THE people

Syble Moore

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:

August 28, 1890

DATE OF DEATH:

December 30, 1903

GENDER:

F

OTHER KNOWN NAMES:

Sibyl Moore*

MAIDEN NAME:

Moore

ETHNICITY:

KNOWN ADDRESS:

Hart

MI

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:

13

MARITAL STATUS:

Single

ROLE:

Audience Member

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:

ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

other information

CEMETERY:

Hart Cemetery, Hart MI

MORGUE:

Rolston

IDENTIFIED BY:

Identified by letter.

OTHER NOTES:

Visiting from Hart, Michigan, Sibyl Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Moore, was age 13 years old and perished in the terrible fire at the Iroquois theater. She, along with eight other members of the Benjamin Moore family perished in the fire. Her father, Perry Moore, was on his way home from Alaska.

CITATION:

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · 1 Jan 1904, Fri · Page 2
The Inter Ocean (Chicago, Illinois) 02 Jan 1904, Sat, page 3
McCurdy, D. B. (1904). Lest We Forget: Chicago's Awful Theater Horror. Chicago: Memorial Publishing Company, accessed https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39280/39280-h/39280-h.htm, p 136
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73688076/syble-moore

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Karl Sup, Iroquois Theatre Fire Historical Society

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