Honolulu County HI Archives Biographies.....Ancill, Harold Joseph November 12, 1887 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/hifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com July 6, 2018, 1:05 pm Source: Men of Hawaii Vol. IV Author: George F. Nellist (editor) Ancill, Harold Joseph: President, Manager, City Transfer Co., Ltd. Born, Huntley, Gloucestershire, England, July 27, 1879, son of Joseph Andrew and Fannie (Shepherd) Ancill; married Martha Redmond Roe, Bodega, Sonoma County, Cal., April 5, 1911; children, Caryol Gene and Hathale Roe Ancill: Mason, member Scottish Rite bodies, Eastern Star (past Worthy Patron), Ad Club: Y. M. C. A. (activities committee, Army and Navy Y.). Educated in the schools of Swansea, South Wales. Mr. Ancill served a three-year apprenticeship with a confectioner, worked in London, 1886-1900, removed to Massachusetts, where he lived until 1904, when he removed to California and entered the employ of the late William G. Irwin. In this Connection he made several trips to Hawaii between 1908 and 1912 and in the latter year located in Honolulu with the City Transfer Co. Four years later he joined the Honolulu Construction & Draying Co., Ltd., but returned in 1921 to the City Transfer Co.. Ltd., as part owner, president and manager, and which he has developed into a large business. Mr. Ancill has found time for civic and welfare work. He served two enlistments in the National Guard of Hawaii, has been active in tire Y. M. C. A., was president of the Lincoln School P.-T. A., 1929-1930; vice-president, McKinley High School P.-T. A.. 1929-30, has been financial secretary of the First M. E. Church since 1914 and for several years has served on the Board of Directors for the Susannah Wesley Home. Photo: http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/honolulu/photos/bios/ancill199gbs.jpg File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/honolulu/bios/ancill199gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/hifiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb