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CharlieMcCandless

December 02, 2012 02:26PM

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Conductor William F. Connelly, 1879-1945 was No. 32 in seniority in 1930. He started his career as a brakeman on 2-25-1909 and was promoted to conductor on 4-5-1917.
He made $2,900 in 1939. In contrast Benjamin Marshall, a local pharmacist made $1620. Connelly's son Russell was a machanic in the Rio Grande shops in Alamosa.
William Connelly and his wife Della are buried in Alamosa.

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Re: Alamosa December 1 1940	Jimmy Blouch	December 01, 2012 12:14PM
Re: Alamosa December 1 1940	CharlieMcCandless	December 02, 2012 02:26PM
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