THE people

Norine H Boettcher

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:
October 1, 1871
DATE OF DEATH:
December 30, 1903
GENDER:
F
OTHER KNOWN NAMES:
Nora Boettcher, Norine Hanna Baker, Mrs. Charles Boettcher
MAIDEN NAME:
Baker
ETHNICITY:
KNOWN ADDRESS:
4140 Indiana Ave. 
 Chicago 
 IL
RELATED TO:

Charles F. Boettcher

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:
32
MARITAL STATUS:
Married
ROLE:
Audience Member
ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:
ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

other information

CEMETERY:
Concordia Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
MORGUE:
Rolston
IDENTIFIED BY:
OTHER NOTES:

Mrs. Boettcher went to a matinee at the Iroquois theater with members of the family. The theater caught fire and she was the only one in the family to perish. Her husband, Mr. Charles Boettcher, was a butcher on the south side of town.

CITATION:

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · 2 Jan 1904, Sat · Page 12
Everett, M. (1904). The Great Chicago Theater Disaster. Chicago: Publishers Union of America, p327
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113116939/norine-hanna-boettcher

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Karl Sup

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