Died at the age of 46 in the Eastland Disaster. His wife, Katherine, also died in the disaster. He was employed with the Western Electric Company as an assembler.
Paper: Chicago Tribune (IL)
Title: DIE IN EACH OTHER'S ARMS.Husband and Wife, Eastland Victims, Left Two Little Children at Home.
Date: July 30, 1915
A man and woman were taken out of the hold of the Eastland with arms around one another. They were later identified at the Armory morgue as Charles W. and Katherine Tregg, husband and wife, of 1703 Maplewood avenue. Their two children, Eveline, 5 years old, and Walter, 3 years old, were safe at home because the parents did not take them. Tregg was an employe of the Western Electric company.
THE IDENTIFIED DEAD
REVISED TO DATE AND CONTAINING NAMES THAT HAVE BEEN AUTHENTICATED
TROGG - Charles W., 46 years old, and Katherine, 31 years old, 1703 Maplewood Avenue, husband and wife. He was employed by the Western Electric Company for the last 9 years. Before that he worked at the Deering Harvester works. Both were born in Germany and came with parents to this country while still babies. He was educated in the Dorr public school and she in the Polish Catholic parochial school. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Julia Trogg, three brothers and four sisters and their two children, Eveline, 5 years old and Walter 3 years old. She is survived by three brothers, one, Tony Serawski, who boarded with them, was also drowned. The husband and wife were found in the river with their arms about each other. The funeral was from mother's home, 142 N. Hermitage Ave. Burial at Concordia. Chicago Daily Tribune - July 31, 1915
Paper: Chicago Tribune (IL)
Title: DIE IN EACH OTHER'S ARMS.Husband and Wife, Eastland Victims, Left Two Little Children at Home.
Date: July 30, 1915
A man and woman were taken out of the hold of the Eastland with arms around one another. They were later identified at the Armory morgue as Charles W. and Katherine Tregg, husband and wife, of 1703 Maplewood avenue. Their two children, Eveline, 5 years old, and Walter, 3 years old, were safe at home because the parents did not take them. Tregg was an employe of the Western Electric company.
THE IDENTIFIED DEAD
REVISED TO DATE AND CONTAINING NAMES THAT HAVE BEEN AUTHENTICATED
TROGG - Charles W., 46 years old, and Katherine, 31 years old, 1703 Maplewood Avenue, husband and wife. He was employed by the Western Electric Company for the last 9 years. Before that he worked at the Deering Harvester works. Both were born in Germany and came with parents to this country while still babies. He was educated in the Dorr public school and she in the Polish Catholic parochial school. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Julia Trogg, three brothers and four sisters and their two children, Eveline, 5 years old and Walter 3 years old. She is survived by three brothers, one, Tony Serawski, who boarded with them, was also drowned. The husband and wife were found in the river with their arms about each other. The funeral was from mother's home, 142 N. Hermitage Ave. Burial at Concordia. Chicago Daily Tribune - July 31, 1915
Died at the age of 46 in the Eastland Disaster. His wife, Katherine, also died in the disaster. He was employed with the Western Electric Company as an assembler.
Paper: Chicago Tribune (IL)
Title: DIE IN EACH OTHER'S ARMS.Husband and Wife, Eastland Victims, Left Two Little Children at Home.
Date: July 30, 1915
A man and woman were taken out of the hold of the Eastland with arms around one another. They were later identified at the Armory morgue as Charles W. and Katherine Tregg, husband and wife, of 1703 Maplewood avenue. Their two children, Eveline, 5 years old, and Walter, 3 years old, were safe at home because the parents did not take them. Tregg was an employe of the Western Electric company.
THE IDENTIFIED DEAD
REVISED TO DATE AND CONTAINING NAMES THAT HAVE BEEN AUTHENTICATED
TROGG - Charles W., 46 years old, and Katherine, 31 years old, 1703 Maplewood Avenue, husband and wife. He was employed by the Western Electric Company for the last 9 years. Before that he worked at the Deering Harvester works. Both were born in Germany and came with parents to this country while still babies. He was educated in the Dorr public school and she in the Polish Catholic parochial school. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Julia Trogg, three brothers and four sisters and their two children, Eveline, 5 years old and Walter 3 years old. She is survived by three brothers, one, Tony Serawski, who boarded with them, was also drowned. The husband and wife were found in the river with their arms about each other. The funeral was from mother's home, 142 N. Hermitage Ave. Burial at Concordia. Chicago Daily Tribune - July 31, 1915
Paper: Chicago Tribune (IL)
Title: DIE IN EACH OTHER'S ARMS.Husband and Wife, Eastland Victims, Left Two Little Children at Home.
Date: July 30, 1915
A man and woman were taken out of the hold of the Eastland with arms around one another. They were later identified at the Armory morgue as Charles W. and Katherine Tregg, husband and wife, of 1703 Maplewood avenue. Their two children, Eveline, 5 years old, and Walter, 3 years old, were safe at home because the parents did not take them. Tregg was an employe of the Western Electric company.
THE IDENTIFIED DEAD
REVISED TO DATE AND CONTAINING NAMES THAT HAVE BEEN AUTHENTICATED
TROGG - Charles W., 46 years old, and Katherine, 31 years old, 1703 Maplewood Avenue, husband and wife. He was employed by the Western Electric Company for the last 9 years. Before that he worked at the Deering Harvester works. Both were born in Germany and came with parents to this country while still babies. He was educated in the Dorr public school and she in the Polish Catholic parochial school. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Julia Trogg, three brothers and four sisters and their two children, Eveline, 5 years old and Walter 3 years old. She is survived by three brothers, one, Tony Serawski, who boarded with them, was also drowned. The husband and wife were found in the river with their arms about each other. The funeral was from mother's home, 142 N. Hermitage Ave. Burial at Concordia. Chicago Daily Tribune - July 31, 1915
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