THE people

Lillian Bertha Ackerman

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:

November 3, 1887

DATE OF DEATH:

July 1958

GENDER:

F

OTHER KNOWN NAMES:

Lillian B Ackerman, Lily Ackerman*

MAIDEN NAME:

Ackerman

ETHNICITY:

KNOWN ADDRESS:

836 Armitage ave

Chicago

IL

RELATED TO:

Henry H C and Barbara (Schower) Ackerman, parents
Clarence H Ackerman, brother
May Ackerman Hunter, sister

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:

16

MARITAL STATUS:

Single

ROLE:

Audience Member

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:

ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

Student

other information

CEMETERY:

Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park IL

MORGUE:

IDENTIFIED BY:

OTHER NOTES:

Listed at Samaritan Hospital, badly burned on body.

Lillian was a school teacher who retired in 1953 after 43 years in Chicago schools. She was the principal of Farnsworth School from 1935 to 1953.

On headstone with Paul and May (Ackerman) Hunter, sister and brother-in-law.

CITATION:

The Inter Ocean (Chicago, Illinois) Thu, Dec 31, 1903 Page 5
Everett, M. (1904). The Great Chicago Theater Disaster. Chicago: Publishers Union of America
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · 1 Jan 1904, Fri · Page 5 & 6
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · Fri, Jul 04, 1958 Page 26
Find A Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166934234/lillian-bertha-ackerman

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