THE people

Edward Bahr

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

STATUS:

Survivor

DATE OF BIRTH:

February 8, 1882

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DATE OF DEATH:

November 8, 1939

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GENDER:

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OTHER KNOWN NAMES:

Eddie Bahr

ETHNICITY:

RELATED TO:

Fred and Rose Bahr, parents
Harriet (Hattie) Golding, wife

AT THE TIME OF the fire

ROLE:

Audience Member

KNOWN ADDRESS:

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Manitowoc

Wisconsin

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AGE:

22

MARITAL STATUS:

Single

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FUNERAL HOME:

CEMETERY:

Calvary Cemetery, Manitowoc, WI

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OTHER NOTES:

Edward Bahr moved to Chicago soon after the fire, went to work as a bartender at the Palmer House hotel, married Harriett (Hattie) Golding, and they had a daughter, Ethel.

By 1910 he'd returned to Manitowoc with his family. If safety was part of Manitowoc's appeal, it must have seemed ironic that it was in Manitowoc that their daughter was hit by a streetcar in 1914. She wasn't seriously injured, living for another fifty-four years, marrying and having two children, one of whom became a nurse.

CITATION:

The Manitowoc Pilot (Manitowoc, Wisconsin) Dec 13, 1906 p1
The Manitowoc Pilot (Manitowoc, Wisconsin) Thu, Mar 12, 1914
Two Rivers Reporter (Two Rivers Wisconsin) April 20, 1951
Manitowoc County History https://www.manitowoccountyhistory.org/stories/bahr#:~:text=One%20example%20is%20the%20Iroquois,patrons%20who%20survived%20the%20tragedy.
Find A Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144581230/edward_w-bahr

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

Judy Cooke, Iroquois Theatre Fire Historical Society

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