Charles Alva Burrell b. Sept. 8 1864, Elyria, Ohio.

Question

A great great uncle, would like to know what he did for living and where he lived.

He began in Sheffield, Ohio and traveled to Boston area on business.

Answer 1

1930 Census,Charles Alvah Burrell born Sept 8 1864 Elyria Lorain,Ohio

Occupation Collector,Clerical job ,Credit man, collecting payments on installment

plans.

Answer 2

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From the Sheffield Burrels website (http://www.sheffieldburrells.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Descendants-of-Arnold-Burrell.pdf):

HARLES ALVAH BURRELL was born on 08 Sep 1864 in Elyria, Lorain, Ohio.

Notes for Charles Alvah Burrell:

Charles Alvah Burrell gets lost in the profusion of Charles Burrells. He may have married Laura A and farmed in St. Louisville, Licking, Ohio. His daughter may be Elizabeth (1925--). He may have been a Civil War Soldier and living in Michigan in 1894. There is a Charles A Burrell who rose from clerk to bookkeeper to president and treasurer of The Burrell & Fowler Company in Cleveland.

Comments

https://books.google.com/books?id=G88vAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA123&lpg=PA123&dq=Burrell+%26+Fowler+Company+in+Cleveland&source=bl&ots=0sb5BYPAdx&sig=dDiNg8ln5j8CYk32g9OeNqS25UA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=D0Q1VcfzMoWigwS6yoH4BA&ved=0CB8Q6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=Burrell%20&f=false p. 331 has a picture of C. A. Burrell of The Burrell Advertising Company in Cleveland. If this can be identified as your gr gr uncle you can tie him to Cleveland and the Burrell Advertising Company and Burrell & Fowler Company in Cleveland.