THE people

Selma E Leopold

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:
April 19, 1894
DATE OF DEATH:
January 30, 1952
GENDER:
F
OTHER KNOWN NAMES:
MAIDEN NAME:
Leopold
ETHNICITY:
KNOWN ADDRESS:
 Rensselaer 
 IN
RELATED TO:

Simon Leopold
Sarah Leopold Wolf

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:
9
MARITAL STATUS:
Single
ROLE:
Audience Member
ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:
ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

other information

CEMETERY:
Cremated
MORGUE:
IDENTIFIED BY:
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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