Florence A. Mulholland

1891 - 1943

• 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.
  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]
  		19131119 - Scottish Concert and Ball Newport News 11/19/1913, Ad, p.5
  		19221009 - Scotch Night at Flora MacDonald College The Robesonian, Lumberton, North Carolina 10/09/1922, p.7
  		19300915 - Roxy "Original" Gang, Radio Feature Tonight Albany Times-Union 09/15/1930, p.10
  		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
  		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]
  		xxxxxxxx - Miss Mulholland Expires Suddenly Unknown Newspaper Clipping
  Buried	1943	St. John's Cemetery, Mulholland Road, Vienna, Oneida, New York   [2]
  		20100512 - Headstone: Florence A. Mulholland St. John's Cemetery Photo by Tombstone Hunter
  Person ID	I1567	CHS Genealogy
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2015

  
  

  Father	James E. Mulholland,   d. 12 Jan 1936
  Mother	Catherine Unknown,   d. 27 Jan 1936, North Bay, Oneida, New York
  Married	1882  [9]
  Family ID	F424	Group Sheet

  
  

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  [S8] Unknown Newspaper Clipping (Reliability: 1). Miss Mulholland Expires Suddenly [S19] Find A Grave, findagrave.com., http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=mulholland&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=36&GScnty=2010&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=13058793&df=all& (Reliability: 2), 18 Jan 2006. Florence A. Mulholland [S116] Event Program (Reliability: 1), 23 Jun 1903. Graduating Exercises of the Grammar Schools of Syracuse, New York: Group B - Croton, Madison, Porter, Prescott, Putnam Schools [S113] Newport News, 5 (Reliability: 1), 19 Nov 1913. Scottish Concert and Ball, Ad [S114] Robesonian, (Lumberton, North Carolina), 7 (Reliability: 1), 9 Oct 1922. Scotch Night at Flora MacDonald College [S117] Brooklyn Daily Eagle, (New York, New York) (Reliability: 1), 9 Jun 1930. Seeing What You Hear: First and Two Seconds, by John Skinner [S115] Albany Times-Union, 10 (Reliability: 1), 15 Sep 1930. Roxy "Original" Gang, Radio Feature Tonight [S13] Rome Daily Sentinel, 2 (Reliability: 1), 24 May 1933. Miss Mulholland To Sing Thursday [S13] Rome Daily Sentinel, 5 (Reliability: 1), 28 Jan 1936. North Bay: Mrs. Catherine Mulholland Passes Away at Her Home