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Edna Sloan Hunter

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:

DATE OF DEATH:

GENDER:

F

OTHER KNOWN NAMES:

MAIDEN NAME:

Hunter

ETHNICITY:

KNOWN ADDRESS:

61 Humboldt boulevard

Chicago

IL

RELATED TO:

Samuel Sloan and Josephine (Whitaker) Hunter, parents
Samuel T, Paul and Thomas Hunter, brothers
Mabel Hunter, sister
Viva Jackson, friend
May Marks, friend

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:

18

MARITAL STATUS:

Single

ROLE:

Audience Member

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:

ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

other information

CEMETERY:

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IDENTIFIED BY:

OTHER NOTES:

"Miss Hunter was a member of the Felmeva club - a club of eight young women who attended the [Iroquois] theater on the afternoon of the fire. Of these, two lost their lives - Veva Jackson and May Marx. Others of the party were May Ackerman, who was injured; Aby Raymer, daughter of Alderman Raymer; Florence Nicholson and Edna Hovland. Miss Hunter is the daughter of Samuel S. Hunter, a woolen merchant at 175 Dearborn street". (The Inter Ocean)

CITATION:

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · 2 Jan 1904, Sat · Page 12
The Inter Ocean (Chicago, Illinois) Sun, Jan 31, 1904 Page 5
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · Sun, Jan 31, 1904 Page 4
https://www.iroquoistheater.com/

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Judy Cooke, Iroquois Theatre Fire Historical Society

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