Margaret, age 44, and her two sons, Robert, age 21, and Charles, age 17, all perished in the S.S. Eastland Maritime Disaster on the Chicago River.
A lake passenger steamer, the S. S. Eastland had been chartered by Chicago's Western Electric Company to transport the company's employees (and their families), to their annual picnic in Michigan City, Indiana.
At 7:28 a.m., still moored to her Chicago River dock and with 2,572 people on board, the S. S. Eastland began to list. The steamship managed to briefly right herself before slowly rolling on her side.
844 people died that day in what would turn out to be Chicago's worst disaster ever.
Name:
Margaret Kommer
Event Type:
Death
Event Date:
24 Jul 1915
Event Place:
, Cook, Illinois, United States
Event Place (Original):
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Address:
2029 North Kedvale Avenue
Gender:
Female
Age:
44
Marital Status:
Married
Ethnicity:
American
Race:
White
Occupation:
Housewife
Birth Date:
30 Nov 1870
Birthplace:
Dubuque, Iowa
Death Age:
44y 7m 21d
Burial Date:
27 Jul 1915
Father's Name:
John M. Schaber
Father's Birthplace:
Germany
Mother's Name:
Mary Spah...
Mother's Birthplace:
Germany
Record Number:
90
A lake passenger steamer, the S. S. Eastland had been chartered by Chicago's Western Electric Company to transport the company's employees (and their families), to their annual picnic in Michigan City, Indiana.
At 7:28 a.m., still moored to her Chicago River dock and with 2,572 people on board, the S. S. Eastland began to list. The steamship managed to briefly right herself before slowly rolling on her side.
844 people died that day in what would turn out to be Chicago's worst disaster ever.
Name:
Margaret Kommer
Event Type:
Death
Event Date:
24 Jul 1915
Event Place:
, Cook, Illinois, United States
Event Place (Original):
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Address:
2029 North Kedvale Avenue
Gender:
Female
Age:
44
Marital Status:
Married
Ethnicity:
American
Race:
White
Occupation:
Housewife
Birth Date:
30 Nov 1870
Birthplace:
Dubuque, Iowa
Death Age:
44y 7m 21d
Burial Date:
27 Jul 1915
Father's Name:
John M. Schaber
Father's Birthplace:
Germany
Mother's Name:
Mary Spah...
Mother's Birthplace:
Germany
Record Number:
90
Margaret, age 44, and her two sons, Robert, age 21, and Charles, age 17, all perished in the S.S. Eastland Maritime Disaster on the Chicago River.
A lake passenger steamer, the S. S. Eastland had been chartered by Chicago's Western Electric Company to transport the company's employees (and their families), to their annual picnic in Michigan City, Indiana.
At 7:28 a.m., still moored to her Chicago River dock and with 2,572 people on board, the S. S. Eastland began to list. The steamship managed to briefly right herself before slowly rolling on her side.
844 people died that day in what would turn out to be Chicago's worst disaster ever.
Name:
Margaret Kommer
Event Type:
Death
Event Date:
24 Jul 1915
Event Place:
, Cook, Illinois, United States
Event Place (Original):
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Address:
2029 North Kedvale Avenue
Gender:
Female
Age:
44
Marital Status:
Married
Ethnicity:
American
Race:
White
Occupation:
Housewife
Birth Date:
30 Nov 1870
Birthplace:
Dubuque, Iowa
Death Age:
44y 7m 21d
Burial Date:
27 Jul 1915
Father's Name:
John M. Schaber
Father's Birthplace:
Germany
Mother's Name:
Mary Spah...
Mother's Birthplace:
Germany
Record Number:
90
A lake passenger steamer, the S. S. Eastland had been chartered by Chicago's Western Electric Company to transport the company's employees (and their families), to their annual picnic in Michigan City, Indiana.
At 7:28 a.m., still moored to her Chicago River dock and with 2,572 people on board, the S. S. Eastland began to list. The steamship managed to briefly right herself before slowly rolling on her side.
844 people died that day in what would turn out to be Chicago's worst disaster ever.
Name:
Margaret Kommer
Event Type:
Death
Event Date:
24 Jul 1915
Event Place:
, Cook, Illinois, United States
Event Place (Original):
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Address:
2029 North Kedvale Avenue
Gender:
Female
Age:
44
Marital Status:
Married
Ethnicity:
American
Race:
White
Occupation:
Housewife
Birth Date:
30 Nov 1870
Birthplace:
Dubuque, Iowa
Death Age:
44y 7m 21d
Burial Date:
27 Jul 1915
Father's Name:
John M. Schaber
Father's Birthplace:
Germany
Mother's Name:
Mary Spah...
Mother's Birthplace:
Germany
Record Number:
90
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