Rosa Bell (McCarty) Carrell (1863 - 1934)

Born 9 Oct 1863 in Mason City, Mason, Illinois, United States

Wife of Franklin C Carrell — married 11 May 1879 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States

Descendants

Died 17 Dec 1934 at age 71 in Gardena, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Rosa was born in 1863. She passed away in 1934.

Early Resident of Gardena, California. Daughter of Cornelius and Anna Elizabeth McCarty, who moved from Illinois to Dallas, Texas in 1870, and came to Southern California in 1876. Wife of Franklin C. Carrell. Brother of Dr. Isaac A. McCarty. Mother of Judge Frank R. Carrell, a Justice of the Peace and community leader of Gardena. Her family owned the land where once stood the Carrell Speedway race track in Gardena. From her obituary in the Torrance Herald, Dec. 20, 1934:

"Mother of Judge Frank Carrell is Taken by Death: Mrs. Rosa B. Carrell, mother of Judge Frank Carrell, passed away Tuesday at her home in Gardena at the age of 71 years. Mrs. Carrell was a pioneer of California, coming to the state in 1879. She and her family have resided in Gardena since 1892, one of the first families to settle in the valley. Mrs. Carrell is survived by six children, her husband having preceded her in death early last year. Funeral services were held today at the Baptist church in Gardena, with interment at Roosevelt Memorial Park."

Sources

• familysearch.org
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GB-2KP : 19 February 2021), Rosa Carrell in household of Frank Carrell, Wilmington, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district ED 32, sheet 362D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,067.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9PK-GV8 : accessed 7 September 2021), Rosa Carrell in household of Frank Carrell, Ballona Township, Gardena Precinct, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 96, sheet 3A, family 54, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,090.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVL7-BPL : accessed 7 September 2021), Rosa B Carroll in household of Frank C Carroll, Gardena, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 31, sheet 1A, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 85; FHL microfilm 1,374,098.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQH-DK8 : 31 January 2021), Rosie B Carrell in entry for Frank C Carrell, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCF2-CRP : accessed 7 September 2021), Rosa B Carrell in household of Frank C Carrell, Gardena, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 940, sheet 7B, line 65, family 212, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 126; FHL microfilm 2,339,861.
• "California Marriages, 1850-1945", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2Z7-XTJ : 24 March 2020), Rosa Belle McCarty in entry for Frank Canell, 1879.
• "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGJH-VVGD : 1 March 2021), Rosa Belle Carrell in entry for Frank C Carrell, 1933.
• "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKC-PNCX : 1 March 2021), Rosa Belle Carrell, 1934.

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