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Kathryn Long

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:

August 28, 1894

DATE OF DEATH:

December 30, 1903

GENDER:

F

OTHER KNOWN NAMES:

Katherine Long*

MAIDEN NAME:

Long

ETHNICITY:

KNOWN ADDRESS:

403 S. Fourth St.

Geneva

IL

RELATED TO:

James & Helen (Welch) Long, parents
Marian and Helen Long, sisters

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:

9

MARITAL STATUS:

Single

ROLE:

Audience Member

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:

ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

School Girl

other information

CEMETERY:

Oak Hill Cemetery, Geneva IL

MORGUE:

Horan

IDENTIFIED BY:

Dr, Alfred Wheelock Young, family friend

OTHER NOTES:

Mrs. Long left her children to enjoy the rest of the show while she went to a store to get some packages. When she learned the theater was on fire she rushed back to find the flames sweeping everything and a mad panic ensuing while she was powerless to guide her little ones to safety. Mrs. Long has been in a serious condition mentally since the awful disaster.

CITATION:

McCurdy, p 341
St Charles Chronicle (St Charles, Illinois) 08 Jan 1904, Fri
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59776381/kathryn-long
https://www.iroquoistheater.com/geneva-couple-lost-all-3-of-their-children-at-the-iroquois-fire.php

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Karl Sup, Judy Cooke, Iroquois Theatre Fire Historical Society

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