THE people

Bernard McKenna

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:
January 1, 1901
DATE OF DEATH:
December 30, 1903
GENDER:
M
OTHER KNOWN NAMES:
ETHNICITY:
KNOWN ADDRESS:
758 Kedzie Ave. 
 Chicago 
 IL
RELATED TO:

John L and Amy McKenna

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:
2
MARITAL STATUS:
Single
ROLE:
Audience Member
ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:
ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

other information

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

John L McKenna

OTHER NOTES:

Body identified by the father.  Bernard was under three years old. He accompanied his mother, aunt and cousin to the Iroquois theater for a matinee.  The husbands of the mothers identified them after the fire at the morgues.

CITATION:

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · 1 Jan 1904, Fri · Page 2
McCurdy, p 145;
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87689430/bernard-mckenna

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Karl Sup

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