THE people

Helen Bickford

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:
July 8, 1888
DATE OF DEATH:
December 30, 1903
GENDER:
F
OTHER KNOWN NAMES:
MAIDEN NAME:
Bickford
ETHNICITY:
KNOWN ADDRESS:
947 Farwell Ave. 
 Chicago 
 IL
RELATED TO:

Charles M. & Harriet C Bickford
Glenn Bickford, brother
Ruth Payson, cousin

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:
15
MARITAL STATUS:
Single
ROLE:
Audience Member
ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:
Lake View High School
ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:
Student

other information

CEMETERY:
Graceland Cemetery, Chicago IL
MORGUE:
Jordan
IDENTIFIED BY:
OTHER NOTES:

Glenn Bickford and Helen Bickford lived at 947 Farwell Ave in Chicago and attended the Lake View High School. They were the children of Canadian immigrants, Charles Bickford and Harriet Bickford of Rogers Park in Chicago.  Charles Bickford was a lumber dealer.

Brother and sister, Glenn and Helen had gone to the theater with their cousin Ruth Payson that fateful day. They all perished in the fire. A survivor named Alice Prescott had been sitting next to them and before escaping, heard Glenn tell his sister "Never mind, sister. Don't be afraid. Everything will be alright."

Services for Helen and Glenn were held in the chapel at the Grace Land cemetery on Saturday morning after the fire.  Glen and Helen had a younger sister, Cornelia, who did not attend the theater.

CITATION:

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · 1 Jan 1904, Fri · Page 2
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · Sat, Jan 02, 1904 Page 12
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127134456/helen-bickford
https://www.iroquoistheater.com/bickford-and-payson-cousins-iroquois-theater-victims.php

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Karl Sup, Judy Cooke

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