Albert Channell Sr.

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Albert Channell Sr.

Birth
Pylesville, Harford County, Maryland, USA
Death
30 Dec 1966 (aged 74)
Dundalk, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Parkville, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
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An obituary in the January 2nd, 1967 edition of The Baltimore Sun read: "Albert Channell Sr. Services for Albert Channell, Sr., who drove horse-drawn fire "steamers" and electric streetcars in Baltimore before becoming a Baltimore county police office, will be held at 1 P.M. today at the Bradley funeral establishment, 700 Willow Spring road, in Dundalk. Mr. Channell, who was 74, died Friday after suffering a heart attack while on his way to a Dundalk bank. He was born in Pylesville, Md., and came to Baltimore when he was 19. Mr. Channell became a motorman on the newly electrified York road street car line. Later he joined the Baltimore City Fire Department and drove the "steamers"--horse drawn, steam operated pumper wagons. After working for brief periods as a railroad brakeman and a steelworker, he joined the Baltimore County Police Department, where he had a 30-year career in the Dundalk station. When he retired, in 1947, he was a sergeant. When the police department was enlarged with young men returning from World War II, Sergeant Channell was asked to train many of them. He postponed his retirement date several times to finish the job. He was a member of the Loyal Order of the Moose. His survivors include his wife, Mrs. Madeline Channell; a daughter, Mrs. James S. Goodman, of Younstown, Ohio; a son, Albert Channell, Jr., of Valparaiso, Ind.; two brothers, Harry and Vallie and a sister, Mrs. M. Bryan, all of Baltimore."

His Certificate of Death lists his parents as George W. Channell and Elizabeth E. Ferry.
An obituary in the January 2nd, 1967 edition of The Baltimore Sun read: "Albert Channell Sr. Services for Albert Channell, Sr., who drove horse-drawn fire "steamers" and electric streetcars in Baltimore before becoming a Baltimore county police office, will be held at 1 P.M. today at the Bradley funeral establishment, 700 Willow Spring road, in Dundalk. Mr. Channell, who was 74, died Friday after suffering a heart attack while on his way to a Dundalk bank. He was born in Pylesville, Md., and came to Baltimore when he was 19. Mr. Channell became a motorman on the newly electrified York road street car line. Later he joined the Baltimore City Fire Department and drove the "steamers"--horse drawn, steam operated pumper wagons. After working for brief periods as a railroad brakeman and a steelworker, he joined the Baltimore County Police Department, where he had a 30-year career in the Dundalk station. When he retired, in 1947, he was a sergeant. When the police department was enlarged with young men returning from World War II, Sergeant Channell was asked to train many of them. He postponed his retirement date several times to finish the job. He was a member of the Loyal Order of the Moose. His survivors include his wife, Mrs. Madeline Channell; a daughter, Mrs. James S. Goodman, of Younstown, Ohio; a son, Albert Channell, Jr., of Valparaiso, Ind.; two brothers, Harry and Vallie and a sister, Mrs. M. Bryan, all of Baltimore."

His Certificate of Death lists his parents as George W. Channell and Elizabeth E. Ferry.

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