Violet H. Snyder funeral records and correspondence regarding death certificate, 1930
Permanent ID:
13888Dates:
July 15 1930July 23 1930
July 25 1930
July 29 1930
August 6 1930
August 13 1930
August 23 1930
September 27 1930
Image Description:
This envelope contains the Oliver H. Bair Company funerary records and correspondence regarding Violet H. Snyder who died July 11, 1930 and was buried July 15, 1930 in West Laurel Hill Cemetery. Violet was 23 years old and was struck by a train in Ocean City, NJ. There is a receipt for the funeral which contains very detailed information regarding the service along with several peices of correspondence regarding Violet's missing death certificate. J. Prescott Cadman of the Oliver H. Bair Company corresponded with Violet's father, Charles W. Snyder, and the Trenton Bureau of Vital Statistics in an effort to resolve the matter.This digital record contains 29 images that depict the entire contents of envelope 92, box 212, of the Oliver H. Bair Company records (991 boxes total). The Oliver H. Bair Company was founded in 1878 with the intent to offer the best service possible for families that had to make funeral arrangements for their deceased loved ones. Originating at 41 North Eighteenth Street in Philadelphia, the funeral home's most well-known location was at 1820 Chestnut Street, and it now operates from 8500 West Chester Pike in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, as a member of Oliver H. Bair Company & Monaghan Funeral Home. The collection contains records dated from 1920-1980 and includes records not only from Oliver H. Bair Company, but also from five other funeral homes that operated in Philadelphia and were purchased by the Oliver H. Bair Company. The burial records include information on the deceased, bills pertaining to funeral expenses, newspaper clippings, and correspondence between Oliver H. Bair and the person responsible for the payment for the deceased's funeral.
Address:
6347 Ross Street, Germantown, PhiladelphiaWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, 215 Belmont Avenue, Bala Cynwyd