HELEN ROSE CONNORS MILLER

Class of 1930

Helen Rose Connors, Class of 1930, and Delia Cecelia Connors, Class of 1929, were sisters.

Delia and Helen, born in Belmont County, Ohio, were the daughters of Thomas Connors and Barbara Coyne, both born in Ireland, and residents of Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio in the 1920 Federal Census. At that time, Thomas, 46, and Barbara, 44, had the following children: Martin, 18, Deilia, 16, Helen, 15, Agnez, 14, Thomas, 12, Raymon, 9, John, 7, Joe, 5, and Anthony, 1. The father was a laborer in the steel mill.

Helen Rose was born on April 29, 1905, according to her death record. Delia was born December 5, 1902, according to her birth record.

A the time of the 1930 census, Helen Connors, born in Ohio, was a student nurse at St. Francis Hospital and lived at the Nurses' Home. Delia, born in Ohio, was a staff nurse at the hospital, and she lived there, as well.

In 1940, Delia Connors, 34, and Helen Connors, 32, Registered Nurses, lived with brother, John Conners, 26, on South Millvale Avenue. John was employed as a "Companion, Private Duty."

A list of Pennsylvania Registered Nurses for 1940-1941, published by the State Board of Nursing, names Delia Cecelia Connors, 220 S. Millvale Ave., Pittsburgh and Helen Rose Connors, 220 S. Millvale Ave., Pittsburgh.

In March 1943, Helen Rose Connors is named in a news article as one of the St. Francis nurses who enlisted via the Red Cross to serve in the military during World War II.

In September 1943, Miss Delia Connors is named in a news article as the superintendent of nurses at the City Tuberculosis Hospital at Leech Farm.

Helen R. Connors married Unknown Miller.

On January 20, 1966, Helen R. Miller, 60, Widow, Registered Nurse, died at home in Bellaire, Ohio, of a coronary thrombosis. Her parents are stated as Thomas Connors and Barbara Coyne. She is buried at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio. Her sister, Delia, is also buried there.




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