THE people

Ethel Blackman

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:
September 9, 1890
DATE OF DEATH:
December 30, 1903
GENDER:
F
OTHER KNOWN NAMES:
MAIDEN NAME:
Blackman
ETHNICITY:
KNOWN ADDRESS:
 Glenview 
 IL
RELATED TO:

Harry & Gertrude (Smeal) Blackman, parents
Gladys and Geoffrey Blackman, siblings
Florence Smeal, aunt

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:
13
MARITAL STATUS:
Single
ROLE:
Audience Member
ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:
ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

other information

CEMETERY:
Northfield Oakwood Cemetery, Northbrook, IL
MORGUE:
IDENTIFIED BY:
OTHER NOTES:

Ethel Blackman (b.1890), was a victim in America's worst theater disaster at the Iroquois Theater. Ten-year-old Gladys and six-year-old Geoffrey Blackman, escaped, along with Gertrude's sister, Florence Smeal. Florence and the three Blackman children were seated in the second-floor balcony. She got the two youngest to a fire escape and down the stairs to safety in Couch alley, but thirteen-year-old Ethel wasn't with them.

CITATION:

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · 2 Jan 1904, Sat · Page 12

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Iroquois Theatre Fire Historical Society

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