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Nannie Shannon

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

STATUS: 
Victim
DATE OF Birth:
December 6, 1881
Place of Birth:
Chicago,
 IL,
 Cook County,
  United States
Date of Death:
 July 24, 1915
Place of Death:
Chicago,
 IL,
 Cook,
 United States
GENDER:
F
OTHER KNOWN NAMES:
Anna
MAIDEN NAME:
Shannon
ETHNICITY:
American
KNOWN ADDRESS:
4124 West 26th Street ,
 Chicago ,
 IL,
  United States
RELATED TO:

William Butler Shannon, father
Amanda Hoeksema, mother
Cornelius Hoeksema, step-father
Cornelius Hoeksema, Jr., step-brother
Mrs. Jessie Marble

At the time of the tragedy.

AGE:
33
MARITAL STATUS:
Single
ROLE:
passenger
ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:
Western Electric

other information

CEMETERY:
Oak Ridge, Hillside
IDENTIFIED BY:

Mrs. Cornelius Hoeksema
4124 West 26th Street
Chicago, Illinois

OTHER NOTES:

Miss Nannie Shannon perished aboard the Eastland. She was a long-term employee of Western Electric, having been employed there for more than seventeen years.

Note: Harry Shannon (at the same address) is listed among the victims in the Chicago Herald.

CITATION:

Eastland Disaster Relief (Chicago Chapter, American Red Cross) · 1918 · Page 126-127
Eastland Disaster (Cook County Coroner's Office) · July 24, 1915· Page 16
Eastland Disaster victims' ledger (Western Electric Company) · Page 55
Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · July 31, 1915, Saturday · Page 16
Herald (Chicago, Illinois) · July 31, 1915, Saturday · Pages 5 and 10
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83493659/nannie-shannon

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
Colleen Shannon, 1st-cousin twice removed
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