THE people

Theodore Roberts

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:

DATE OF DEATH:

December 30, 1903

GENDER:

M

OTHER KNOWN NAMES:

ETHNICITY:

KNOWN ADDRESS:

Townsend Township, Huron County

OH

RELATED TO:

Lucille Mead , niece

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:

41

MARITAL STATUS:

Single

ROLE:

Audience Member

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:

ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

Farmer

other information

CEMETERY:

Woodlawn Cemetery, Norwalk, OH

MORGUE:

Carroll

IDENTIFIED BY:

Clayton Mead, brother-in-law

OTHER NOTES:

Forty-four-year-old Theodore Roberts was a farmer and coal dealer in Woodford, Ohio. He had traveled to Chicago to spend time with Lucy and her family over the 1903 holiday. According to the 1900 U.S. Census, Theo and Lucy's sister, Mary Roberts Carr, along with her husband and children, lived with him in Townsend, Ohio south of Sandusky. A passel of Laylin and Roberts kinfolks lived in Norwalk and Townsend.

CITATION:

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · 1 Jan 1904, Fri · Page 2
Sandusky Star-Journal (Sandusky, Ohio) 5 Jan 1904, page 4
https://www.iroquoistheater.com/ada-folke-treated-lucile-mead-to-a-matinee.php
Find A Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80171568/theodore-roberts

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Karl Sup, Judy Cooke, Iroquois Theatre Fire Historical Society

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