| Name |
Florence A. Mulholland [1, 2] |
| Born |
29 Jan 1891 |
Cazenovia, Madison, New York  [1] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Religion |
St. John's Catholic Church, State Route 49, North Bay, Oneida, New York [1] |
| Education |
Central High School, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York [1] |
| Graduation |
1903 |
Madison Grammar School, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York [3] |
- In addition to being listed as a graduating student, Florence performed a piano solo: Chopin's Grand Valse Brilliante.
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| Education |
1912 |
New York City, New York [1] |
| Studied voice under Toedts |
| Residence |
Whitesboro, Oneida, New York [1] |
| Residence |
North Bay, Oneida, New York [1] |
| Residence |
Syracuse, Onondaga, New York [1] |
| Occupation |
Vocalist [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] |
- Miss Mulholland attained prominence in New York, where she was a soloist at Dr. Parkes Cadman's church ... She was a member of the original Roxy gang, and had sung on many of the opening programs of radio stations, including WGY, Schenectady.
For three successive years she won the All-American contest as the contralto on the air in a coast-to-coast hookup.
She was on of the leading American authorities on Scottish folk music.
She was a soloist at Chinatown Mission and soloist over the Blue and Red networks and many other station of the National Broadcasting Company.
She had sung in concerts in Philadelphia, Toronto, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Detroit and other large cities in the United States and Canada.
Since retiring from the concert stage she had sung at various concerts at Sheerrill and elsewhere in this area. [1]
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19131119 - Scottish Concert and Ball
Newport News
11/19/1913, Ad, p.5 |
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19221009 - Scotch Night at Flora MacDonald College
The Robesonian, Lumberton, North Carolina
10/09/1922, p.7 |
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19300915 - Roxy "Original" Gang, Radio Feature Tonight
Albany Times-Union
09/15/1930, p.10 |
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19300609 - Seeing What You Hear: First and Two Seconds
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
06/09/1930, Seeing What You Hear: First and Two Seconds
by John Skinner |
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19330524 - Miss Mulholland To Sing Thursday
Rome Daily Sentinel
05/24/1933, p.2 |
| Awards and Recognitions |
1927 [1] |
| All-American Team of radio entertainers, New York Telegram |
| Died |
1943 |
North Bay, Oneida, New York [1, 2] |
- Miss Florence Mulholland, 52, prominent concert contraito and a former resident of Whitesboro was found dead in her North Bay home Saturday morning by Leo Kinney, a boarder in her home.
Neighbors reported that Miss Mulholland had been ill lately and had suffered several heart attacks. [1]
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xxxxxxxx - Miss Mulholland Expires Suddenly
Unknown Newspaper Clipping
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| Buried |
1943 |
St. John's Cemetery, Mulholland Road, Vienna, Oneida, New York [2] |
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20100512 - Headstone: Florence A. Mulholland
St. John's Cemetery
Photo by Tombstone Hunter |
| Person ID |
I1567 |
CHS Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
28 Nov 2015 |
1891 - 1943
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