THE people

Amy Beder McKenna

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:

PLACE OF BIRTH:

City of Birth:

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DATE OF DEATH:

December 30, 1903

PLACE OF DEATH:

City of Death:

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GENDER:

OTHER KNOWN NAMES:

Mrs. John L. McKenna, Amy Josephine Beder

ETHNICITY:

RACE:

NATIONALITY:

RELATED TO:

Jacob & Elizabeth Beder
John L McKenna

Bernard McKenna

DATE OF MARRIAGE:

PLACE OF MARRIAGE:

MAIDEN NAME:

Beder

DATE OF ADDRESS:

KNOWN ADDRESS:

758 Kedzie Ave.

Chicago

Illinois

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:

ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

AT THE TIME OF the fire

ROLE:

Audience Member

STATUS:

Victim

AGE:

MARITAL STATUS:

Married

other information

MORGUE:

Gavin

IDENTIFIED BY:

FUNERAL HOME:

CEMETERY:

Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park IL

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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