THE people

Allan B. Holst

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:

January 1, 1891

DATE OF DEATH:

December 30, 1903

GENDER:

OTHER KNOWN NAMES:

Allen Holst

ETHNICITY:

KNOWN ADDRESS:

2088 Van Buren Street

Chicago

RELATED TO:

William M. Holst

Mary Ward Holst

Gertrude Holst

Amy Holst

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:

MARITAL STATUS:

Single

ROLE:

Audience Member

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:

Sumner School

ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

Student

other information

CEMETERY:

Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park IL

MORGUE:

Rolston

IDENTIFIED BY:

William M. Holst

OTHER NOTES:

Mary A. Holst and her three children; Allan, age 13, Gertrude, age 10 and Amy aged 8 yrs perished in the Iroquois theater disaster. They were in the ill fated second balcony of the theater and met death trying to reach the fire escape.

CITATION:

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · 1 Jan 1904, Fri · 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 145;
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87692042/allen-holst

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Karl Sup, Iroquois Theatre Fire Historical Society

help tell the story...

If you have more information about this person or the Iroquois Theatre Fire, we'd love to hear from you. We're constantly adding new information to our collection to help tell the whole story of the Iroquois Theatre Fire and the thousands of lives affected by the tragedy of that night.

Contact ITFHS

PO Box 2013
Arlington Heights, IL
60006-2013
PHONE: 224-764-1284
EMAIL: info@iroquoistheatrefire.org

The Iroquois Theatre Fire Historical Society (ITFHS) was founded to keep alive the memory of the disaster, victims, survivors, heroes, and anyone affected by the tragedy.

Learn More