THE people

Florence O White

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:
June 26, 1878
DATE OF DEATH:
December 30, 1903
GENDER:
F
OTHER KNOWN NAMES:
MAIDEN NAME:
White
ETHNICITY:
KNOWN ADDRESS:
437 West 38th Street 
 Chicago 
 IL
RELATED TO:

Anna White
Frances Kercher

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:
25
MARITAL STATUS:
Single
ROLE:
Audience Member
ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:
Ray School
ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:
Teacher

other information

CEMETERY:
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park IL
MORGUE:
Sheldon
IDENTIFIED BY:

F.J. Shaw

OTHER NOTES:

Identified by F.J. Shaw.  Florence and her sister Frances Kercher were both killed in the Iroquois Theatre Fire.

CITATION:

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · 1 Jan 1904, Fri · Page 2;
Everett, M. (1904). The Great Chicago Theater Disaster. Chicago: Publishers Union of America, p 359;
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135072960/florence-o-white

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Karl Sup

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