Obituary & ServicesTribute Wall
Obituary
James Daniels Berger, 88, of Coudersport, passed away peacefully at his home on February 3, 2021.
James (Jim to his friends) was born October 31, 1932, in Coudersport, to James Stanley Berger and Georgiana Daniels Berger. He graduated from Mansfield University with a degree in education. In 1955 he married Loretta Johnson of Coudersport, and they remained devoted to each other for 60 years until her death in 2015.
Jim taught history and political science at Coudersport High School for 30 years, retiring in 1986. He was very active in the community as a longtime volunteer for Meals on Wheels and the Eulalia Cemetery Association. An avid outdoorsman, hunter, and shooter, he was a longtime hunter education instructor and an active member of the Black Forest Conservation Association, where he ran a personal protection class for women for many years.
His interest in history led to many enjoyable years of membership in the 42nd Pennsylvania Bucktails Civil War re-enactment group. Jim was a 32 degree Mason in AASR Valley of Coudersport, and in 1996 was named “Citizen of the Year” by the American Legion Potter Post 192 for his many contributions to the local community.
Jim is survived by
- a son, James J. (Carole) Berger of Falls Creek;
- a daughter, Diana (Scott) Rupp of Fort Collins, Colorado;
- a sister, Jane (Geoffery) Wells of Whiritoa Beach, New Zealand;
- a grandson, Chris Berger of DuBois;
- a great-grandson, Otto;
several nieces, nephews, and cousins, and a network of close friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents;
- his wife, Loretta;
- and a son, Tom.
- Burial will be in Eulalia Cemetery,
with a celebration of life to be announced later in the year. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Black Forest Conservation Association, P.O. Box 331, Coudersport, PA 16915 or the Eulalia Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 226, Coudersport, PA 16915.
The family has entrusted the Thomas E. Fickinger Funeral Home, 210 North East St. Coudersport, PA, with her arrangements.
To share your fondest memories of James or to sign his guestbook, please visit www.thomasfickinger.com.
To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of James D. Berger, please visit our floral store.
Services
FAMILY TO DO SERVICES AT LATER DATE
R
Ronnie Schenkein, DVM (retired)
February 9, 2021 2:06 PM
My condolences to all of the family. I had the highest regard for him, as a neighbor, pet owner, and instructor of the Personal Protection Course and the Black Forest Conservation Club (which I took 3 times over the years). I appreciated his respect for wild things.
L
Lisa Sabin Stanicar
February 7, 2021 9:48 AM
Thoughts and prayers to family and friends of Mr Berger.
L
Lisa Waters (Fickinger)
February 6, 2021 3:57 PM
My thoughts are with you at this time Diana and Jim! Your parents were such special people and a wonderful part of my childhood. I have many great memories and feel lucky I got to spend the time I did with all of you!
P
Paul Lynn Gardner
February 5, 2021 2:10 PM
It has been over 50 years since I interacted with the Jim Berger family. I have the highest respect for Jim's teaching qualities, introducing me to history and the workings of local, state, and world history as well as my introduction to government civics. Loretta's directorship of the Park Methodist choir expanded my appreciation for faithful worship through music. May God bless the Burger family as we all remember this outstanding citizen of Potter County. My condolences and best regards.
M
Mike Weimer
February 13, 2021 5:35 PM
Jim was a good teacher in the Coudersport school. Sometimes he was hard but, he pushed me to be a hard worker and to give every assignment my best. I am sure they community saw him as a committed person who loved to help others. Thank you for being a good teacher to those of us who knew you.
Memorial Tree
February 5, 2021 11:39 AM
A Memorial Tree was planted for James D. Berger
We are deeply sorry for your loss ~ the staff at Thomas E. Fickinger Funeral Home, Ltd.
Join in honoring their life - plant a memorial tree
 |
Berger, James D obit ThosFickinger 20210205HAv-
James D. Berger
October 31, 1932 ~ February 3, 2021 (age 88)
Obituary & ServicesTribute Wall
Obituary
James Daniels Berger, 88, of Coudersport, passed away peacefully at his home on February 3, 2021.
James (Jim to his friends) was born October 31, 1932, in Coudersport, to James Stanley Berger and Georgiana Daniels Berger. He… |
- [S2077] Public Member Trees 2019-, Barger Family Tree - BarbaraCra / James Stanley Berger (42) facts.
Record for James Stanley Berger (42) facts
20191118HAv- Barger Family Tree - BarbaraCra / James Stanley Berger
James Stanley Berger 1903-1984
BIRTH 3 JAN 1903 • Warren, Pennsylvania, USA
DEATH APR 1984 • Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Record for James Stanley Berger (42) facts
20191118HAv- Barger Family Tree - BarbaraCra / James Stanley Berger
James Stanley Berger 1903-1984
BIRTH 3 JAN 1903 • Warren, Pennsylvania, USA
DEATH APR 1984 • Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
 |
Berger, James S anc_BrabaraCra 20191118HAv-
James S Berger
BarbaraCra
BarbaraCra originally shared this on 04 Sep 2018
Linked To
James Stanley Berger
Saved byBarbaraCra
Comments |
|