THE people

Robert E Murry

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:
January 9, 1879
DATE OF DEATH:
August 28, 1950
GENDER:
M
OTHER KNOWN NAMES:
Robert E Murray, Robert Edward Murry
ETHNICITY:
KNOWN ADDRESS:
 Momence 
 IL
RELATED TO:

Elsie Eyler Murry
Edward R Murry

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:
24
MARITAL STATUS:
Married
ROLE:
Theatre Staff
ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:
Iroquois Theatre
ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:
Engineer

other information

CEMETERY:
Momence Cemetery, Momence, IL
MORGUE:
IDENTIFIED BY:
OTHER NOTES:

Robert E Murry "had operated Bob's resort, a hunting and fishing center widely patronized by theatrical people for 35 years.  He was on the engineering staff at the Iroquois theater and was on duty on Dec 30, 1903 when the theater burned with a loss of 575 lives."  (Chicago Tribune)

CITATION:

Garrett Clipper (Garrett, Indiana) Thursday, January 14, 1904 page 2
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104695747/robert-edward-murry
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) 30 Aug 1950, page 22

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Iroquois Theatre Fire Historical Society

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