Rose Eger Bloom

Sister to Sabine Eger and Marian Reiss.

Rose Eger Bloom sometimes went by Rosa. Her body was found at Rolston's Undertaking by her brother-in-law Dr. Henry E. Goldberger.  In 1896 she had married New York native, Henry Max Bloom and they had a child that same year, Robert Eger Bloom. Robert died at age seven a year before the Iroquois fire, in January 1903, so Henry was still grieving over the loss of his son when he lost his wife as well.  Henry Bloom was a wholesale clothing manufacturer, successful enough that in 1900 the family had a Swedish servant to help with their home at 4226 Vincennes Avenue in Chicago. Two years after the fire, Henry married Frances Guthman, with whom he had two daughters.

The Eger family had emigrated from Czechoslovakia, Austria in two groups, one in 1885 and a second in 1891. Morris Eger (1834-1915) married Jennie Blum (1835-1905) in 1860. Morris's company, Eger & Co., operated a pair of cigar stores in Chicago, specializing in Havana cigars. Several of his sons worked in the stores.