THE people

Carrie Anderson

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:

October 19, 1889

DATE OF DEATH:

July 9, 1969

GENDER:

OTHER KNOWN NAMES:

Carrie Bertha Andersson; Carrie Herring

MAIDEN NAME:

Anderson

ETHNICITY:

Norwegian

KNOWN ADDRESS:

392 East Erie street

Chicago

RELATED TO:

Axel (Albert) & Ragna Anderson, parents
Ida Caroline Anderson Olson, sister
Ray Herring, husband

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:

MARITAL STATUS:

Single

ROLE:

Audience Member

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:

ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

Student

other information

CEMETERY:

Graceland Cemetery, Chicago IL

MORGUE:

IDENTIFIED BY:

OTHER NOTES:

Listed in Samaritan Hospital, body burned and broken arm. Mother was Ragna Anderson, scrubwoman for Iroquois who died in the fire.

CITATION:

Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138816090/ragna-anderson
Everett, M. (1904). The Great Chicago Theater Disaster. Chicago: Publishers Union of America
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) 01 Jan 1904 Fri p 6
The Macomb Journal (Macomb, Illinois) Thursday, February 11, 1904 page 10
The Urbana Daily Courier (Urbana, Illinois) Sun, Feb 14, 1904 · Page 2
The Inter Ocean (Chicago, Illinois) Thu, Feb 11, 1904 · Page 7
The Inter Ocean (Chicago, Illinois) Sun, May 22, 1904 · Page 6
Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wisconsin) Thu, Jul 10, 1969 · Page 13
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) Fri, Feb 12, 1904 · Page 16
The Inter Ocean (Chicago, Illinois) Sun, Feb 14, 1904 · Page 8

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Iroquois Theatre Fire Historical Society

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