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Leigh Hovland

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:

August 16, 1890

PLACE OF BIRTH:

City of Birth:

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DATE OF DEATH:

December 30, 1903

PLACE OF DEATH:

City of Death:

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GENDER:

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OTHER KNOWN NAMES:

Leigh Haveland*

MAIDEN NAME:

Hovland

ETHNICITY:

RACE:

NATIONALITY:

RELATED TO:

John P. & Anna (Lien) Hovland
Edna Hovland

DATE OF MARRIAGE:

PLACE OF MARRIAGE:

DATE OF ADDRESS:

KNOWN ADDRESS:

31 Humboldt Blvd.

,

Chicago

Illinois

,

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:

ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

School girl

AT THE TIME OF the fire

ROLE:

Audience Member

STATUS:

Victim

AGE:

13

MARITAL STATUS:

Single

other information

MORGUE:

Jordan

IDENTIFIED BY:

J.P. Hovland
Edna Hovland
Clyde O. Thompson

FUNERAL HOME:

CEMETERY:

Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago IL

OTHER NOTES:

Daughter of J.P. Haveland*, body identified by father. Later, father found the body of Clyde O. Thompson, Wisconsin University student, who was guest at Haveland home and had accompanied the daughter to the theater.

CITATION:

The Inter Ocean (Chicago, Illinois) Thu, Dec 31, 1903 Page 5
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · 1 Jan 1904, Fri · Page 2 & 5
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125282132/leigh-hovland

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

Karl Sup, Iroquois Theatre Fire Historical Society

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