Forest Park, IL
15 December 1893 – 24 July 1915 The Eastland, one of five chartered excursion boats meant to ferry employees, their families and friends from Chicago over to the Michigan City shore for the annual Western Electric Company picnic, keeled over into the Chicago River while still at dock, trapping hundreds inside its hull and leading […]
28 October 1900 – 16 August 1920 Violet was born on her mother’s 22nd birthday, and she would be her parents’ (Caroline “Carrie” Kepschull and Joseph “Jack Blank” Blankenstein) only child. Carrie has differing information on the public records about her place of birth, but she was either born in Illinois or immigrated as an […]
22 November 1896 – 24 July 1915 The Eastland, one of five chartered excursion boats meant to ferry employees, their families and friends from Chicago over to the Michigan City shore for the annual Western Electric Company picnic, keeled over into the Chicago River while still at dock, trapping hundreds inside its hull and leading […]
Edward “Eddie” Grimms 25 Mar 1892 — 24 Jul 1915 The Eastland, one of five chartered excursion boats meant to ferry employees, their families and friends from Chicago over to the Michigan City shore for the annual Western Electric Company picnic, keeled over into the Chicago River while still at dock, trapping hundreds inside its […]
10 June 1882 – 26 July 1903 Ida was the oldest of three surviving children of Magnus and Minnie (Barneko) Oesterreich. On the 1900 census, she was living at home with her parents and younger siblings, sister Alma and brother William. She was working as a drygoods saleslady. In September of 1902, she married Albert […]
Charles Enke, Sr. 5 May 1827 – 25 October 1898 Emma Enke 28 October 1863 – 16 November 1880 Charles and his wife Henriette (Zellmer) Enke were born in Saxony in Germany. At some point prior to 1860, they immigrated to the US and spent some time in Wisconsin. It’s unclear if they married in […]
Helena Pittelkow 5 September 1893 — 24 July 1915 Meta Zopke 25 April 1892 — 24 July 1915 Hedwig “Hattie” Zopke 5 April 1895 — 24 July 1915 Meta and Hedwig were sisters, and Helena was the little sister of their older brother William’s wife Minnie. All boarded the Eastland bound for the Western Electric […]
10 November 1895 – 24 July 1915 The Eastland, one of five chartered excursion boats meant to ferry employees, their families and friends from Chicago over to the Michigan City shore for the annual Western Electric Company picnic, keeled over into the Chicago River while still at dock, trapping hundreds inside its hull and leading […]
Charles Walter Trogg 17 February 1869 – 24 July 1915 Catherine “Kate” Serowka Trogg 17 July 1884 – 24 Jul 1915 The Eastland, one of five chartered excursion boats meant to ferry employees, their families and friends from Chicago over to the Michigan City shore for the annual Western Electric Company picnic, keeled over into […]
Norine Hanna “Nora” Baker Boettcher October 1871 – 30 December 1903 This is the second and final article about victims of the Iroquois Theater Fire buried at Concordia. Please see the previous entry for an overview of the fire and links for more information. Nora was born in Virginia to a Canadian-born father and a […]