THE people

Gladys Blackman

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:
May 1, 1893
DATE OF DEATH:
December 15, 1978
GENDER:
F
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ETHNICITY:
KNOWN ADDRESS:
 Glenview 
 IL
RELATED TO:

Harry & Gertrude Smeal Blackman

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:
10
MARITAL STATUS:
Single
ROLE:
Audience Member
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ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

other information

CEMETERY:
Northfield Oakwood Cemetery, Northbrook, IL
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Siblings Ten-year-old Gladys and six-year-old Geoffrey Blackman, escaped, along with Gertrude's sister, Florence Smeal. Their sister, Ethel age 13, was a victim of the fire. Aunt Florence Smeal 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:

Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25149143/ethel-blackman

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