THE people

Theresa Mae Sands Danson

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

STATUS:

Victim

DATE OF BIRTH:

October 14, 1876

PLACE OF BIRTH:

City of Birth:

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DATE OF DEATH:

December 30, 1903

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City of Death:

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GENDER:

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OTHER KNOWN NAMES:

Tressie Sands; Tressie Danson, Theresa Dawson*

MAIDEN NAME:

Sands

ETHNICITY:

AT THE TIME OF the fire

ROLE:

Audience Member

KNOWN ADDRESS:

10 Market Ave

,

Pullman

Illinois

,

AGE:

25

MARITAL STATUS:

Married

DATE OF MARRIAGE:

LOCATION OF MARRIAGE:

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:

ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

other information

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IDENTIFIED BY:

Husband, James P Danson

OTHER NOTES:

Went to theater with mother Amelia Sands and sister Kittie Sands who were visiting from out of town.

CITATION:

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · 3 Jan 1904, Sun · Page 3;
The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah) 05 Jan 1904 Page 9;
The Weekly Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colorado) 07 Jan 1904 Page 6;
The Urbana Courier (Urbana, Illinois) 03 Jan 1904;
The Champaign County News (Champaign, Illinois) 06 Jan 1904, page 2;
McCurdy, D. B. (1904). Lest We Forget: Chicago's Awful Theater Horror. Chicago: Memorial Publishing Company, accessed https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39280/39280-h/39280-h.htm, p 332

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

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