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Amy Owens

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:

January 1, 1871

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:

MAIDEN NAME:

Owens

ETHNICITY:

RACE:

NATIONALITY:

RELATED TO:

Frances E Owens

DATE OF MARRIAGE:

PLACE OF MARRIAGE:

DATE OF ADDRESS:

KNOWN ADDRESS:

6241 Kimbark Ave.

Chicago

Illinois

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:

Curtis School

ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

Teacher

AT THE TIME OF the fire

ROLE:

Audience Member

STATUS:

Victim

AGE:

MARITAL STATUS:

single

other information

MORGUE:

Jordan

IDENTIFIED BY:

FUNERAL HOME:

CEMETERY:

Graceland Crematorium (ashes to family)

OTHER NOTES:

Daughter of William and Frances Owens. Amy and her mother were both killed in the Iroquois Theatre Fire on December 30, 1903 in Chicago, IL. Amy was 32 years old at the time of her death.

CITATION:

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · 1 Jan 1904, Fri · Page 2; Everett, M. (1904). The Great Chicago Theater Disaster. Chicago: Publishers Union of America, p 358; Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134877349/amy-owens

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

Karl Sup

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