Age: 63 years, 3 months & 14 days old
Place of death: Town of
Greenbugh, Westchester Co., N.Y.
Place of residence: 32 Bretton Road
Scarsdale, Westchester Co., New York
Father: William J. Connell
Mother: Mattie Chadwick
Brother of Mrs. Edward [Hazel] Creighton,
Mrs. Isaac [Marian] Raymond & Ralph Connell
Married: Frank Jennie Hovey
Father of Barbara, Frances & Karl Connell, Jr.
Plot Interred: Section 59 - Lot 11
Location: Benjamin F. Smith Family Plot
1900 United States Federal Census
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska:
William Connell 53 b: Jul 1846 Canada
Occupation: Attorney - Married: 1873
Wife: Mattie Connell 49 b: Nov 1850 Vermont
Single Son: Ralph H. Connell 29 b: Feb 1876 Nebraska
Occupation: Attorney
Single Son: DR. KARL A. CONNELL 20 b: Jul 1879 Nebraska
Occupation: Physician
Daughter: Marian M. Connell 16 b: May 1884 Nebraska
Daughter: Hazel Connell 13 b: Dec 1886 Nebraska
Servant: Huldah Lundgren 30 b: Feb 1870 Sweden
Servant: Sena Frandsen 35 b: Jan 1865 Denmark
1925 New York State Census
Denning, Ulster Co., New York:
DR. KARL CONNELL, SR. 46 b: Nebraska
Occupation: Physician
Wife: Frank Hovey Connell 40 b: New York
Daughter: Barbara Connell 2 b: New York
Son: Karl Connell, Jr. 0 b: New York
Sources:
1900 United States Federal Census
1925 New York State Census
U.S. Social Security Applications & Claims Index: 1936-2007
Menands, N.Y., Albany Rural Cemetery Burial Cards: 1791-2011∼Dr. Connell Dies After Short Illness
Dr, Karl Connell, surgeon and designer of the first all-American gas mask to be used by the American Expeditionary Force in the World War, died of a heart attack at his home, 32 Bretton Road, Saturday morning after two days’ illness. Dr, Connell had moved to Scarsdale for the winter only a short time ago. His permanent home was in Branch, New York. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Greenville Reformed Church. Dr. Connell was bom in Omaha slxty-two years ago, the son of William J. Connell, a Republican attorney. He was graduated from Columbia College in 1898 and from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1900. Service In France At the outbreak of the World War Dr. Connell went to France as chief surgeon of the medical unit sent by Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney. He was a major in the National Guard medical corps, 1907-17; was a United States Government observer in Germany and Austria in 1915 and became a member of the Medical Council of National Defense in 1916. He saw Mexican border service in 1917 and as a major in the Chemical Warfare Service with the A.E.F. from 1917 to 1919, received the Distinguished Service Medal for perfecting the gas mask. Dr. Connell was an associate in surgery in Columbia University from 1910 to 1914 and assistant attending surgeon at Roosevelt Hospital in New York from 1908 to 1918. Upon his return from France after the war he became Professor of Surgery at Creighton University, in Omaha, and in 1920 he founded Presbyterian Hospital in that city, serving as its president until 1924. He retired from the practice of surgery in 1925 and devoted the next six years to the invention of anaesthetic apparatus. Dr. Connell obtained ten patents bearing on the apparatus, which he began producing in Branch in 1930, when he founded the Connell Apparatus Company. The concern was sold last year to the Ohio Chemical Company. Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Frank Hovey - Roof of Lakewood, New Jersey, whom he married in 1922; two daughters, Barbara and Giola Connell; a son, Karl, Jr.; and a sister, Mrs. Edward Creighton of Omaha. m .
Place of death: Town of
Greenbugh, Westchester Co., N.Y.
Place of residence: 32 Bretton Road
Scarsdale, Westchester Co., New York
Father: William J. Connell
Mother: Mattie Chadwick
Brother of Mrs. Edward [Hazel] Creighton,
Mrs. Isaac [Marian] Raymond & Ralph Connell
Married: Frank Jennie Hovey
Father of Barbara, Frances & Karl Connell, Jr.
Plot Interred: Section 59 - Lot 11
Location: Benjamin F. Smith Family Plot
1900 United States Federal Census
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska:
William Connell 53 b: Jul 1846 Canada
Occupation: Attorney - Married: 1873
Wife: Mattie Connell 49 b: Nov 1850 Vermont
Single Son: Ralph H. Connell 29 b: Feb 1876 Nebraska
Occupation: Attorney
Single Son: DR. KARL A. CONNELL 20 b: Jul 1879 Nebraska
Occupation: Physician
Daughter: Marian M. Connell 16 b: May 1884 Nebraska
Daughter: Hazel Connell 13 b: Dec 1886 Nebraska
Servant: Huldah Lundgren 30 b: Feb 1870 Sweden
Servant: Sena Frandsen 35 b: Jan 1865 Denmark
1925 New York State Census
Denning, Ulster Co., New York:
DR. KARL CONNELL, SR. 46 b: Nebraska
Occupation: Physician
Wife: Frank Hovey Connell 40 b: New York
Daughter: Barbara Connell 2 b: New York
Son: Karl Connell, Jr. 0 b: New York
Sources:
1900 United States Federal Census
1925 New York State Census
U.S. Social Security Applications & Claims Index: 1936-2007
Menands, N.Y., Albany Rural Cemetery Burial Cards: 1791-2011∼Dr. Connell Dies After Short Illness
Dr, Karl Connell, surgeon and designer of the first all-American gas mask to be used by the American Expeditionary Force in the World War, died of a heart attack at his home, 32 Bretton Road, Saturday morning after two days’ illness. Dr, Connell had moved to Scarsdale for the winter only a short time ago. His permanent home was in Branch, New York. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Greenville Reformed Church. Dr. Connell was bom in Omaha slxty-two years ago, the son of William J. Connell, a Republican attorney. He was graduated from Columbia College in 1898 and from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1900. Service In France At the outbreak of the World War Dr. Connell went to France as chief surgeon of the medical unit sent by Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney. He was a major in the National Guard medical corps, 1907-17; was a United States Government observer in Germany and Austria in 1915 and became a member of the Medical Council of National Defense in 1916. He saw Mexican border service in 1917 and as a major in the Chemical Warfare Service with the A.E.F. from 1917 to 1919, received the Distinguished Service Medal for perfecting the gas mask. Dr. Connell was an associate in surgery in Columbia University from 1910 to 1914 and assistant attending surgeon at Roosevelt Hospital in New York from 1908 to 1918. Upon his return from France after the war he became Professor of Surgery at Creighton University, in Omaha, and in 1920 he founded Presbyterian Hospital in that city, serving as its president until 1924. He retired from the practice of surgery in 1925 and devoted the next six years to the invention of anaesthetic apparatus. Dr. Connell obtained ten patents bearing on the apparatus, which he began producing in Branch in 1930, when he founded the Connell Apparatus Company. The concern was sold last year to the Ohio Chemical Company. Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Frank Hovey - Roof of Lakewood, New Jersey, whom he married in 1922; two daughters, Barbara and Giola Connell; a son, Karl, Jr.; and a sister, Mrs. Edward Creighton of Omaha. m .
Age: 63 years, 3 months & 14 days old
Place of death: Town of
Greenbugh, Westchester Co., N.Y.
Place of residence: 32 Bretton Road
Scarsdale, Westchester Co., New York
Father: William J. Connell
Mother: Mattie Chadwick
Brother of Mrs. Edward [Hazel] Creighton,
Mrs. Isaac [Marian] Raymond & Ralph Connell
Married: Frank Jennie Hovey
Father of Barbara, Frances & Karl Connell, Jr.
Plot Interred: Section 59 - Lot 11
Location: Benjamin F. Smith Family Plot
1900 United States Federal Census
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska:
William Connell 53 b: Jul 1846 Canada
Occupation: Attorney - Married: 1873
Wife: Mattie Connell 49 b: Nov 1850 Vermont
Single Son: Ralph H. Connell 29 b: Feb 1876 Nebraska
Occupation: Attorney
Single Son: DR. KARL A. CONNELL 20 b: Jul 1879 Nebraska
Occupation: Physician
Daughter: Marian M. Connell 16 b: May 1884 Nebraska
Daughter: Hazel Connell 13 b: Dec 1886 Nebraska
Servant: Huldah Lundgren 30 b: Feb 1870 Sweden
Servant: Sena Frandsen 35 b: Jan 1865 Denmark
1925 New York State Census
Denning, Ulster Co., New York:
DR. KARL CONNELL, SR. 46 b: Nebraska
Occupation: Physician
Wife: Frank Hovey Connell 40 b: New York
Daughter: Barbara Connell 2 b: New York
Son: Karl Connell, Jr. 0 b: New York
Sources:
1900 United States Federal Census
1925 New York State Census
U.S. Social Security Applications & Claims Index: 1936-2007
Menands, N.Y., Albany Rural Cemetery Burial Cards: 1791-2011∼Dr. Connell Dies After Short Illness
Dr, Karl Connell, surgeon and designer of the first all-American gas mask to be used by the American Expeditionary Force in the World War, died of a heart attack at his home, 32 Bretton Road, Saturday morning after two days’ illness. Dr, Connell had moved to Scarsdale for the winter only a short time ago. His permanent home was in Branch, New York. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Greenville Reformed Church. Dr. Connell was bom in Omaha slxty-two years ago, the son of William J. Connell, a Republican attorney. He was graduated from Columbia College in 1898 and from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1900. Service In France At the outbreak of the World War Dr. Connell went to France as chief surgeon of the medical unit sent by Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney. He was a major in the National Guard medical corps, 1907-17; was a United States Government observer in Germany and Austria in 1915 and became a member of the Medical Council of National Defense in 1916. He saw Mexican border service in 1917 and as a major in the Chemical Warfare Service with the A.E.F. from 1917 to 1919, received the Distinguished Service Medal for perfecting the gas mask. Dr. Connell was an associate in surgery in Columbia University from 1910 to 1914 and assistant attending surgeon at Roosevelt Hospital in New York from 1908 to 1918. Upon his return from France after the war he became Professor of Surgery at Creighton University, in Omaha, and in 1920 he founded Presbyterian Hospital in that city, serving as its president until 1924. He retired from the practice of surgery in 1925 and devoted the next six years to the invention of anaesthetic apparatus. Dr. Connell obtained ten patents bearing on the apparatus, which he began producing in Branch in 1930, when he founded the Connell Apparatus Company. The concern was sold last year to the Ohio Chemical Company. Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Frank Hovey - Roof of Lakewood, New Jersey, whom he married in 1922; two daughters, Barbara and Giola Connell; a son, Karl, Jr.; and a sister, Mrs. Edward Creighton of Omaha. m .
Place of death: Town of
Greenbugh, Westchester Co., N.Y.
Place of residence: 32 Bretton Road
Scarsdale, Westchester Co., New York
Father: William J. Connell
Mother: Mattie Chadwick
Brother of Mrs. Edward [Hazel] Creighton,
Mrs. Isaac [Marian] Raymond & Ralph Connell
Married: Frank Jennie Hovey
Father of Barbara, Frances & Karl Connell, Jr.
Plot Interred: Section 59 - Lot 11
Location: Benjamin F. Smith Family Plot
1900 United States Federal Census
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska:
William Connell 53 b: Jul 1846 Canada
Occupation: Attorney - Married: 1873
Wife: Mattie Connell 49 b: Nov 1850 Vermont
Single Son: Ralph H. Connell 29 b: Feb 1876 Nebraska
Occupation: Attorney
Single Son: DR. KARL A. CONNELL 20 b: Jul 1879 Nebraska
Occupation: Physician
Daughter: Marian M. Connell 16 b: May 1884 Nebraska
Daughter: Hazel Connell 13 b: Dec 1886 Nebraska
Servant: Huldah Lundgren 30 b: Feb 1870 Sweden
Servant: Sena Frandsen 35 b: Jan 1865 Denmark
1925 New York State Census
Denning, Ulster Co., New York:
DR. KARL CONNELL, SR. 46 b: Nebraska
Occupation: Physician
Wife: Frank Hovey Connell 40 b: New York
Daughter: Barbara Connell 2 b: New York
Son: Karl Connell, Jr. 0 b: New York
Sources:
1900 United States Federal Census
1925 New York State Census
U.S. Social Security Applications & Claims Index: 1936-2007
Menands, N.Y., Albany Rural Cemetery Burial Cards: 1791-2011∼Dr. Connell Dies After Short Illness
Dr, Karl Connell, surgeon and designer of the first all-American gas mask to be used by the American Expeditionary Force in the World War, died of a heart attack at his home, 32 Bretton Road, Saturday morning after two days’ illness. Dr, Connell had moved to Scarsdale for the winter only a short time ago. His permanent home was in Branch, New York. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Greenville Reformed Church. Dr. Connell was bom in Omaha slxty-two years ago, the son of William J. Connell, a Republican attorney. He was graduated from Columbia College in 1898 and from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1900. Service In France At the outbreak of the World War Dr. Connell went to France as chief surgeon of the medical unit sent by Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney. He was a major in the National Guard medical corps, 1907-17; was a United States Government observer in Germany and Austria in 1915 and became a member of the Medical Council of National Defense in 1916. He saw Mexican border service in 1917 and as a major in the Chemical Warfare Service with the A.E.F. from 1917 to 1919, received the Distinguished Service Medal for perfecting the gas mask. Dr. Connell was an associate in surgery in Columbia University from 1910 to 1914 and assistant attending surgeon at Roosevelt Hospital in New York from 1908 to 1918. Upon his return from France after the war he became Professor of Surgery at Creighton University, in Omaha, and in 1920 he founded Presbyterian Hospital in that city, serving as its president until 1924. He retired from the practice of surgery in 1925 and devoted the next six years to the invention of anaesthetic apparatus. Dr. Connell obtained ten patents bearing on the apparatus, which he began producing in Branch in 1930, when he founded the Connell Apparatus Company. The concern was sold last year to the Ohio Chemical Company. Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Frank Hovey - Roof of Lakewood, New Jersey, whom he married in 1922; two daughters, Barbara and Giola Connell; a son, Karl, Jr.; and a sister, Mrs. Edward Creighton of Omaha. m .
