THE people

Mary Williams Marvyne

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:

November 25, 1867

DATE OF DEATH:

June 15, 1966

GENDER:

OTHER KNOWN NAMES:

Mary Marzein*, Mary R Williams, Mary Rebecca Williams, Mary R Marvyne

MAIDEN NAME:

Williams

ETHNICITY:

KNOWN ADDRESS:

359 Fulton St

Elgin

RELATED TO:

John Charles Marvyne, husband
Erasmus and Ann (Patterson) Williams, parents
George Williams, brother

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:

MARITAL STATUS:

Married

ROLE:

Audience Member

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:

ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

other information

CEMETERY:

Bluff City Cemetery, Elgin IL

MORGUE:

IDENTIFIED BY:

OTHER NOTES:

Iroquois survivor Mary R. Williams Marvyne (1867–1966), second wife of John Charles Marvyne, an Elgin, IL couple with one child, a daughter, Florence. Mary was one of the first to cross the plank to Northwestern, only to then have her purse stolen.

According to newspaper reports, she was burned on her body and transported to Michael Reese Hospital.

CITATION:

The Herald (Crystal Lake, Illinois) Thu, Dec 31, 1903, page 1
The Dispatch (Moline, Illinois) Thu, Dec 31, 1903, page 2
The Herald (Crystal Lake, Illinois) Thu, Jan 14, 1904 Page 4
The Woodstock Sentinel (Woodstock, Illinois) 1904 Jan 07, page 5
The Woodstock Sentinel (Woodstock, Illinois) 1904 Jan 07, page 8
The Woodstock Sentinel (Woodstock, Illinois) 1904 Mar 24, Page 8
The Herald (Crystal Lake, Illinois) Thu, 1904 Oct 06, page 1
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134988642/mary_rebecca-marvyne

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Judy Cooke, Iroquois Theatre Fire Historical Society

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