THE people

Florence Hutchins

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:

October 8, 1880

DATE OF DEATH:

December 30, 1903

GENDER:

OTHER KNOWN NAMES:

MAIDEN NAME:

Hutchins

ETHNICITY:

KNOWN ADDRESS:

313 Sheridan Rd

Waukegan

RELATED TO:

Edwin W. and Ida (Lyon) Hutchins, parents
Mary and Ethel Hutchins, sisters
E. L. "Ned" Hutchins, brother
Belle Pinney, friend

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:

MARITAL STATUS:

Single

ROLE:

Audience Member

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:

ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

School Teacher

other information

CEMETERY:

Oakwood Cemetery, Waukegan, IL

MORGUE:

Rolston

IDENTIFIED BY:

OTHER NOTES:

Florence Hutchins was initially reported injured in a Chicago Hospital.

CITATION:

Waukegan News-Sun (Waukegan, Illinois) Wed, Dec 30, 1903 Page 8
Waukegan News-Sun (Waukegan, Illinois) Thu, Dec 31, 1903 Page 8 & 118
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · Thu, Dec 31, 1903 · Page 5
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · 1 Jan 1904, Fri · Page 2
Waukegan News-Sun (Waukegan, Illinois) Sat, Jan 02, 1904 Page 1
The Inter Ocean (Chicago, Illinois) Fri, Jan 01, 1904 Page 3
Lake County Independent (Libertyville, Illinois) Fri, Jan 01, 1904 Page 7
Find A Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35322288/florence_hutchins

The Saybrook Gazette and Arrowsmith News (Saybrook, Illinois) Wed, Jun 03, 1903 Page 7
The Inter Ocean (Chicago, Illinois) Wed, May 27, 1903 Page 4

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Karl Sup, Iroquois Theatre Fire Historical Society

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