THE people

Myrtle Shabad

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:

October 4, 1889

DATE OF DEATH:

December 30, 1903

GENDER:

F

OTHER KNOWN NAMES:

MAIDEN NAME:

Shabad

ETHNICITY:

KNOWN ADDRESS:

3041 Indiana Ave.

Chicago

IL

RELATED TO:

Henry and Fannie Shabad, parents
Theodore Shabad, brother
Rose Elkan, friend

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:

14

MARITAL STATUS:

Single

ROLE:

Audience Member

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:

ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

Student

other information

CEMETERY:

Waldheim Cemetery, Forest Park IL

MORGUE:

Jordan

IDENTIFIED BY:

OTHER NOTES:

Myrtle Shabad and her brother, Theodore, aged twelve years, were the only children of Henry and Fannie Shabad. Their father held triple funeral services at his home for his two children and little Rose Elkan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. Elkan. The three children attended the matinee together and all were killed.

CITATION:

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · 1 Jan 1904, Fri · Page 2;
McCurdy, D. B. (1904). Lest We Forget: Chicago's Awful Theater Horror. Chicago: Memorial Publishing Company, accessed https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39280/39280-h/39280-h.htm, page 382
The Inter Ocean (Chicago, Illinois) Sun, Jan 03, 1904 Page 4
Find A Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87758877/myrtle_shabad

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Karl Sup, Iroquois Theatre Fire Historical Society

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