THE people

Cecelia Kwapil

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:

May 2, 1889

PLACE OF BIRTH:

City of Birth:

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DATE OF DEATH:

1930

PLACE OF DEATH:

City of Death:

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GENDER:

F

OTHER KNOWN NAMES:

Celia Ceurvorst

ETHNICITY:

Bohemian

RACE:

NATIONALITY:

RELATED TO:

Frank and Mary Kwapil, parents
Mary Pilat

DATE OF MARRIAGE:

PLACE OF MARRIAGE:

MAIDEN NAME:

Kwapil

DATE OF ADDRESS:

KNOWN ADDRESS:

1519 German St

,

Watertown

Wisconsin

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ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:

ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

AT THE TIME OF the fire

ROLE:

Audience Member

STATUS:

Survivor

AGE:

14

MARITAL STATUS:

Single

other information

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FUNERAL HOME:

CEMETERY:

Saint Henry's Catholic Cemetery, Watertown, WI

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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