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Selma E Leopold

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:

April 19, 1894

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DATE OF DEATH:

January 30, 1952

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GENDER:

F

OTHER KNOWN NAMES:

MAIDEN NAME:

Leopold

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RELATED TO:

Simon Leopold
Sarah Leopold Wolf

DATE OF MARRIAGE:

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DATE OF ADDRESS:

KNOWN ADDRESS:

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Rensselaer

Indiana

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ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:

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AT THE TIME OF the fire

ROLE:

Audience Member

STATUS:

Survivor

AGE:

9

MARITAL STATUS:

Single

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CEMETERY:

Cremated

OTHER NOTES:

Escaped the Iroquois Theater fire of 1903 in Chicago. It killed a cousin and an aunt. Selma was the only one of a party of five to survive the fire.

CITATION:

Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis Indiana) 01 Jan 1904, Fri p 7

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

Judy Cooke

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