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Category: Chicago Deaths 1894

  • 1894 Obituaries: October 15

    The following deaths were reported in the October 15, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News, page 7: Mathias J. Becker Louisa Biagi Timothy Connelly (unnamed male) Conley Bridget Deely (nee Quirk) Mary Dinan Ann J. Finley Andrew Friederich Charles Gunderson Anton Franz Graf Margareth Gergen Katherine Goelz John Hagerty…

  • Suicide in Garfield Park

    The details of deaths by suicide appear in nearly every extant issue of the 1894 newspapers I have been transcribing this year. October 10, 1894 was no different: I didn’t have any luck locating Mr. Scherthe in the Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922, 1959-1994 records collection on FamilySearch. He doesn’t appear…

  • 1894 Obituaries: October 5

    The following deaths were reported in the October 5, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News on page 11: Edward Anglem Ada. M. Austin H. Baltzer Julia Busse (nee Dettmar) Margaret A. Castleberry, Mrs. Hugh Cunninghamh Peter Thomas Dasso Mary Downs (nee Mangler) Frances Doyle John Foley John Garrity John…

  • 1894 Obituaries: September 26

    This day in 1894 was a surprisingly light day for notices of death published in the Chicago Daily News. The following people were listed among the recently deceased: Willie Anderson Augustine Cudmore Agnes Dean Mrs. J. Everdon Henry Garrison Arthur Holmes Annie Heidbrink Joseph Kerwin Christian Leth William Milne August…

  • 1894 Obituaries: September 25

    Per page 2 of the September 25th issue of the Chicago Daily News: Judge Windes ruled on a lawsuit between Dion Boucicault and Robert Buchanan J. W. Brennan was injured on 61st Street (the street on which my 2nd great-grandparents lived!) John Myers was fined by Justice Kersten for breaking the…

  • 1894 Obituaries: September 24

    The following notices of death were published on page 2 of the September 24, 1894 edition of the Chicago Daily News: Additionally, the following notices of death appeared on page 6 of the September 24, 1894 edition of the Chicago Daily News: Here are the names of the deceased persons mentioned on pages…

  • 1894 Obituaries: September 20

    The following item appeared on page 1 of the September 20, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News; “Dropped Dead in a Saloon. John Jones, a cook in the employ of Hayes Bros., contractors on the drainage canal, dropped dead suddenly last evening in Patrick McMann’s saloon, 1255 Blue Island…

  • 1894 Obituaries: September 15

    The following obituaries appeared on page 2 of the September 15, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News; “EWERS-Friday, Sept. 14, at Hillsdale, Mich., WILLIAM, beloved husband of Hattie Ewers and father of A. W. Ewers. Funeral notice later.” The following obituaries appeared on page 6 of the September 15,…

  • Gas Kills Man and Wife

    The following article appeared on page 1 of the September 10, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News; “GAS KILLS MAN AND WIFE. Death Enters the Home of J. A. Rawlins of Ravenswood. J. A. Rawlins and his wife were killed by illuminating gas in Ravenswood during last night. The…

  • 1894 Obituaries: September 5

    The following article appeared on page 1 of the September 5, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News; “Killed by the Cars. The body of an unidentified man was found lying near the Chicago & Northwestern tracks at Cuyler station this morning. The head had been severed from the body…