THE people

Leander Jones Diffenderfer

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:

December 1, 1887

DATE OF DEATH:

December 30, 1903

GENDER:

OTHER KNOWN NAMES:

Leander Diffendorfer*, Leander Diffendorf*

ETHNICITY:

KNOWN ADDRESS:

RELATED TO:

Jerome & Marion (Jones) Diffenderfer

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:

MARITAL STATUS:

Single

ROLE:

Audience Member

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:

ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

other information

CEMETERY:

Westminster Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA

MORGUE:

Mercy Hospital

IDENTIFIED BY:

OTHER NOTES:

Leander was sent by his father to visit his aunt in Chicago over the holidays. He and a friend attended the matinee performance of "Bluebeard" at the Iroquois Theatre. When the fire broke out, Leander jumped from the second balcony into a fireman's net. However, he died at Mercy Hospital four hours after being admitted.

CITATION:

McCurdy, p 332
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115250128/leander-jones-diffenderfer

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Karl Sup

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