William P. Horan Burial Records - Index 1900 to 1956 Compiled by Janet Guida Denver, Colorado 2000 TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFERENCE ................................................................. iii A ....................................................................................................................... 1 B ..................................................................................................................... 13 C ..................................................................................................................... 55 D ..................................................................................................................... 98 E ................................................................................................................... 128 F ................................................................................................................... 136 G .................................................................................................................. 156 H .................................................................................................................. 182 I .................................................................................................................... 214 J ................................................................................................................... 216 K .................................................................................................................. 224 L ................................................................................................................... 243 M .................................................................................................................. 267 MC ............................................................................................................... 306 N ................................................................................................................... 329 O .................................................................................................................. 339 i P ................................................................................................................... 353 Q .................................................................................................................. 375 R .................................................................................................................. 377 S ................................................................................................................... 402 T ................................................................................................................... 448 U ................................................................................................................... 462 V ................................................................................................................... 464 W ................................................................................................................. 471 Y ................................................................................................................... 494 Z ................................................................................................................... 496 ii William P. Horan founded the Horan Mortuary in 1890. The firm was initially a short-lived partnership, called Murphy & Horan. It was located in the old Charles Block at 15th and Curtis Street. About 1893 Horan moved to the old Law Hotel building at 18th and Stout Street. In 1907 W.P. Horan Constructed his third location at 1527 Cleveland Place. The name was changed to W.P. Horan & Son in 1914 when his son W.P. Horan, Jr. joined the business. In 1926 the mortuary was first incorporated under the laws of the state of Colorado and continued to serve the people of Denver as W.P. Horan & Son, Inc. Paul Horan joined his father and brother in 1929 before beginning his own firm of Paul Horan Mortuary. William P. Horan was a native of Greenfield, Massachusetts where he was born in 1866. He came to Denver in 1887 and established his undertaking business in 1890. That same year he married Lila Carrigan. They were the parents of Joseph, Frank, William P., R. Paul, Mrs. Louis B.(Lucille) Vidal and Mrs. William (Isabell) Lebling. He served four terms as coroner for Denver, the first being in 1900 and the last ending in 1918. Mr. Horan was active in the Democratic Party, member of the Knights of Columbus, Elks, and Woodmen of the World. He was a past state president of the National Council of Catholic Men, Denver Athletic Club, Denver Motor Club, Royal Arcanum, Brotherhood of American Yeomen, Knights of Pythias, Modern Woodmen of America, Colorado Pioneer Society, Modern Brotherhood of America, Security Benefit Association, the Holy Name Society, and the St. Vincent de Paul Society. He was a member of the Cathedral Altar, Rosary and Tabernacle societies. He was also an associate member of the Women of Woodcraft. W.P. Horan died in 1930 and is buried at Mt. Olive Cemetery. The W. P. Horan Mortuary Records and Denver Coroner’s Office Records were donated to the Denver Public Library by the Horan family through the efforts of the Honorable Senator Dennis J.Gallagher in 1985. The reports of the Coroner’s Office cover the following years: 1903-July 1904, 10 January 1911-28 May 1912, and 1 July 1916-23 October 1916. The Mortuary Burial Records date from 1900 through 1956. The years 1904, 1905, 1929, 1935 and 1954 were not donated to the Library. The Mortuary Financial Records date from 1891-1902, April 1917-1919, 1930- 1944, 1945-1952, January 1956-August 1958. The collection has a chronological index alphabetized by first letters for the years 1900 through 1956 for the burial records. iii The original registers may contain all or some of the following information. What may be listed include the name of the deceased, date of death, race age in years, month and days, full name, marital status, last place of residence, occupation, gender, and birthplace. The father’s name and birthplace, mother’s name and birthplace, cause of death, attending physician and address, place of burial, cemetery lot or grave number, cemetery section number, place of service, time of service, date of burial, and officiating clergyman. Additional information which may have been provided includes a description of the casket with the lining, pillow and handles as well as the use of draperies, candelabra, candles, crape, and chairs. Other items of interest included what the body was preserved with, whether the body was washed, dressed or shaved. How many coaches, porters and hearses were used or if the body were shipped to another city for burial there. The registers are arranged by year. No attempt has been made to abstract any or all of the possible information contained for each burial. What has been indexed are the last names. The index has six columns: last name, first name, year, page, age and color/race. The last names are in alphabetical order followed by the first name. The year is the year of death or burial and corresponds to the Burial Register. There are register for years from 1900 through 1956. The page is the page number in the register. Age and race have been included to help distinguish between a person of the same name. The information from the original index has been used for the missing years of 1904, 1905, 1929, 1935 and 1954. Therefore, no age or race will be listed. Contact the Western History/Genealogy Department to obtain information from the Horan Burial Records. The bound volumes are fragile manuscripts which cannot be photocopied. A form has been developed which allows the staff to abstract requested details from the registers. William P. Horan Burial Records Index was compiled by Janet Guida as a volunteer project for the Western History/Genealogy Department of the Central Denver Public Library. Some specials thank you goes to the people that helped with this project, Lisa Beckman, Marilyn Douglas, Florence Eighty, Thelma Fees, Bonnie J. Garramone, Sue Hawks, James Jeffrey, Gwen Mayer, Rosalie Stephens. iv LAST NAME FIRST NAME YEAR PAGE AGE COLOR/RACE Abair Frank X. 1949 202 95 years White Abbott Isaac A. 1923 163 80 years White Abbott Joseph J., Rev. 1948 072 35 years White Abbott Mary E. 1923 267 Not listed Not listed Abbott Tony 1924 302 66 years White Abbound Abe 1951 090 41 years White Abel David J. 1905 122 Missing Missing Abel Felix C., Rev. 1943 276 60 years White Abel James B. 1920 445 49 years White Abel Rosalie Mary 1924 145 07 years White Abell Frances J. 1922 351 70 years White Abell Selina 1952 046 85 years White Abeln Bertha 1904 442 Missing Missing Abeln Theodore 1904 521 Missing Missing Abernathy Florence 1915 378 10 months White Abernathy Mary Kirk 1955 020 79 years Black Abeyta Joey 1945 058 07 years White Abeyta Mary M. 1951 184 03 years White Abplanalp Antoinette 1956 043 52 years White Abrahams Richard M. 1910 133 24 days White Abram Edna 1920 237 33 years White Abramson Infant 1910 066 07 days White Abramson James L. 1909 330 02 months White Abzetz Matt 1921 211 Not listed White Ace Esther Marie 1942 092 45 years White Acierno Antonia 1907 048 49 years White Acierno Antonia 1928 134 70 years White Acierno Antonia 1935 088 Missing Missing Acierno Antonio 1918 600 62 years White Acierno Antonio 1926 144 77 years White Acierno Faustina 1930 282 Missing Missing Acierno Pasquale T. 1937 239 10 years White Acino Frederick