Category: Telephone Switchboard Operators

Categories: Telephone Operators | Occupations by Name


This category is generally maintained by the Categorization Project and used for profiles of persons in this occupation. Any questions on using this category may be addressed in G2G using the Categorization tag.

Early telephone companies used manual telephone switchboards, and switchboard operators connected calls by inserting a pair of phone plugs into the appropriate jacks.


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Person Profiles (31)

A

29 Oct 1897 Burns City, Perry Township, Martin, Indiana, United States - 13 Nov 1978

B

12 Jan 1894 Stanley, York, New Brunswick, Canada - 29 Dec 1952
18 Jul 1915 Rosthern, Rosthern No. 403, Saskatchewan, Canada - 10 Aug 1999

C

06 Nov 1894 Dunmore, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States - 30 Jul 1965

D

16 Apr 1907 Clifton, Kansas - 29 Dec 1988

E

10 Feb 1912 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 28 Jun 1999

F

15 Apr 1903 Wurtemburg, PA - 27 Mar 1983 photo

G

Living Goodwin photo
23 Nov 1900 Appleton, Minnesota - 18 Dec 1985 photo

H

09 Nov 1923 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States - 17 Dec 1985 photo
27 Aug 1908 Caledonia, Boone County, Illinois, United States - 06 May 2003

I

14 Aug 1938 Millville, York, New Brunswick, Canada - 05 Jul 2023

K

15 Feb 1918 Stanley, York County, New Brunswick, Canada - 27 Apr 2019

L

10 Dec 1896 Winnebago County, Illinois, United States - 05 Oct 1968
16 Feb 1923 Glenford, Hopewell Township, Perry, Ohio, United States - 11 Jul 2008

M

10 Jan 1918 Saint John, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada - 1999
06 Jun 1913 Groningen, Nederland photo
31 Jul 1921 Winchester, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - 21 Feb 1992

P

20 Aug 1915 Whitingham, Windham, Vermont, United States - 03 Aug 2015
08 Feb 1886 Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland photo

R

27 Sep 1905 Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States - 17 Mar 1998

S

22 Aug 1926 Glen Ullin, Morton, North Dakota, United States - 27 May 2014
03 Nov 1921 Woodstock, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada - 24 Nov 2004

T

11 Apr 1900 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States - 03 Jun 1938 photo

V

1910s - 2010s Privacy Level: Private (Red) photo
Living Varner
27 Sep 1892 Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, United States - Mar 1976 photo

W

1900s - 1970s Privacy Level: Private (Red) photo
10 Apr 1921 Three Rivers, St. Joseph, Michigan, United States - 02 Aug 1986
abt 31 Dec 1928 Hendon, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 2013

Y

06 Nov 1923 Arkansas, United States - 24 Sep 2012




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