THE people

Emily Pettit Henning

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:

May 1, 1862

DATE OF DEATH:

February 8, 1904

GENDER:

OTHER KNOWN NAMES:

Emily Josephine Pettit, Mrs. James Henning*

MAIDEN NAME:

Pettit

ETHNICITY:

KNOWN ADDRESS:

4753 Prairie Ave.

Chicago

Mr. & Mrs. Abram M. and Emily (Wonderly) Petit, parents

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:

MARITAL STATUS:

Married

ROLE:

Audience Member

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:

ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

other information

CEMETERY:

Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor MI

MORGUE:

Lakeside Hospital

IDENTIFIED BY:

James Henning

OTHER NOTES:

Mother of Albert (died 1893), William, Charles, Edwin and James Jr, four sons between the ages of 4 and 14 who all died in the fire.

Died from smoke inhalation sustained from the fire after being carried out "in a mad rush badly burned" and taken to Sherman House, later transferred to Lakeside Hospital. Chicago Tribune

Emily J Petit married James Henning on 13 Feb 1885 in the First Baptist Church in Chicago. [Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871–1920 ]

CITATION:

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) 02 Jan 1904, Sat Page 5
The Kenosha News (Kenosha Wisconsin) Tue, Feb 09, 1904 ·Page 6
Leavenworth Weekly Times (Leavenworth, Kansas) 9 Feb 1904, Tue, page 4
Leavenworth Weekly Times (Leavenworth, Kansas) 11 Feb 1904, Thur, page 7
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19035847/emily-josephine-henning
Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871–1920. Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Illinois Department of Public Health records. "Marriage Records, 1871–present." Division of Vital Records, Springfield, Illinois

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