THE people

Dr. Mervin B Rimes

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:
March 19, 1867
DATE OF DEATH:
December 30, 1903
GENDER:
M
OTHER KNOWN NAMES:
ETHNICITY:
KNOWN ADDRESS:
6331 Wentworth Ave. 
 Chicago 
 IL

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:
36
MARITAL STATUS:
Married
ROLE:
Audience Member
ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:
ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:
Dentist

other information

CEMETERY:
Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago IL
MORGUE:
Rolston
IDENTIFIED BY:
OTHER NOTES:

Attended theater with his wife and three sons, Martin (7), Lloyd (5) and Myron [Morgan] the baby.

 

Dr. Rimes took his entire family to a matinee at the Iroquois theater.  The largest funeral at Oak Woods was that of Dr. Rimes, his wife and his three children. They were buried together in one large grave.  Dr. M.B. Rimes was married to Bertha Luff who also died in the fire. She left behind a 2 1/2 year old daughter. Dr. Rimes was a Dentist. He was friends with Dr. Oakey and worked with him. They went with Dr. Oakey's two daughters and attended the showing of Mr. Bluebeard that fateful day. (Find a Grave)

 

 

CITATION:

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · 1 Jan 1904, Fri · Page 2 & 6;
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87753010/mervin-b-rimes;
Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1889 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.;
St. Joseph Saturday Herald (Saint Joseph, Michigan) Sat, Jan 02, 1904 p5

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Karl Sup

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