Horan Mortuary records, 1891-1960.

Horan, William P., 1866-1930, creator.

C MSS WH842

Finding aid available online and in repository.

1891-1960.

1.25 linear ft. (2 boxes), 5 oversize boxes, 51 oversize volumes, 25 reels microfilm

Organized into 4 series: 1. Coroner's records, 1903-1919 (OVVol1-5). 2. Burial records, 1893-1960 (Box1, OVVol. 6-51). 3. Financial records, 1891-1954 (Box 1, OVBox 1-4). 4. Index (Box2, OVBox5).

William Patrick Horan, Sr. (March 8, 1866 - February 9, 1930) was a Colorado mortician and served four terms as County Coroner: for Arapahoe County in 1900, and for Denver County in 1902, 1910, and 1916. He moved from his hometown of Greenfield, Massachusetts, to Denver in 1887. In 1890, he established a mortuary and married Elizabeth Carrigan. They had six children. The mortuary changed its name to W.P. Horan and Son, Inc., in 1914 when W.P. Horan, Jr., joined the business. William P. Horan died in 1930 and is buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery.

Collection contains volumes of coroner's records (1903-1919), burial records (1893-1960), financial records (1891-1954), and index of Horan Mortuary arranged by record type, then year. Volumes missing from burial records: 1904-05, 1929-30, 1935, 1954. Volumes missing financial records: 1904-1936. Cash registers missing: 1940-1955. Some information on burials from missing volumes included in index.

Horan, William P., 1866-1930 -- Archives.

Horan Mortuary (Denver, Colo.) -- Archives.

Undertakers and undertaking -- Colorado -- Denver.

Coroners -- Colorado -- Denver.

Burial -- Colorado -- Denver.

Burial records.

Business records.

Microfilms.

Records (documents)

Horan Mortuary (Denver, Colo.), creator.

W.P. Horan (Firm), creator.

W.P. Horan & Son, creator.

There is no Roll 0023. Due to a problem with the microfilm machine the information for Roll 0023 was put on Roll 0024.

Contact Special Collections and Archives Dept., Denver Public Library, Denver, Colo.

Access to original bound volumes is limited. All researchers requesting mortuary records should be given the appropriate microfilm reel and not the original volume(s).

Box 3 contains all the master microfilm. It should not be used and is for archival purposes only.

Gift; Dennis J. Gallagher; 1985.