THE people

Gertrude Helen Pilat

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:
February 22, 1893
DATE OF DEATH:
1978
GENDER:
F
OTHER KNOWN NAMES:
Gertrude Pilat, Helen Pilat, Helen Stevenson
MAIDEN NAME:
Pilat
ETHNICITY:
KNOWN ADDRESS:
 Chicago 
 IL
RELATED TO:

Ignac and Mary Pilat, parents
Josephine Pilat, sister
Cecelia Kwapil, cousin

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:
10
MARITAL STATUS:
Single
ROLE:
Audience Member
ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:
ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:
School girl

other information

CEMETERY:
Pacific View Memorial Park, Corona del Mar, CA
MORGUE:
IDENTIFIED BY:
OTHER NOTES:

Gertrude, who went by her middle name Helen most of her life, was burned on the head and hands but not badly enough to require hospitalization.

CITATION:

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) Sat, Feb 16, 1907 Page 5
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49708822/helen_stevenson
Ancestry.com. U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Judy Cooke, Iroquois Theatre Fire Historical Society

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