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Category: Chicago Deaths 1894

  • Freight Train Kills Young Woman

    Ida Schultz was killed and her brother Edward was injured when they were struck by a Burlington freight train according to the article below which appeared in the December 10, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News.

  • 1894 Obituaries: November 30

    The Chicago Daily News listed deaths on page 9 of the November 30, 1894 issue. The following names appeared (see image below for complete obituaries): Charles Beilfuss, Katie Beyerau, Jeremiah Crowley, Daniel Emmet Donovan, Patrick Dowling, Aggie Foster (nee Williams), Mary E. Fuller, William Gallagher, John Geary, Joseph Gotthelf, Joseph…

  • 1894 Obituaries: November 20

    The following names appeared in the “deaths” column of the November 20, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News, page 7; August Baker, John Patrick Coan, John J. Davoren, James Dignon, Theresia Hellman, Ellen Haughey, Oliver Barth Hansen, Richard Jones, Patrick Moran, John N. Miner, Annie Norton, Annie Stetcher (nee…

  • 1894 Obituaries; November 15

    The following names appeared in the “deaths” column of the November 15, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News, page 9; Catharine M. Alloway, Mary Barry, James Breen, Adolph Dose, Johanna Caton, John Collopy, Henry Charles Erhardt, Tessie Flynn, Clara Hagen, Mrs. Robert Hartley, Thomas Heslin, John Hollister, Leonard O.…

  • 1894 Obituaries: November 10

    According to the front page of the November 10, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News, Mrs. DeGan fell over a stair railing and died. (It would be nice to know her first name, wouldn’t it?) I wasn’t able to locate a death record on FamilySearch for this poor woman:…

  • 1894 Obituaries: November 5

    Julius Pinkler died November 5, 1894 in a fire in F.C. Wings’ printing office: The following obituaries appeared under “deaths’ in the November 5, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News, page 7; Bessie Ament, Eddie Bowman, Alice Loretta Gorey, Mary Halpin (nee Crotty), Mrs. Salome Hiller, Dominick Hagarty, Mary Hoag,…

  • 1894 Obituaries: October 30

    The following deaths were listed on page 2 of the October 30, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News: Owen F. Casey (Baby Boy) Haley Esther Lillian Hegberg               Additional deaths were reported on page 7 of the October 30, 1894 issue of the…

  • 1894 Obituaries: October 25

    The following deaths were reported on page 8 of the October 25, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News: Ellen Armstrong (nee Lynch) Amy L. Baxter Mary Boyle (nee Norton) James C. Carmody Joseph Falk Thomas Gleeson Margrett Kressler (nee Cottor) Joseph T. Leonard Mary Luebke Julius Mandelbaum Ronald B.…

  • 1894 Obituaries: October 20

    The following deaths were reported in the October 20, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News, page 3: Ernst Grotefend William Warder       The following deaths were reported in the October 20, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News, page 6: Mamie Becker Mrs. Susan Smith Bennett Pauline…

  • Hero’s Family Needs Help

    Charities of the past worked in much the same way they do today. In the October 20, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News, a Bishop asks the public to help the family of a man who died saving children from a fire: The next two stories could also have…