THE people

Libby Pearl Danner Wunderlich

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:

August 28, 1867

DATE OF DEATH:

December 30, 1903

GENDER:

F

OTHER KNOWN NAMES:

Libbie Wunderlich, Perle Wunderlich, Mrs. Harry Wunderlich

MAIDEN NAME:

Danner

ETHNICITY:

KNOWN ADDRESS:

834 Wilson Avenue

Chicago

IL

RELATED TO:

Harrison (Harry) Wunderlich
Helen Wunderlich
Harry Danner

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:

35

MARITAL STATUS:

Married

ROLE:

Audience Member

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:

ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

other information

CEMETERY:

Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington IA

MORGUE:

Perrigo

IDENTIFIED BY:

Harrison (Harry) Wunderlich

OTHER NOTES:

Libby Pearl Danner Wunderlich and her daughter, Helen Wunderlich died in the Iroquois Theatre Fire, along with Pearl's father Harry Danner.

Thirty-three-year-old Libby Perle Danner Wunderlich (b. 1869) was one of four daughters born to Harry and Lizzie Danner. Libby was married to Harrison Harry Wunderlich (1870–1932), a fellow Iowa native.

CITATION:

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · 1 Jan 1904, Fri · Page 2
The Berkeley Gazette (Berkeley, California) Sat, Jan 02, 1904·Page 1
The Semi-Weekly New Era (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) Wed, Jan 06, 1904 Page 5
The San Francisco Call and Post (San Francisco, California) Sun, Jan 03, 1904 Page 26
The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) Mon, Jan 04, 1904 Page 7
Ottumwa Semi-Weekly Courier (Ottumwa, Iowa) Sat, Jan 02, 1904 Page 1
McCurdy, p 355
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95589290/libby-pearl-wunderlich
https://www.iroquoistheater.com/lizzie-danner-lost-husband-daughter-and-granddaughter-at-iroquois.php

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Karl Sup, Iroquois Theatre Fire Historical Society

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