THE people

Hattie Zimma (Mrs. John) Froelich

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

STATUS: 
Victim
DATE OF Birth:
City of Birth:
Chicago,
 Illinois,
 Cook County,
  United States
Year OF DEATH:
1915
City of Death:
Chicago,
 Illinois,
  Cook County,
 United States
GENDER:
F
OTHER KNOWN NAMES:
Yadwiga; Freilich, Frejlach
MAIDEN NAME:
Zimma
ETHNICITY:
Polish
KNOWN ADDRESS:
2453 West Thomas Street ,
 Chicago ,
 Illinois,
  United States
RELATED TO:

John Froelich, husband
Eleanor Catherine Froelich, daughter

Josefa Zimma (Zimny), sister

At the time of the tragedy.

AGE:
25
MARITAL STATUS:
Married
ROLE:
passenger

other information

CEMETERY:
St. Adalbert's, Niles
IDENTIFIED BY:

Leo S. Santoski, 1252 Dickson Street, Chicago, Illinois

OTHER NOTES:

...immediately orphaned...

Hattie Freilich's daughter was born in Chicago and baptized as Eleanor Catherine. She was six days shy of being two years old and immediately orphaned when her mother Hattie and her father John perished in the Eastland Disaster. Hattie's younger sister Josefa also perished that fateful day. Eleanor was raised by Hattie's widowed mother's household.

CITATION:

Eastland Disaster Relief (Chicago Chapter, American Red Cross) · 1918 · Page 33
Eastland Disaster (Cook County Coroner's Office) · July 24, 1915· Page 5
Eastland Disaster victims' ledger (Western Electric Company) · Page 16
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16320251/yadwiga-freilich

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