THE people

Cecelia Kwapil

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:
May 2, 1889
DATE OF DEATH:
1930
GENDER:
F
OTHER KNOWN NAMES:
Celia Ceurvorst
MAIDEN NAME:
Kwapil
ETHNICITY:
KNOWN ADDRESS:
1519 German St 
 Watertown 
 WI
RELATED TO:

Frank and Mary Kwapil, parents
Mary Pilat

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:
14
MARITAL STATUS:
Single
ROLE:
Audience Member
ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:
ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

other information

CEMETERY:
Saint Henry's Catholic Cemetery, Watertown, WI
MORGUE:
IDENTIFIED BY:
OTHER NOTES:

Celia Kwapil of Watertown, Wis, who accompanied Mrs Pilat, jumped from a fire escape and was severely injured, but she recovered. Chicago Tribune

Married Joseph Ceurvorst on July 30, 1923 in Cook County, Illinois. Cook County Marriage Indexes

CITATION:

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) Sat, Feb 16, 1907 Page 5
Find A Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8022360/cecelia_ceurvorst
Ancestry.com. Cook County, Illinois Marriage Indexes, 1912-1942 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

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