THE people

Gladys Blackman

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

STATUS:

Survivor

DATE OF BIRTH:

May 1, 1893

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DATE OF DEATH:

December 15, 1978

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RELATED TO:

Harry & Gertrude Smeal Blackman

AT THE TIME OF the fire

ROLE:

Audience Member

KNOWN ADDRESS:

Glenview

Illinois

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MARITAL STATUS:

Single

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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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