THE people

Viva Rose Jackson

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:
June 1, 1885
DATE OF DEATH:
December 30, 1903
GENDER:
F
OTHER KNOWN NAMES:
Viva Jackson, Viva Rosa Jackson*
MAIDEN NAME:
Jackson
ETHNICITY:
KNOWN ADDRESS:
216 Humboldt Blvd. 
 Chicago 
 IL
RELATED TO:

James & Maude (Ferguson) Jackson, parents
Mabel Hunter, 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:
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park IL
MORGUE:
Horan or Rolston
IDENTIFIED BY:
OTHER NOTES:

Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998
Name Viva R Jackson
Sex Female
Age 18
Death Date 30 Dec 1903
Death Place Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Birth Year (Estimated) 1885
Birthplace America
Marital Status Single
Occupation Schoolgirl
Race White
Event Type Death
Entry Number 29117
Cemetery Forest Home

From: The Chicago Tribune - 07-27-1917
Mrs. Maude Jackson, Pageant Producer, Dead
Mrs. Maude M. Jackson, Chicago playwright, died yesterday of heart trouble. She was state representative of the Society of American Penwomen, a member of the American Pageant association, and formerly was connected with the Chicago public schools as a director of educational plays. She was well known as a producer of large pageants.

Mrs. Jackson was also one of the founders of the Iroquois Memorial hospital and president of the Iroquois Memorial association. Her only daughter, Viva Rose, was one of the victims of the Iroquois fire.

Services will take place on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Forest Home cemetery chapel. The body is at the chapel of the Western Casket company, Michigan and Randolph street.

CITATION:

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · 1 Jan 1904, Fri · Page 2 & 5
Find A Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159990051/viva_rosa_jackson

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Karl Sup, Iroquois Theatre Fire Historical Society

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