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A class photo taken by an Allentown, Pennsylvania photographer was purchased in February 2023 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The back states “Karl Tracy, 5th from right, 1st row.” It is believed that Karl Tray, was Marvin Karl Tracy of Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Marvin Karl Tracy

Marvin Karl Tracy was born 8 August 1902 in West Bethlehem, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania to Marvin James Tracy and Carrie B. Bernhard.¹ In 1910, Karl was living with his parents at 738 Eighth Street in Ward 8 in Allentown, where they lived throughout the mid-1910s.² The family had moved just down the street to 724 Eighth by 1918.³

Karl married Ruth Wieand in 1927 and, in 1930, the couple was living at 524 Tilghman Street in Allentown and Karl was working as an electrician.⁴ By 1940, Karl had become a fireman.⁵

Karl’s father, Marvin James Tracy, died on 17 February 1940 in Allentown.⁶ Karl’s mother, Carrie B Bernhard, died at the age of 90 on 29 April 1972.⁷

Ruth Wieand Tracy died on 5 July 1969.⁸

Marvin Karl Tracy died on 17 February 1982 in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida.⁹

Endnotes

1. United States World War II Draft Registration Card, Marvin Karl Tracy, serial no. 851, Local Draft Board no. 4, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Birth: 8 Aug 1902, West Bethlehem, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Also, “Former Allentown Fire Fighter Dies Visiting Brother in Florida,” Marvin Karl Tracy obituary, The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania), 24 July 1982, p. 58, col. 2.

2. 1910 U.S. census, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 150, ward 8, sheet 22B, dwelling 458, family 464, Marvin Tracy household.
Address: 738 Eighth Street
– Marvin Tracy, age 29, married once for 8 years, born in Pennsylvania
– Carrie, wife, age 28, married once for 8 years, born in Pennsylvania, 1 child born and living
– Karl, son, age 7, born in Pennsylvania

Also, Directory of the City of Allentown 1910, (Allentown, Pennsylvania, Welt-Bote Publishing Company), p. 610, Marvin J. Tracy family listing.
– Tracey Marvin J., barber 641 N. 8^th, res 738 do. Carrie; Karl M.

Also, Directory of the City of Allentown 1915, (Allentown, Pennsylvania : Roth and Weaber Publishing Company), p. 737, Marvin J. Tracy family listing.
– Tracy Marvin J., barber 641 N. 8^th, res 738 do. Carrie B; M. Karl, Carolyn B.

3. United States World War I Draft Registration Card, Marvin James Tracy, serial no. 756, Local Draft Board no. 2, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Birth: 22 Oct 1880. Address: 724 N. 8^th Street, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

4. 1930 U.S. census, Allentown, Lehigh County, New York, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 27, sheet 6B, dwelling 139, family 170, Carl M. Tracy household.
Address: 524 Tilghman St.
– Carl M. Tracy, age 27, married at 24, born in Pennsylvania, electrician
– Ruth C., wife, age 24, married at 21, born in Pennsylvania

Also, “Mrs. Ruth C. Wieand Tracy,” obituary, The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania), 8 July 1969, p. 26, col. 4.

5. 1940 U.S. census, Allentown, Lehigh County, New York, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 39-27, sheet 5A, dwelling 90, Carl Tracy household.
Address: 810 Allen Street.
– Carl Tracy, age 37, married, born in Pennsylvania, Fireman
– Ruth, wife, age 34, married, born in Pennsylvania

6. “8th Ward Barber Succumbs to Pneumonia,” Marvin J. Tracy obituary, The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania), 19 Feb 1940, p. 7, col. 6.

7. “Mrs. Tracy, 90, Allentown Native,” obituary, The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania), 30 Apr 1972, p. D8, col. 2.

8. “Mrs. Ruth C. Wieand Tracy,”obituary, The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania), 8 July 1969, p. 26, col. 4.

9. “Former Allentown Fire Fighter Dies Visiting Brother in Florida,” Marvin Karl Tracy obituary, The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania), 24 July 1982, p. 58, col. 2.

Citing this page: Kimberli Faulkner Hull, compiler, “Marvin Karl Tracy school photograph, Allentown, Pennsylvania, ca. 1912,”
Cool Adventures (https://cooladventures.com/collection/marvin-karl-tracy-school-photograph-allentown-pennsylvania/ : published 2023); privately held by the Faulkner–Hull Collection.

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