THE people

Theresa Bissinger

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:
August 28, 1881
DATE OF DEATH:
June 19, 1960
GENDER:
F
OTHER KNOWN NAMES:
Tessie Bissinger, Theresa Bernheim
MAIDEN NAME:
Bissinger
ETHNICITY:
KNOWN ADDRESS:
4934 Forrestville Ave 
 Chicago 
 IL
RELATED TO:

Walter Bissinger, brother
Jack Pottlitzer, cousin

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:
22
MARITAL STATUS:
single
ROLE:
Audience Member
ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:
ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

other information

CEMETERY:
Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, CO
MORGUE:
IDENTIFIED BY:
OTHER NOTES:

Tessie survived The Iroquois Theater fire, in Chicago, Illinois in 1903. Her brother Walter Bissinger, and her cousin, Jack Pottlitzer, did not survive.

CITATION:

Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141218948/theresa-bernheim

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Iroquois Theatre Fire Historical Society

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