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Amy Beder McKenna

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:
DATE OF DEATH:
December 30, 1903
GENDER:
F
OTHER KNOWN NAMES:
Mrs. John L. McKenna, Amy Josephine Beder
MAIDEN NAME:
Beder
ETHNICITY:
KNOWN ADDRESS:
758 Kedzie Ave. 
 Chicago 
 IL
RELATED TO:

Jacob & Elizabeth Beder
John L McKenna

Bernard McKenna

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:
24
MARITAL STATUS:
Married
ROLE:
Audience Member
ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:
ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

other information

CEMETERY:
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park IL
MORGUE:
Gavin
IDENTIFIED BY:
OTHER NOTES:

Daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Beder. She went with her sister, Edyth Vallely, to the Iroquois theater for a matinee accompanied by their two children.  Their parents had a quadruple funeral for their daughters and grandchildren.

CITATION:

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · 1 Jan 1904, Fri · Page 2
McCurdy, p 145;
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87689327/amy-josephine-mckenna

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Karl Sup

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