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Ernest George Klefbohm

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

STATUS: 
Victim
DATE OF Birth:
City of Birth:
Year OF DEATH:
1915
City of Death:
Chicago,
 IL,
  Cook County,
 United States
GENDER:
M
OTHER KNOWN NAMES:
MAIDEN NAME:
ETHNICITY:
Swede
KNOWN ADDRESS:
RELATED TO:

At the time of the tragedy.

AGE:
27
MARITAL STATUS:
Married
ROLE:
passenger

other information

CEMETERY:
Ridgewood, Des Plaines
OTHER NOTES:
Moved from Rosehill

Ernest George Klefbohm and his brother, Gunnar E. Klefbohm, were on board the Eastland when it capsized. Ernest perished while Gunnar survived.

Ernest had been married on January 1, 1915. He and his wife Marie were expecting a child: his son, Ernest, Jr., was born soon after the tragedy claimed his father.

Ernest, Sr. was disinterred from Rosehill in November of 1936 and reinterred at Ridgewood Memorial Park in Des Plaines, Illinois on November 21, 1936. His brother, Gunnar E. Klefbohm, was the person responsible for the move.

Acknowledgement: Cemetery information provided by Amanda Holt, Family Service Counselor, Ridgewood Memorial Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois.

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