THE people

Fannie Treloar Forbush

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:

February 1, 1865

DATE OF DEATH:

December 30, 1903

GENDER:

F

OTHER KNOWN NAMES:

Mrs. C. W. Forbush, Fannie Forbusch*, Fannie Treolar

MAIDEN NAME:

Treolar

ETHNICITY:

KNOWN ADDRESS:

923 Hinman Ave.

Evanston

IL

RELATED TO:

Charles Forbush
William & Julia Treolar
Jennie Dowst

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:

38

MARITAL STATUS:

Married

ROLE:

Audience Member

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:

ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

other information

CEMETERY:

Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago IL

MORGUE:

Sheldon

IDENTIFIED BY:

W.P. Marsh

OTHER NOTES:

Jennie Dowst and Fannie Forbusch were neighbors and friends who went to the theater together and perished there together. Apparently they were close enough friends, that their husbands chose to have a joint funeral.

Married Charles Forbush on August 20, 1891 in Evanston, IL.

Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998
Name Fannie T Forbush
Sex Female
Age 38
Death Date 30 Dec 1903
Death Place Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Birth Year (Estimated) 1865
Marital Status Married
Occupation Housewife
Race White
Entry Number 29312

CITATION:

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · 1 Jan 1904, Fri · Page 2
The Inter Ocean (Chicago, Illinois) 02 Jan 1904, Sat, page 3
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139313861/fannie-forbush
https://www.iroquoistheater.com/tootsietoy-founder-wife-iroquois-theater-victim.php

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Karl Sup, Iroquois Theatre Fire Historical Society

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