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Martha Quwas

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

STATUS: 
Victim
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GENDER:
F
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ETHNICITY:
German
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At the time of the tragedy.

AGE:
19
MARITAL STATUS:
Single
ROLE:
passenger

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CEMETERY:
Concordia
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...invited her fiancé to the picnic...

Martha Quwas had worked for Western Electric Company for three years. She invited her fiancé, Frank Sagenbrecht, to the picnic. Both Frank and Martha perished in the tragedy. Martha left her widowed mother and four brothers and sisters -- Gertrude, William, Walker, and Theresa. Her brother William was very sick at the hospital, awaiting an operation, and Martha (and her sister Gertrude, who worked at the Chicago Telephone company) were the sole support of the family.

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