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Henry Van Ingen sr

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:

March 26, 1847

DATE OF DEATH:

March 2, 1924

GENDER:

M

OTHER KNOWN NAMES:

Henry Schmalz Van Ingen

ETHNICITY:

KNOWN ADDRESS:

Kenosha

WI

RELATED TO:

Emma Lawton Ingen

Henry Schuyler Van Ingen (1878-1962)

Grace Van Ingen

Edward Lawton Van Ingen

John Van Ingen

Charles Van Ingen (1888-1891)

Margaret Lawton Van Ingen

Elizabeth Gertrude Van Ingen

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:

56

MARITAL STATUS:

Married

ROLE:

Audience Member

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:

ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

Real Estate Agent

other information

CEMETERY:

Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, NY

MORGUE:

IDENTIFIED BY:

OTHER NOTES:

Severely burned and bruised in the fire. Lost four children in the fire. Surviving son, Henry S Van Ingen, lived to be 83 (died in 1962). Younger son, Charles Van Ingen, had died at age two in 1891.

CITATION:

Everett, M. (1904). The Great Chicago Theater Disaster. Chicago: Publishers Union of America;
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62275355/henry-schmalz-van_ingen;
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62275700/charles-van_ingen;
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62276208/henry-schuyler-van_ingen;
The Oshkosh Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) · Thursday, December 31, 1903 p3

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