First woman embalmer licensed in the state of California.
CONNELL, Sylvia Madge.
Undertaker. Res. 1051 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, Cal.; office, same. Born in Hicksville, O., Oct. 19, 1868; daughter of John Emerson and Amelia Ryan Hartell. Married to Chas. H. Connell in 1886. Educated in high school Hicksville, O.; conservatory of music, Oberlin, O; moved to California and was engaged as circulation clerk with "Out West" Magazine; advertising
solicitor same; editorial contributor, same; assessment clerk with Bankers' Alliance Ins. Co.; mgr. premium and assessment dept. same 2 yrs.; employed by Orr & Hines Co.; undertakers, in 1898; company was incorporated and she became member of firm, continuing as such until 1906, when the Connell Co. was organized and located at 11th and Grand Ave. under her management; secy., treas. and mgt. Connell Co. Marshall in South Gate Chapter O. E. S.; chairman Entertainment Committee South Gate Court, Order of the Amaranth.
(Who's Who in the Pacific Southwest. 1913.)
Info courtesy of SuzanneTF
CONNELL, Sylvia Madge.
Undertaker. Res. 1051 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, Cal.; office, same. Born in Hicksville, O., Oct. 19, 1868; daughter of John Emerson and Amelia Ryan Hartell. Married to Chas. H. Connell in 1886. Educated in high school Hicksville, O.; conservatory of music, Oberlin, O; moved to California and was engaged as circulation clerk with "Out West" Magazine; advertising
solicitor same; editorial contributor, same; assessment clerk with Bankers' Alliance Ins. Co.; mgr. premium and assessment dept. same 2 yrs.; employed by Orr & Hines Co.; undertakers, in 1898; company was incorporated and she became member of firm, continuing as such until 1906, when the Connell Co. was organized and located at 11th and Grand Ave. under her management; secy., treas. and mgt. Connell Co. Marshall in South Gate Chapter O. E. S.; chairman Entertainment Committee South Gate Court, Order of the Amaranth.
(Who's Who in the Pacific Southwest. 1913.)
Info courtesy of SuzanneTF
First woman embalmer licensed in the state of California.
CONNELL, Sylvia Madge.
Undertaker. Res. 1051 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, Cal.; office, same. Born in Hicksville, O., Oct. 19, 1868; daughter of John Emerson and Amelia Ryan Hartell. Married to Chas. H. Connell in 1886. Educated in high school Hicksville, O.; conservatory of music, Oberlin, O; moved to California and was engaged as circulation clerk with "Out West" Magazine; advertising
solicitor same; editorial contributor, same; assessment clerk with Bankers' Alliance Ins. Co.; mgr. premium and assessment dept. same 2 yrs.; employed by Orr & Hines Co.; undertakers, in 1898; company was incorporated and she became member of firm, continuing as such until 1906, when the Connell Co. was organized and located at 11th and Grand Ave. under her management; secy., treas. and mgt. Connell Co. Marshall in South Gate Chapter O. E. S.; chairman Entertainment Committee South Gate Court, Order of the Amaranth.
(Who's Who in the Pacific Southwest. 1913.)
Info courtesy of SuzanneTF
CONNELL, Sylvia Madge.
Undertaker. Res. 1051 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, Cal.; office, same. Born in Hicksville, O., Oct. 19, 1868; daughter of John Emerson and Amelia Ryan Hartell. Married to Chas. H. Connell in 1886. Educated in high school Hicksville, O.; conservatory of music, Oberlin, O; moved to California and was engaged as circulation clerk with "Out West" Magazine; advertising
solicitor same; editorial contributor, same; assessment clerk with Bankers' Alliance Ins. Co.; mgr. premium and assessment dept. same 2 yrs.; employed by Orr & Hines Co.; undertakers, in 1898; company was incorporated and she became member of firm, continuing as such until 1906, when the Connell Co. was organized and located at 11th and Grand Ave. under her management; secy., treas. and mgt. Connell Co. Marshall in South Gate Chapter O. E. S.; chairman Entertainment Committee South Gate Court, Order of the Amaranth.
(Who's Who in the Pacific Southwest. 1913.)
Info courtesy of SuzanneTF
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