Eastland Guest Book

Name:	Alicia Anzaldo
From:	Chicago
Date Entered:	08/27/05

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Name:	kathleen swatkowski
From:	plainfield,il
Date Entered:	08/23/05

Comments: my grandfather george mcgrath was a survivor of the eastland disaster.he was 19 years old,single,and worked in the cable department.

Name:	scott johnson
From:	chicago il
Date Entered:	08/22/05

Comments: i just aquired the jewel tea poster stamp booklet you mentioned complete and trying to research it i found you guys

Name:	Nancy Rabka
From:	ILLinois
Date Entered:	08/20/05

Comments: Thanks so much for this great site. Have always had an interest in the Eastland and the site was most helpful. Learning from the past is so interesting. Never knew the lost of life was greater then the Titanic. Again....Great Site!!!!

Name:	Carol Kovarik West
From:	Originally Berwyn, Illinois
Date Entered:	08/10/05

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Name:	roger tyson
From:	None
Date Entered:	08/10/05

Comments: Hi everyone greatsite weljob keep it up by.

Name:	Patricia Parucka-Williamson
From:	Minneapolis
Date Entered:	08/06/05

Comments: Surname: I was born Patricia Parucka. Myself and my two sisters are the daughters of George Anthony Parucka, born 4-13-08 in Cicero. His father was Charles Parucka. His parents were divorced when he was about 2 and he lost all contact with his biological father, Charles.
We drove by Western Electric many times when we were children.

Name:	John Kedzierski
From:	Riverside
Date Entered:	07/29/05

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Name:	ronald allen
From:	Victoria Mn
Date Entered:	07/28/05

Comments: Just read book by Jay Bonsing...(sp)-Sinking of the Eastland.Found it to be fascinating and something I was never aware of. Plan on reading more

Name:	ronald allen
From:	victoria mn
Date Entered:	07/28/05

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Name:	George Zieman
From:	California (born Chicago)
Date Entered:	07/24/05

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Name:	marc cremin
From:	fort myers,fla.
Date Entered:	07/21/05

Comments: Very interesting site.Just retired in 2005 after 34 years
with the Bell System,AT&T and various spin offs.

Funny, that in all of my years with the Bell System and interactions with Western Electric I really don't remember hearing much,if anything,about this disaster.Only now have I been able to understand this huge tragedy.Please add me to your mailing list.

Marc Cremin

Name:	August Aquila
From:	Chicago
Date Entered:	07/21/05

Comments: Grandson of Augustino Aquila

Name:	Maureen Milott
From:	No. Las Vegas, Nv. presently
Date Entered:	07/19/05

Comments: My grandmother, Varina Baggs, was on that boat that day she did survive. If you have any more information that you could share with me I would greatly appreciate it. Maybe a list of names or something I can pass down to my children about this event. I also worked at Western Electric Copany in Cicero, Il. What a wonderful place it was to work. Thank you for allowing me to share.

Name:	tom rogers
From:	Tucson, AZ
Date Entered:	07/13/05

Comments: I sit here, red-faced and embarrassed for my ignorance. After living in Chicago for over 20 years, I learn about this tragedy only today! Thank you for this informative site. When funds become available, I shall donate to you.

Name:	Don Coyer
From:	Savannah, Georgia (now)
Date Entered:	07/11/05

Comments: I have some ancestors who are Tureks from the Chicago area, originally from Bohemia. My grandmother was Marie Anna Turek, who married Joseph Gorman. Her fathers name was Jan Turek. Obviously and thankfully, none of them were aboard the Eastland. I wonder though if we are related to some of the Tureks who had the sad fate of being aboard. DC

Name:	Mary-Lou Chall
From:	Detroit, Michigan
Date Entered:	07/04/05

Comments: An impressive site. I see that you are doing a through job of reporting on this tragedy. The pictures bring humanity to the lists of names. Superb.

I was doing a Wintermute name search (genealogy)on Google and found a Bertha Wintermute was a passanger.

Prior to finding your site I had never heard of this tragedy.

Name:	Christine Braun
From:	Chicago
Date Entered:	06/28/05

Comments: My great-grandfather worked for Western Electric and the entire family was to go on the picninc. The night before, my great-grandmother had a terrible dream. When she awoken, she told my great-grandfather she and the children were not going. He went, along with her sister and her sister's friend. We all know what happened. Fortunately, my great-grandfather was on the side that went up. He was a swimmer and supposedl saved lives. His siter-in-law and friend were not so lucky. They were into the water and drowned. Because of this, my grandmother would never let my mother and aunt swim and was overly cautious near water. I heard this story many times growning up. One time I took my grandmother to the exhibit at the Historical Society and she told me much more about it.

Name:	George Moses
From:	Chicago, Illinois
Date Entered:	06/28/05

Comments: My grandfather retired from W E in 1947. My mother was to attend the Eastland event, but for some reason she couldn't. She was 3 years old.

I still have my grandfather's retirement book with the good wishes from many friends.

My grandfaters name was George Louis Coffey.

Name:	Gary Mitchell,Sr
From:	San Francisco
Date Entered:	06/24/05

Comments: As A 3rd Generation and Current AT&T Employee In San Francisco who was Born In Lincoln,Ill I was Astounded to Learn of this part of Both Our Company and American History.I beleive That even though AT&T and Lucent(Western Electric)are Officially Seperate Enities Nowdays It is the People we associate with Daily That Still Makes the Family.

Name:	GARY MITCHELL,SR
From:	SAN FRANCISCO
Date Entered:	06/24/05

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Name:	Gordon Rheinstrom
From:	Arlington, VA
Date Entered:	06/24/05

Comments: I was reading a book about the U-505. There is a brief narrative about the sinking of a WWI U-Boat in Lake Michigan by the USS WILMETTE, former SS EASTLAND. Didn't anyone calculate stability in those days. The ship was obviously unstable from the very day she was launched.

Name:	Albert Richmond
From:	Chicago
Date Entered:	06/22/05

Comments: My GrandParents survived the disaster
Lysle and Blanch Goyette

Name:	Albert Richmond
From:	Chicago
Date Entered:	06/22/05

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Name:	Joyce Ostrowske
From:	Ohio, now SC
Date Entered:	06/20/05

Comments: I signed your guest book recently and would like to have my e-mail removed from your list. Thank you.

Name:	Joyce A. Ostrowske
From:	Ohio, Now SC
Date Entered:	06/17/05

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Name:	Tamara Utens
From:	California
Date Entered:	06/17/05

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Name:	Lois Arnish
From:	Chicago
Date Entered:	06/14/05

Comments: chicago history has always been an intrest to me, I lived in the city and area for the 63 years of my life. chicago is one of the greatest citys that I know. Always fasinating. have been to the memorial, very touching, sad. all should know about this

Name:	Philip Wett
From:	Ingleside, IL
Date Entered:	06/11/05

Comments: I was entering my name in search,, out of boredom last year. I Came across the tradegy. My father past away in 1995. My father never knew much of his fathers side of the family. I read the name Peter Pankowski (Wett), and found he was my grandfather. I find this very interesting, finding a part of my ancestory. A very tragic situation.

Name:	Jim King
From:	Glasgow, Scotland
Date Entered:	06/09/05

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Name:	Amanda Nudera
From:
Date Entered:	05/30/05

Comments: My Great-grandmother was aboard this ship. She was unable to swim and somebody pulled her out of the water by her hair. If it was not for that person, I would not be here today.

Name:	Amanda Nudera
From:	Berwyn, Illinois
Date Entered:	05/30/05

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Name:	Valerie Bower
From:	La Grange, IL
Date Entered:	05/29/05

Comments: My great-grandparents, grandparents and my grandmother's brothers and sisters were aboard the Eastland that fateful day. My grandmother was pregnant with my mother. Obviously she survived. However, her mother, a couple of brothers and a sister-in-law (I believe) died that day. My grandfather had sailed over from Sweden and therefore was a swimmer. My understanding is that he pulled my grandmother out by grabbing onto her hair when they were both under water. Additionally, so the story goes, my grandfather saved his father-in-law
and several others as well due to his swimming and diving skills. The families names were Selig and Swangren.

Isn't there to be some commemorative gathering this July? Please advise.

Thank you for your interest in keeping the memories of all those lost alive.

Name:	Debbie Blank-Chor
From:	Chicago now in AZ
Date Entered:	05/26/05

Comments: This brings back fond and loving memories of all the hours I spent here with my parents decorating the graves on Memorial Day. My great grand mother, grandmother, and her whole side of the family are buried at Bohemian National.

Name:	Janet Boy
From:	Las Cruces, New Mexico
Date Entered:	05/25/05

Comments: My grandfather was a passenger on the Eastland but is not listed on the passenger list. His name was John Henry Tegmeyer. He passed away in 1968. He was on an upper deck when it toppled over. He managed to get out a porthole and helped another family get out as well before he was pulled back by the police that day. He was not injured and did not lose anyone as he was single. My grandmother Christine Linden was on the dock waiting. They had not met yet. He later had 3 sons and 13 grandchildren and none of us would be here if he had not survived.

Name:	Anna Fitzgerald
From:	Ireland
Date Entered:	05/25/05

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Name:	D. Diasio
From:	Chicago & Area
Date Entered:	05/23/05

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Name:	Daniel Diasio
From:	Hammond Indiana
Date Entered:	05/23/05

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Name:	Ruth Ward
From:	Arlington Heights
Date Entered:	05/17/05

Comments: I was at the AHML tonight at your presentation. Sorry I couldn't stay through all of the questions, but I wanted to tell you how great the presentation was. Very well done. You have taken on quite a task, you can be proud of your efforts.

Name:	John Blaha
From:	California - Originally - Mass
Date Entered:	05/17/05

Comments: I have some very dear cousins in Antigo Wisconsin I haven't heard form in 50 years - Their names are Betty Blaha, billy blaha and Bernice Blaha.

Name:	John Blaha
From:	California - Originally - Mass
Date Entered:	05/17/05

Comments: I have some very dear cousins in Antigo Wisconsin I haven't heard form in 50 years - Their names are Betty Blaha, billy blaha and Bernice Blaha.

Name:	linda t thaxton
From:	chicago
Date Entered:	05/14/05

Comments: when ever the subject o the eastland comes up i try to stress th fact that it was no little accident over800 people died and we certainly need to remind our historians that the eastland should not and will not be forgotten

Name:	Lynda Dunaway
From:	Rome, GA
Date Entered:	05/14/05

Comments: Couldn't put it down! Rates right up there with the Titanic disaster in capturing the reader's full attention.

Name:	SUZANNE NICHOLS
From:	CHICAGO
Date Entered:	05/12/05

Comments: THIS WAS MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER.

Name:	Richard Fleischer
From:	Mesa,AZ
Date Entered:	05/07/05

Comments: A cousin of my mothers,Chester G Fostle was a victim,he was a employe of Western Electric,as I also was.I retired in 1986 by which time we were called AT&T.

Name:	Debra H Theil-Nelson
From:	Gurnee, IL
Date Entered:	05/07/05

Comments: I am the granddaughter of Theil, Roy Cyrus (110-124 Assistant Foreman) whose wife, Louise R. Theil, (Mrs. Roy Cyrus) Age 28 Married, died at the Eastland along with her sister. The two women were there with their husbands. My grandfather was an employee of Western Electric. My daughter, Lauren G. Nelson, knows the details of the story surrounding the two couples.

My mother the daughter-in-law of Roy Cyrus Theil has told the Eastland story to all our family members for decades. It was the story that Roy told her.

My daughter, Lauren G. Nelson has researched the geneology of our family and she has the name of Louise's sister. The two woman are buried in Chicago next to each other.

Thank you for a nice site.

Debra H. Theil-Nelson

Name:	Rutger Lamers
From:
Date Entered:	05/04/05

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Name:	Bill Brightwell
From:	Rolling Meadows
Date Entered:	05/03/05

Comments: I was informed about your site from a person I work with in the Rolling Meadows Historical Society. My father worked at Western Electric for 35 years, as an Engineer. I had heard about the disaster from him only once or twice. The disaster was well before his employment. I am very glad that you have gone to the work and effort to keep this time in the history of Chicago alive. Thank you very much...

Name:	Kathleen Tesar
From:	Waxhaw, N>C>
Date Entered:	05/03/05

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Name:	Claire Williams
From:	UK - Brighton
Date Entered:	05/01/05

Comments: Forgot to mention that we are looking forward to reading Western Electric History. Thanks Claire

Name:	Claire Williams
From:	uk
Date Entered:	05/01/05

Comments: Great website I never really read about this disaster before. Keep up the good work.

Williams family
UK

Name:	Katherine (Nulle) Edwards
From:	Chicago,IL.,living in Elgin,IL
Date Entered:	04/26/05

Comments: This is a great picture of my Great-Grand Parents! I would not be here today if they had not been late.

Name:	David Unold
From:	Milwaukee, WI
Date Entered:	04/22/05

Comments: I knew Sister Virgil Freilich, a nun who passed away a few years ago here in Milwaukee. She was raised by her grandmother many years ago in Chicago after her father and mother, Jan and Hattie Freilich, were killed in this disaster. She spoke of her mother and father's death often and with great sorrow.

Thank you for preserving the memory of her parents and the family members of so many who perished in such an unfortunate manner.

Name:	Irene Miller
From:	Chicago/Woodstock
Date Entered:	04/22/05

Comments: My great grandmother, Minnie Roser, died on the Eastland. My Mother, Beulah Schulz, was separated from her mother Irene Schulz (Roser), the daughter of Minnie, at a very early age. Irene either divorced or left my grandfather,Otto. As I have been told, the Roser family, was very displeased with their union and, as my Mother tells me, did nothing to help keep the children in touch with their Mother after the separation. Over the years my Mother has tried unsuccessfully to discover anything about her mother. It would fill her heart with great joy to learn anything about her Mother, Irene. Perhaps there is a decendent of the Roser family that is in touch with your organization? I would much appreciate hearing from you or them or be directed to any sources that could assist me in this regard. My Mother is 90 years old and, for as long as I can remember, she has hoped that someday she would learn what happened to her Mother. Thank-you in advance for your help, Irene S. Miller

Name:	sherrie johnson
From:	pensacola florida
Date Entered:	04/12/05

Comments: Searching my family history and found my grandmothers name on your website. I also found
information on her parents. Nice job on your site.

Name:	Barb Lopez
From:	Cincinnati, Ohio
Date Entered:	04/01/05

Comments: Was just checking it out. My sister is married to
a Dan Donovan who is one of many.
Her husband's family comes from Cleveland, Ohio.
His grandpa Dan was the police chief there many years ago.

Name:	Dale Wheeler
From:	Hastings,Mi
Date Entered:	03/24/05

Comments: My Father was born and raised in the St Joseph Mi.area, and talked about the Eastland often when I was a kid.
I was looking thru some family memorabilia today and found an old post card he had,and decided to look it up on the net; and there it was !

Name:	Larry Koppen
From:	Spring Valley, Wi
Date Entered:	03/24/05

Comments: My grandfather, John Almberg according to a Daughter Ebba Almberg Koppen was a W.E. employee, and scheduled to attend the picnic cruise. Do to an illness of a daughter, Jane, the decision not to attend was made.
Those scheduled to attend were John, Emma, Ebba, Carl, and Jane Almberg. Any information as to this family would be appreciated.

Name:	Carol Subera
From:	Colby, WI
Date Entered:	03/21/05

Comments: I recently realized (through an old obituary) that a distant relative perished on the Eastland as a young woman. I have read the recent book about the tragedy. I am wondering if there is a list of names of those on board? Both those who perished and those wh survived. Thanks

Name:	heidi gierman
From:
Date Entered:	03/18/05

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Name:	Patrick Lundy
From:	Libertyville, Il
Date Entered:	03/17/05

Comments: Very interesting Web Site. Only very recently I learned from a cousin that her father (my uncle) Philip Cullom was a passenger on the Eastland. Will see what recollection/artifacts she might have. Keep up the good work.

Name:	Marie Gonzalez
From:	Las Angels
Date Entered:	03/15/05

Comments: I think that the Eastland was a very tragic moment in life and although not man people remember I think that people wuold soon know about the Eastland Disaster where over 800 passengers and crew memebers died .

Name:	KAREN MALDNADO
From:
Date Entered:	03/15/05

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Name:	Charmaine Stanislaw
From:	Libertyville, IL/Valpraiso, IN
Date Entered:	03/08/05

Comments: I am a senior at Valparaiso University and wokringon my senior thesis on the Eastland Disaster. I am focusing on the lack of justice after the criminal and civil trials after the disaster. I have been to the National Archives and I am continuing to research. If anyone has any more information to share with me I would love to hear more.

Name:	Sarah Mathews
From:	Fairbanks Alaska
Date Entered:	03/05/05

Comments: Thomas Mathews who is listed in your web page was my husbands great grandfather. Do you have any other information on him??

Name:	David S. Ennes
From:	Born in Chicago. Now Florida
Date Entered:	02/27/05

Comments: Having got half way thru Jay Bonansinga's, "The Sinking of the Eastland, America's Forgotten Tregedy", I was reminded by my wife that her great Uncle William F. Corbett was listed by the Eastland Disaster Organization as "One Who Helped". The descriptions of the disaster by Bonansinga are almost too much to read. I recommend it to anyone who wants more information about this tragedy. It's a read that is both hard to put down and sometimes difficult to continue. You will definitely be touched. The Organization's work at preserving this bit of American history is to be lauded.
David S. Ennes

Name:	Teri Anderson
From:	Allen, Texas
Date Entered:	02/24/05

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Name:	William ZAya
From:	Chicago
Date Entered:	02/21/05

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Name:	Kristin Appelhof
From:	Bloomington, IL
Date Entered:	02/13/05

Comments: To my Great Grandparents and my childrens Great-great Grandparents, James and Jenny Peterson and Auntie Mable. Thank you for your survial and your spirit to survive.
Love, Kristin, Anders and Pia

Name:	Kristin Appelhof
From:	Bloomington, IL
Date Entered:	02/13/05

Name:	Mervin Meece
From:	Riverside California
Date Entered:	02/13/05

Comments: I am a retired Western Electric employee(1989) I happened to see a tv program on the science channel that mentioned the accident that happend in Chicago, I did a google search and found your site. It was very informative. Thank you for shareing some history about my company that I was not aware of.

Name:	Julile Waller
From:	Chicago Il
Date Entered:	02/09/05

Comments: Hi, my name is Julie Waller. I am the granddaughter of Jack James Billow. While doing a family report with my 6 year old daughter, we came upon this web site. my grandfather lived until he was 93. He never stopped telling us about his experience with the Eastland. Our family has a taped inteview with my grandfather telling all about the Eastland disaster. We also have a video tape of him for a TV spot done in 1978. My grandfather was very proud of the fact that he helped save the lives of many people.

Name:	Kim Orlowski
From:	Illionois
Date Entered:	02/07/05

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Name:	Susan Benes-Pacheco
From:	Berwyn, but now in S. Calif.
Date Entered:	01/31/05

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Name:	Jason Krivanec
From:	Justice, IL
Date Entered:	01/28/05

Comments: I did a google search of my last name, My Grandfathers first name is george......funny how I happened upon your site.

Name:	Steve Dobrowolski
From:	New York, New York
Date Entered:	01/14/05

Comments: William Francis Corbett was my great great uncle that dove in to save survivors. Great Website!

Name:	raymond n samuelson
From:	youngstown,ohio
Date Entered:	01/12/05

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andmother related the story to me in 1957 she was from chicago and was in the loop at the time .

Name:	raymond n samuelson
From:	youngstown,ohio
Date Entered:	01/12/05

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andmother related the story to me in 1957 she was from chicago and was in the loop at the time .

Name:	Earl Gallas
From:	Peoria, Il
Date Entered:	01/08/05

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Name:	Raymond Joschko
From:	Edina, MN
Date Entered:	01/02/05

Comments: My aunt, Emily Jaszka (aka Joschko) perished with the sinking of the Eastland. It was not until I found the list of victims did I know that my aunt used the name Jaszka, I am trying to find out if the personnel records of Western Electric still exist - if I can - why my aunt used this last name. As far as I can determine, all of my other aunts and uncles used the name Joschko. I can't recall any of my Dad's siblings who ever diecussed this tragedy.

Name:	Mimi Lathan
From:	Memphis, TN
Date Entered:	01/01/05

Comments: This is my gaughter in law's grandfather, and she sent me a download and link to this site. Interesting.

Name:	Ken Behnke
From:	Algonquin, IL
Date Entered:	12/30/04

Comments: My grandmother was pregnant with my mother and worked for Western Electric and was supposed to be on that ship had morning sickness and decided not to go on the trip. Her Name was Elsie Schletz

Name:	John Boda
From:	Joliet
Date Entered:	12/29/04

Comments: My grandmother was on the Eastland that tragic day and was one of the survivors, although she is nowhere listed anywhere in the records. If anyone knows any living contacts today please let me know. Her name was Anna Bohn with sisters Clara and Rose who may have been on with her. She worked at the Hawthorne plant in Cicero and later married into the Svoboda family.

Name:	Adam Daly
From:	Australia
Date Entered:	12/28/04

Comments: I was wondering how many, EASTLAND survivors are still living today? Can you tell me their names?
I noticed the name, PLAMMONDON on the Pasenger list, are they related to CHARLES AMBROSE PLAMMONDON AND MARY PLAMMONDON who were victims of the sinking of the LUSITANIA on Friday May 7th, 1915?

Name:	Dan Sherburn
From:	Spring lake, MIchigan
Date Entered:	12/26/04

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Name:	kofi ahmed
From:	togo
Date Entered:	12/14/04

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Name:	Jan Sonfield
From:	Georgia (formerly Chicago)
Date Entered:	12/05/04

Comments: My great-aunt Marie Kalalova was an employee of Western Electric and is one of the 800 who lost their lives on that teriible day. I now have in my possession her handbag tag belonging to the S.S. Eastland. This has been in my family for many years and will continue to be a cherished momento. I have truly enjoyed your website adn look forward to future articles and photos.

Name:	Michael Henning
From:	Milwaukee, WI
Date Entered:	11/28/04

Comments: A very tragic occurence. To be so excited and happy one minute, and then facing a disaster and grief the next is so very sad.

Name:	Allen Williams
From:	Buffalo, N.Y.
Date Entered:	11/23/04

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Name:	bosch kathy
From:
Date Entered:	11/20/04

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Name:	Chris Mooney
From:	Staffordshire England
Date Entered:	11/16/04

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Name:	Chris Mooney
From:	Staffordshire
Date Entered:	11/16/04

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Name:	Don Hatch
From:	Round Lake, Il.
Date Entered:	11/15/04

Comments: I was sorry to hear of the passing of Libby Hruba. I taught about it in my class of seventh graders today.

Name:	Kathy Bosch
From:	Minneapolis
Date Entered:	11/15/04

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Name:	David S. Ennes
From:	Chicago
Date Entered:	11/12/04

Comments: I've heard there is a book on the subject. Please send title and where available. My wife is Grand Niece of William F. Corbett. I wonder also if there is a connection betwteen her Corbett family and the illustrious family of Chicago firefiters? Thanks.

Name:	Laurie Murphy
From:	Whitewater WI
Date Entered:	11/11/04

Comments: My two Aunts, Grace Hess and Helen Meglin(not sure of the spelling of her last name) both worked for Western Electric at the time of the disaster. They were both going to go that day, when their mother, my grandmother told them she had dreamt of bodies laying all over a dock covered in canvas and urged them not to go. They heeded her advice and according to my mother, newspapers showed pictures of bodies covered in canvas on the docks the next day. My grandmother's name was Laurie K. Slater nee Murphy. Apparently the Irish fey gift resided with her and spared her daughters that day.

Name:	Steven G. Jelinek
From:	Milwaukee Wis.
Date Entered:	11/09/04

Comments: After reading "RAISING THE EASTLAND" in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel CUE section I became compeled to look for a list of those who died in this tragedy. While paying my respects I ran across my last name. Her name was Blanka jelinek. I'm not sure if she or her sister Anna Zobac is in anyway connected to my tree, but it sure felt strange.

Name:	Anne Ring
From:	Manitowoc, Wi
Date Entered:	11/08/04

Comments: My grandfather, Aloysious Gaffney was assistant to the president of Western Electric at the time.
As I understand it, he was put in charge of settling the estates of the deceased and making the funeral arrangements. This experience set him off on a career as an insurance adjuster.

Name:	joe m�ller
From:
Date Entered:	11/07/04

Comments: cool site

Name:	hans macher
From:
Date Entered:	11/07/04

Comments: nice page

Name:	Jean Moynihan
From:	San Jose, CA
Date Entered:	11/06/04

Comments: My great aunts' names were Hanora and Catherine Moynihan. They died on the Eastland. They were my grandfather's sisters. His name was Henry Moynihan. My father was young when they died, but he did talk about it a few times and would never take a ship ride because of what happened to his aunts. They worked for Western Electric at the time. Mrs. O'Keefe was their aunt.

Name:	Kim Crubaugh
From:	Peoria,Il.
Date Entered:	11/01/04

Comments: I just finished reading Jay Bonansinga's book The sinking of the Eastland and found it to be very interesting.

Name:	Patricia Blaha
From:	South Dakota (United States)
Date Entered:	10/31/04

Comments: Hi, My name is Patricia and i am looking for my ancestors.

Name:	Matthew Bates
From:	New Lenox
Date Entered:	10/21/04

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Name:	LaVerne Heiser
From:	Chicago
Date Entered:	10/21/04

Comments: My Aunt, Catherine Heiser, was a survivor of the Eastland, her cousin and fiance died. My aunt worked for Western Electric, I remember as a small child some mention about this, but my aunt did not talk much about this. Anyone out there related to Catherine Heiser?

Name:	Kathi Polivka-Jendrzejak
From:	Justice
Date Entered:	10/18/04

Comments: It was great to read about my ancestors. My grandfather has told me the story of Josephine many times before. Never saw a picture until now.

Name:	Al Kopatschek
From:	Las Vegas, NV
Date Entered:	10/11/04

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Name:	EGOBIA NWAGUY
From:	TG
Date Entered:	10/04/04

Comments: I DON LAND HERE OOOOOOOOOOOOO PLEASE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

Name:	Stephanie Cooksey
From:	Chicago
Date Entered:	10/01/04

Comments: I found out by accident that Oprah's building(is listed under Chicago's most haunted places) was the former Second Registry Amory and the morgue for this disaster. I really didn't know much about it(I was born YEARS later), so I found this site on Google. Thanks for the information on a very important part of Chicago history, and I hope something like this NEVER happens again!

Name:	Dan Herney
From:	Shenandoah Valley, Viginia
Date Entered:	09/29/04

Comments: Greetings: My father, John Herney,(Horney), who Was 16 years old, was supposed to meet his friends for the picnic that day. He arrived late,and was not able to get on board, as he waited in line, the boat rolled over, all his friends on were lost.
Thank You for this great website. Sincerely: D.K.H.

Name:	C.R. Holland
From:	St. Louis MO.
Date Entered:	09/20/04

Comments: Research maritime disasters.

Name:	Ted Wachholz
From:	Illinois
Date Entered:	09/17/04

Comments: Hi Dad. I'm in American Studies class with Como and Katovich at the library looking up stuff for my paper

Name:	geoff whitfield
From:	england
Date Entered:	09/08/04

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Name:	geoff whitfield
From:	liverpool england
Date Entered:	09/08/04

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Name:	MARK WILLIAMS
From:	VALPARAISO , IND
Date Entered:	09/06/04

Comments: MY GRANDMOTHER [LOUISE REDDEROTH] SURVIVED THE EASTLAND DISASTER. SHE ONLY LIVED BECAUSE HER GIRLFRIEND WOULD NOT LET HER GO BELOW DECK UNTILL THE SHIP WAS ON THE LAKE.
SOAKING WET, SHE AND HER FRIEND GOT A FREE RIDE HOME ON THE TROLLEY BECAUSE THEY BOTH LOST ALL THIER MONEY.
MOM IS STILL ALIVE AND HAS MANY STORYS AND DETAILS PASSED DOWN.

Name:	Rosemary Cholke
From:	Texas (Born in Oak Lawn, Ill.
Date Entered:	08/26/04

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Name:	Delores Stevens Mason
From:	Indianapolis, Indiana
Date Entered:	08/19/04

Comments: I have thirteen (13) glass plates of the Eastland disaster that were taken by my Grandfather, George Stevens. I would like to share these slides by having them put into the book. Whom would I contact to accomplish this. Delores Stevens Mason

Name:	Holly M.
From:	Wisconsin
Date Entered:	08/17/04

Comments: I love your site. It has alot of facts and detailes about the horrible incident. I live by lake michigan and when my mom got this poster from a store in door county, it showed all the shipwrecks of the Great Lakes. When i saw a ship that looked somewhat like the Titanic and was in Lake Michigan, I looked and it said, Eastland, 1915, 835 lives lost, the worst shipwreck in Great Lakes history. I had to find out about this ship and what happened so i looked it up on the internet and i found this great site. Thank you for making it and caring so much about something that happened a long time ago.

Name:	chris congdon
From:	cedar falls, iowa
Date Entered:	08/16/04

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Name:	mary Matejka
From:	Virgil, Illinois
Date Entered:	08/15/04

Comments: Wow, I have been searching the Luciatania for a Joseph Manak, who family tale drowned in the sinking. Well a little more questions and the story was it was it could have been a ship in chicao that rolled over and he drowned. I now know it was Anton Manak who drowned. The list of people on board spells his name wrong "Maniak" it is "Manak". I am looking for other family member who want to reconnnect to grandma Anna's line.

Name:	ronna white
From:
Date Entered:	08/05/04

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Name:	Ronna White
From:
Date Entered:	08/05/04

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Name:	Ronna White
From:	Roselle
Date Entered:	08/05/04

Comments: My family would not be here today if grandma's trip on the Eastland didn't occur the weekend before the Eastland disaster. Grandma was about 19 - 20 years old and being set up with grandpa for a blind date on the Eastland. She passed on two years ago, one month shy of 107, but she told the story often of how lucky she was to be on the week before.

Name:	Edie Kane
From:	Palatine, IL
Date Entered:	08/05/04

Comments: I've had an interest in the Eastland Disaster since childhood. My father was 19 at the time of the disaster, and worked in the Reid Murdoch building. He often told me stories of what he saw, and when he reported for work on 7/25/1915 he was told to go home, as the building was being used as a morgue. I have some old photos that he took of the scene. I have also visited Bohemian National Cemetery where many victims are buried. Interesting.

Name:	Virginia Willey
From:	Rolling Meadows, IL
Date Entered:	08/02/04

Comments: I enjoyed looking at your Web site. I will be back when I find out the names of my relatives who survived the disaster.

VBW

Name:	George Zieman
From:	California (born Chicago)
Date Entered:	07/24/04

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Name:	Theresa Mello
From:	harriman, tn, born in chicago,
Date Entered:	07/20/04

Comments: my great granfather is bernard wolff who helpped save people that day of the disaster. i'm proud to know that about him. he is my fathers mothers father.

Name:	James Sigler
From:	Englewood, Colorado
Date Entered:	07/19/04

Comments: I am researching my family. My grandfather,
Martin Mitchell Kubiak, was married in St.
Adalbert church to my grandmother, Anna Jus, in
1895. Later, he married his second wife,
Agatha Kaliszewski, in St. Casimir Church in 1913. I am wondering where the records went
from these churches once your church was built.
My mother, Pauline Agatha Kubiak, met my father,
Byron Emerson Sigler, Jr, while working at
Western Electric. My father was an engineer
and they moved when he got a job with the US
Civil Service. He helped to design the turbines
for Hoover/Boulder Dam. I don't know a lot about
my mother's family. Martin Kubiak was an
immigrant from Poland or Prussia, and he was
a Catholic of Polish heritage. He arrived in
this country around 1894. His first wife Anna
Jus died young, and we know next to nothing about
her. We are hoping to find these records in the
church.

Name:	elizabeth cosgrove
From:	st. louis, missouri
Date Entered:	07/12/04

Comments: i believe a relative andrew capra or capri was aboard the eastland. he died.

Name:	George Moses
From:	Cicero, Illinois
Date Entered:	06/24/04

Comments: My mother told me she missed the Eastland, parents thought she was two young, her father George Louis Coffey was in the employ of Western Electric. He expired in 1950, resided at 18 w. 73rd st. Chicago. He was an avid fisherman, Eagle River, Wisconson was his favorite, and he bowled.I have his autograph book from co-workers when he retired. If anyone wants a copy of a signiture I will oblige.

Name:	adele odom (Zobac)
From:	Vernon Hills, Il.
Date Entered:	06/18/04

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Name:	Pat Boelkow
From:	McHenry Illinois
Date Entered:	05/14/04

Comments: I am a 60 year old grandmother of 4 and I have never heard of the Eastland. Thank You for creating a page in history on this subject. Pat Boelkow

Name:	Stuart Grantham
From:	St Louis, MO
Date Entered:	05/04/04

Comments: Friend sent me to this site, Im third generation to work in bell system,(im employeed by AT&T). I enjoy looking a history and I believe we must preserve it. Thank you for the time and energy that was put in this site. I intend to go the location of the memorial when I go to Chicago again.

Name:	Paul Brown
From:	Minnesota
Date Entered:	04/15/04

Comments: My great-great uncle was either playing in an orchestra or had his orchestra on board when it rolled over. He evidently helped save people because I have a letter from the Coroner's office and a silver star that he received.

I didn't know until today that there is a site dedicated to the Eastland. I found out about it on a Detroit ruins website from a guy known as jjaba.

Name:	Erica Charles
From:	Oak Park, IL
Date Entered:	03/25/04

Comments: What a thoughtful and informative site. I'm shocked I didn't know more about this tragedy, being so interested in Chicago history. I am enraptured by all the pictures and accounts.

Name:	Linda Rudroff
From:	Alta Loma, CA
Date Entered:	03/24/04

Comments: I returned from a Chicago vacation yesterday. I spent time looking over the site of the Eastland Disaster and getting info from the Chicago Histor-ical Society downtown. My grandfather is Captain John H. O'Meara from the tugboat, Kenosha, who aided in the rescue efforts made July 24, 1915. I was able to obtain 2 pictures of the tug during the disaster but any other info about my grandpa or his tug is appreciated. thanks. Linda Rudroff

Name:	colleen gardner
From:	massachusetts
Date Entered:	03/18/04

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Name:	LaVerne Heiser
From:	Naperville, Illinois
Date Entered:	03/15/04

Comments: My aunt was Catherine Heiser who survived the awful event. My aunt really did tell me much about this, partly because I was so young and maybe she thought I wouldn't understand. But, she was my favorite aunt, and I understand now as an adult how painful those memories must of have been to her. From what I read she was a cousin to Ann Bremer. I would like to know if there is anyone who would like to e-mail me with more information?

Name:	K Culbertson
From:	Illinois
Date Entered:	03/12/04

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Name:	KATIE LITTLE
From:	TRAVERSE CITY, MI
Date Entered:	03/10/04

Comments: THIS HELPED ME WITH MY PROJECT! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
-KATIE LITTLE

Name:	Anna K
From:	Illinois
Date Entered:	03/04/04

Comments: This is a very orgazanized and informative site.

Name:	Grace Parks
From:	Detroit, MI
Date Entered:	02/26/04

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Name:	George Zintak
From:	Originally Chicago but now CA
Date Entered:	02/25/04

Comments: My great-grandparents and family were aboard the Eastland. My great-grandmother, Pauline Zintak, and my great-aunt Helen Zintak both perished in the disaster. My great-grandfather Henry Zintak and the rest of the children, survived. I have been going through old pictures, if I come across any of my great-grandfather or his family, I'll submit them to you.

Thank you for this rememberence.
George Zintak

Name:	Lorine Schulze
From:	Canada
Date Entered:	02/25/04

Comments: I just found your website (great job, thanks for your efforts in getting this online!) and thought you might be interested in linking to a letter I have online about the Eastland Disaster.

This letter was written by L. D. Brown, of Berwyn Illinois
26 July 1915 and published in an Ontario (Canada) newspaper. I have transcribed it and put it online at

Past Voices: Letters Home
http://pastvoices.com/usa/eastland1915.shtml

Name:	Sharie Schraub
From:	Cicero, IL
Date Entered:	02/24/04

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Name:	Judy Osborn
From:	Minnesota
Date Entered:	02/23/04

Comments: Hi-I'm wondering if you can answer a question for me. I'm trying to find information regarding my aunt who was buried at a young age in 1919 by O. Muchna in Bohemian National Cemetery. Do you know where I could find those records? I can't find a curret Muchna Funeral Home. Many thanks.

Name:	Vlastimil Zastera
From:	Prague
Date Entered:	02/22/04

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Name:	Elaine Margarites
From:	Mt. Prospect, Il
Date Entered:	02/16/04

Comments: I am Linda's cousin. Our grandfather, Ted Witt was supposed to help on the ship, but my grandmother refused to board. Forever afterwards our grandfather heeded my grandmother's forebodings.

Name:	linda thaxton
From:	chicago
Date Entered:	02/14/04

Comments: i found theodore witt
lottie witt(WIFE)
))EVELYN WITT

The witt family theodore,lottie his wife
myrtle
evelyn the 2 witt daughtersmy grand mother lottie refused to go because of a bad feelishehad

MRYT

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Name:	Dan Nork
From:	St Paul, MN
Date Entered:	02/13/04

Comments: Can you tell me anything else about Carl Nork? While googling my name (like the true dork I am) I came across his page on your site. Maybe we're related? Thank you very much.

Name:	jenn winter
From:	chicago
Date Entered:	02/06/04

Comments: my grandpa is james lee elliott, and i've never before seen a young picture of him... nice to be able to see that. thanks.

Name:	Martha Geiszler
From:	Chicago
Date Entered:	01/20/04

Comments: My Gradfather is E. W. Sladkey of which you have his story on your site. I remember him speaking of this disaster

Name:	Frank nejdl
From:	scottsdale,az (chicago)
Date Entered:	01/19/04

Comments: very interesting site. My Grandfather was onboard the Eastland that day.... Would be most interested in more info.

Name:	Joseph Vavra
From:	Baltimore, Maryland
Date Entered:	01/16/04

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Name:	MN MN
From:	dnj
Date Entered:	01/14/04

Comments: Im here for a book report. Its great

Name:	miriam bolivar
From:	chicago, ill
Date Entered:	01/06/04

Comments: i would really like for your organization to come to our school and give a presentation. because we are doing a project on Chicago, and this topic sounded very interesting.

Name:	Lucy Blair
From:	Port Charlotte Fl
Date Entered:	01/03/04

Comments: This is a great site. We learned a lot about the tragedy. My grandmother had friends on the Eastland. My grandfather had saved some postcards similar to those you have on the site. Too bad this effort didn't happen 40 years ago or more when more survivors would be able to give first hand accounts.

Name:	theresa mello
From:	chicago
Date Entered:	12/30/03

Comments: this is my great granfather

Name:	Vivian Semesky
From:	Indiana
Date Entered:	12/29/03

Comments: My uncle was on the Eastland when it sunk on Lake Michigan. He swam to shore, because he lived in Whiting, Indiana, and it was right near home. He was Joseph Kundrat

Name:	Fred Miller
From:
Date Entered:	12/26/03

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Name:	roach thomas
From:
Date Entered:	12/24/03

Comments: are you a mcauliffe relative ? i am searching for the present day mcauliffe people. frank mcauliffe retired as chief of the chicago fire insurance patrol. he was one of many mcauliffes in the chicago fire department who served from the 1890's to the middle of the 20th century. searching for any and all info on frank esp. his role in the eastland rescue operation. please e mail me at roiste@hotmail.com or cfdcfip@hotmail.com

Name:	Michael Scharringhausen
From:	Covington, KY: U.S.A.
Date Entered:	12/23/03

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Name:	Barbara Franke
From:	Long Grove, Illinois
Date Entered:	12/16/03

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Name:	Angela Zobac
From:	Iowa
Date Entered:	12/14/03

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Name:	Barbara Power
From:	Chicago
Date Entered:	12/13/03

Comments: My grandfather was a Chicago policeman and helped save people during the Eastland Disaster. Although he lived for several decades beyond the sinking, he passed away before I was born and I am looking for any information about him.

Name:	john lessor
From:	winter haven florida
Date Entered:	12/12/03

Comments: Mr. Charles dibble jr lives in our home park he is the son of the radio operator , who was on the EASTLAND when she turned on her side.While giving a presentation about the titanic I happened to mention the eastland and he told me about his father.

Name:	Barbara Franke
From:	Long Grove, Illinois
Date Entered:	12/09/03

Comments: My 2 great uncles were on the Eastland. Harry and William Engenhart. My dad knows alot about the family story involved in the disaster. Alice, the daughter of William is also alive. I find your site to be very interesting.

Name:	Charles Hitzeman
From:	Brookfield, IL
Date Entered:	12/08/03

Comments: I would like to be place on email list with my email. Previous submit was for infomational purposes.

Thank you.

Charles Hitzeman

Name:	Todd Hitzeman Funeral Home Ltd
From:	Brookfield, IL
Date Entered:	12/08/03

Comments: This is a nicely composed site. Very factual. The Eastland Disaster played a role in my families history also. The Hitzeman Funeral Home was there to serve the unfortunate families at that time. Fredrick and Charles Hitzeman were in the business in that time. Norbert Hitzeman also a funeral director was also an employee of Western Electric. We still have files of the Eastland Disaster of the families we served. If there are families who would like to inquire more about that time period they are more then welcome to contact us and we will do the best we can.
www.HitzemanFuneral.com

The Hitzeman's

Name:	Darren Franckowski
From:	Indiana
Date Entered:	11/30/03

Comments: I live in Michigan City, Indiana and just visited our lighthouse museum recently. I was drawn to several photos, but none so sad as the pictures of the Eastland tradgedy. I was also surprised to learn that the ship was headed to my hometown for a day of fun at the dunes.

Name:	Christopher Walker
From:	Sacramento, CA
Date Entered:	11/21/03

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Name:	Roger Pacific
From:	Bangor Michigan
Date Entered:	11/17/03

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Name:	Philip Houillon-Cohen
From:	Palm Springs, CA
Date Entered:	11/17/03

Comments: In the past year, while reserching my ancestors have documented that Augusta Houillon was my Father (Joseph Houillon) cousin. This information was recently sent to me by Augusta Houillon's nephew Robert Houillon

Name:	Anna Ceranek
From:	Poland
Date Entered:	11/09/03

Comments: It's a great site, actually. I'm looking for everybody who knows something about MARY CERANEK (single, 17) who perished in the disaster. I wonder if it was my relative? Maybe you help me to find other members of my close and further family?

Name:	Thomas Smithe, Jr.
From:	Wauconda, IL
Date Entered:	11/09/03

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Name:	Gloria Hildreth
From:	Cicero, Illinois
Date Entered:	11/06/03

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Name:	mugu acid
From:	lome togo
Date Entered:	11/06/03

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Name:	Paul Marton 3rd
From:	Washington,U.S.A
Date Entered:	11/06/03

Comments: very interesting pictures my father and grand father share the same names.

Name:	Lauren McCarthy
From:	Glendale Heights, Illinois
Date Entered:	10/25/03

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Name:	Jenny Elskes
From:	originally Chicago
Date Entered:	10/22/03

Comments: The Eastland disaster is one of my family legends. My grandmother, who worked at the Western Electric, had tickets with her friends for the Eastland on the day of the picnic. They missed the boat because they were late to the pier. My grandmother discovered her hem needed to be stitched up just before she left the house. (She could not swim. Took swimming lessons only after the disaster.)

Your website filled in historical details for me. Thanks

Name:	Lisa Herron
From:	Chicago
Date Entered:	10/18/03

Comments: This is a good site

Name:	Cheryl Dobbertin
From:	Burbank, Il.
Date Entered:	10/13/03

Comments: I've been helping my mother-in-law look up info on the Eastland. A relative, Ella Traznik, lost her life on the Eastland.

Name:	Terry Hanson
From:	New Jersey
Date Entered:	10/13/03

Comments: While searching my family geneolgy I found out my great grandmother perished on the ship and I wanted more information. Your site has been very helpful.

Name:	Ray Smith
From:	None
Date Entered:	10/07/03

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Name:	Barbara Bradley
From:	None
Date Entered:	10/07/03

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Name:	Connie Anomous
From:	Cleveland, OH
Date Entered:	09/23/03

Comments: An internet friend of mine had a dream about the Easterland disaster a week or so ago. She dreamed she was standing on a bridge watching but at the same time she was helping souls pass over. It made me curious as I had never heard of the disaster before so I did a search. Your site is very informing and the personal accounts, though chilling, provided the more emotion and detail than you can find in any history book. Thank you!

Name:	Layola Kuehnke
From:	Germany
Date Entered:	09/22/03

Comments: Hallo,
eure Homepage ist sehr informativ gemacht, auch wenn ich zuerst mit der Navigation nicht klar kam.
Wie schafft ihr es blo�, immer so aktuell zu bleiben? Mu� doch ein Riesenaufwand sein, oder?
Viele Gr�sse, Layola

Name:	vanessa montella
From:	lakewood, california
Date Entered:	09/21/03

Comments: i just saw this story aired on a 'haunted america' show. i was so amazed at this disaster, i had to look it up. i have a need to learn more about the famlies that lost their lives that day.

Name:	Michelle Roberton
From:	Saint Joseph Missouri
Date Entered:	09/19/03

Comments: This is an extremely heart wrenching story. For some unknown reason, it was meant for me to explore this website, why, I do not know...

Name:	YALC�N C�LER
From:	bornova.�ZM�R.TURKEY
Date Entered:	09/12/03

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Name:	Theresa Kennedy
From:	Ca
Date Entered:	09/09/03

Comments: Hello. I have just found out that my great-grandmother worked for Western Electric and she was the only one who did not go on board. Any information about that day besides whats up already?? Please e-mail me with any extra info. Thanks...

Name:	Kathleen Jaderberg
From:	Chicago
Date Entered:	09/08/03

Comments: My aunt, Florence Glenday, was a survivor of the disaster. She and a friend were on the outing and both were on the bottom of the ship - which had ended up above the surface of the water - and she told her friend that if she got off the boat alive she would become a nun.

She did survive and became a Sister of St. Joseph at the La Grange motherhouse.

Name:	michele montalbano
From:	web search on the eastland
Date Entered:	08/07/03

Comments: i just recentley heard about the eastland and i am facintated with and am looking for all kinds of info on it

Name:	Sarah Moore
From:	Chicago
Date Entered:	07/31/03

Comments: Any word on the status of the Wacker Drive monument? Drove by yesterday and noticed it still seemed to be gone. There was a big story in the Chicago Reader abotu the Vietnam Vet's memorial -- what about the Eastland?

Name:	Tom Brandsness
From:	Berwyn, ILL
Date Entered:	07/29/03

Comments: I used to work at Western Electric and we always were reminded of this sad story. Worked at Hawthorne Works in Cicero until 1985 before it was shut down.

Name:	Sheila Orwat
From:	Berwyn, IL
Date Entered:	07/25/03

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Name:	Berilyn Harris
From:	Milledgeville, GA
Date Entered:	07/24/03

Comments: I was listening to The Morning Show on WMBI today on my computer at work in Milledgeville,GA when this came up as part of the "time Machine" on this date in history. I decided to check out the website. I am sorry for such a tragedy. This is the first I had ever heard of it.

Your Website is very informative. I hope you have many respondants.

Name:	Charles W Dibbell
From:	Winter Haven,Florida
Date Entered:	07/17/03

Comments: Hello Everyone.I finally found your web site and I have to tell you a story.Just lately I joined a collectors club and they gave a presentation about the Titanic and other disasters at sea.I remembered that my dad talked about one but only remember alittle about it.By the way,My fathers name was Charles M Dibbell.It is believed that he was the last living survivor of the "Eastland".He was the wireless operator on the Eastland.In the book Eastland-Legacy of the Titanic by George W.Hilton it refers to my Dad and to some of his life after the Eastland tragedy.I am reading the book now.At last I can find out the whole story

Name:	Alvin Meers
From:	Chicago
Date Entered:	07/12/03

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Name:	David Babcock
From:	Fort Worth, Texas
Date Entered:	07/07/03

Comments: My name is David R. Babcock, of Ft. Worth, Texas. Is this author, H.E. Babcock the same H.E. Babcock who lived in Nebraska in the early 1900's. If so, he is my Great Grandfather. My Grandfather's name is George Babcock. I'm just trying to find information about H.E. Babcock.

Name:	Betty Ann Zett
From:	Ohio
Date Entered:	07/04/03

Comments: My aunt, Martha Pfeiffer was one of the fatalities. My daughter , Natalie Zett is writing a book about the Eastland and has visited the site. I have not been able to do this . Such a tragedy.

Name:	Bob Schmidt
From:	Kitchener, Ontario
Date Entered:	07/01/03

Comments: George Schmidt was my grandfather's brother. A relative of mine told me about your site. Thanks.

Name:	Kim Porter
From:	Plainfield, IL
Date Entered:	06/30/03

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Name:	Patrick Willow (Wierzbicki)
From:	ClevelandOhio
Date Entered:	06/30/03

Comments: Hi I'm researching Markowski Wierzbicki family

Name:	Robert Havlik
From:	South Bend, Indiana
Date Entered:	06/26/03

Comments: Hi!
Am I still considered a member or is there annual dues? I am still on your mailing list. My wife and I should like to attend the rededication and lunch.
Please advise.
Bob Havlik

Name:	michazel bobzico
From:	africa
Date Entered:	06/20/03

Comments: i love this siet thanks

Name:	Pete Schwenk
From:	CA
Date Entered:	06/19/03

Comments: where did this disaster happen where at in chicigo.

Name:	theresa mello
From:	chicago
Date Entered:	06/17/03

Comments: bernard wolff is my great-granfather

Name:	Michelle DBila
From:	Naperville, IL
Date Entered:	06/07/03

Comments: Ted had visited my MPS intro class at DePaul in 2001. That is how I heard about your organization. I am further along in the MPS program now and I just was curious to see how the organization has grown and what is new, in the last couple of years.

Name:	Michelle DBila
From:	Naperville, IL
Date Entered:	06/07/03

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Name:	Carole Hoge
From:	Merrill, WI
Date Entered:	06/04/03

Comments: Rosalia Rynarzewski was my aunt, sister of my dad, John Rynarzewski.

Name:	michael boby
From:	africa
Date Entered:	06/04/03

Comments: i love this seit

Name:	eve jenkins
From:	WALES
Date Entered:	06/03/03

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Name:	ROSEANN ALLAS
From:	FORMLYCHGO-NOW FLORIDA
Date Entered:	06/01/03

Comments: I THINK IT GREAT THAT SOMEONE HAS SOMETHING ABOUT THE EASTLAND
ROSEANN ALLAS

Name:	Jennifer Eichholz
From:	None
Date Entered:	05/29/03

Comments: hello

Name:	Betty Connor
From:	Chicago
Date Entered:	05/24/03

Comments: My grandparents were on the boat that day. My grandfather survived but his wife died. He later married another woman (my grandmother)who was also on the boat that day. Do you have any accounts or photos of John and Lillian Davis?

Name:	Carolynn Inabnit
From:	South Bend, Indiana
Date Entered:	05/23/03

Comments: While working on a geneolgy project with my step-nephew, he brought this page to my attention,
asking whether Charles would be part of the family. After some E-mail exchanges with Charles' daughter, we have discovered that he is part of the family. Charles had a brother, Leonard, who is my step-brother's father. What an exciting find, however, the story of the disaster is very haunting!

Name:	Cherilynn Keaton
From:	Orlando Florida
Date Entered:	05/22/03

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Name:	Carolynn Inabnit
From:	South Bend, Indiana
Date Entered:	05/17/03

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Name:	Katie Shay
From:	Howland
Date Entered:	04/30/03

Comments: This site is intriguing.

Name:	Kimberly Porter
From:	Plainfield, IL
Date Entered:	04/22/03

Comments: My great-aunt, Katarina Biniak, was on the ship
and lost her life. My grandmother frequently told stories of Katarina's swimming prowess, and of how she tried to save others before perishing. She was only about 17 years old.

Name:	Ken Bus
From:	Elmhurst, Illinois
Date Entered:	04/04/03

Comments: I have more information about one of the passengers on board the Eastland when it sank. He was my great-uncle, Arthur Behm, born April 25, 1897. He survived the Eastland Disaster and told the story many times during his life of how he swam to safety and was rescued.

Name:	Jane Byrne
From:	Pennsylvania
Date Entered:	04/04/03

Comments: I pray your parish stays strong and alive. I attended the now closed St. Mary of Czestochowa school in Philadelphia, PA, in the 60's. It was closed in 1994.

Name:	Gilbert Murguia
From:	Chicago, south
Date Entered:	04/02/03

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Name:	Chris Marsh
From:	Michigan
Date Entered:	04/01/03

Comments: I think i may have foun my great-Grand father on this website he was Marchewka

Name:	DICK DeFORTE
From:	BLUE ISLAND
Date Entered:	03/27/03

Comments: I BELIEVE THAT MY GRANDFATHER, MARCUS DeFORTE WAS ON THE EASTLAND THE DAY OF THE TRAGEDY. I REMEMBER BEING TOLD THAT HE WAS A COOK. I HAVE THE STAR HE RECIEVED WITH HIS INITIALS ENGRAVED ON THE BACK AND A LETTER FROM THE COOK COUNTY CORONER. THE LETTER WITH IT'S ENVELOPE IS NOW AT CHICAGO CONSERVATION CENTER FOR AN ESTIMATE TO PRESERVE IT FROM FURTHER AGING.

Name:	DICK DeFORTE
From:	BLUE ISLAND
Date Entered:	03/27/03

Name:	DICK DeFORTE
From:	BLUE ISLAND
Date Entered:	03/27/03

Name:	True Flachs (Kuhlman)
From:	Quincy, Il.
Date Entered:	03/04/03

Comments: This is my Grandpa Kuhlman. Thank you for sharing this story.

Name:	John Sullivan
From:	Chicago
Date Entered:	02/28/03

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Name:	testted testted
From:	testted
Date Entered:	02/27/03

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Name:	anna erickson
From:	chitown
Date Entered:	02/26/03

Comments: thanks so much for all this good info. it really helped me on my chicagio history fair project. This site is really good. I suggest that you tell more about the laws that were changed as a result of this terrible disaster. thx again.

Name:	MUGU OBI
From:	LAGOSE
Date Entered:	02/26/03

Comments: COOL SITE,I PASS BY

Name:	kaleina adams
From:	seattle
Date Entered:	02/21/03

Comments:
Your site is great. Thanks and Keep this resource goin!

Kaleina.

Name:	Stanley Fillips
From:	Onalaska, Washington
Date Entered:	02/18/03

Comments: Surprised to find someone with my name on the list of passengers for this incident. Not sure if this is/was a ancestor???

Name:	Phil Thames
From:	Huntsville, AL
Date Entered:	02/16/03

Comments: I am a descendant of Bendt Petersen, brother of Martha K. Petersen. Interesting site! But, Martha's last name is with an "e" instead of an "o". Thanks!

Phil Thames

Name:	Adam Daly
From:	Ringwood, Australia
Date Entered:	02/08/03

Comments: I have found your sight about the Eastland disaster excellent. I have learnt quite a lot about the disaster. I was wondering if the, Allen sisters - Kathryn, Laura and Lucy survived the disaster. How many Eastland survivors are still living in, 2003. Can you please include name, age and maiden name (if a female.
Thanking-you,
Adam Daly

Name:	Robert E. Verney, Sr.
From:	New Jersey
Date Entered:	02/08/03

Comments: Our family is connected to this disaster with the loss of Robert Jerome Tarlton Ricker/Riker, age 14 yrs. would be my first cousin, once removed on my mother's Riker side of our family. His father,James Edward Ricker/Riker was a Western Electric employee, and with his wife Estelle (Tarlton) that day, were preparing for an outing, not a funeral, and one can only imagine the shock and horror they felt. You have done well, to carry on the spirit of that day for us latter generations to see the photos, and understand the sudden events of July 24, 1915. I see the names of many Skandinavians. Was Chicago a gathering place for them in those days? I ask because my wife's familes (paternal & maternal) were from Denmark & Sweden, living in Pennsylvania in the mid 1800s & New Jersey in the 1920s. I am already an e-mail recipient, which is why I have answered NO, below.

Name:	Bill Gillespie
From:	Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Date Entered:	01/28/03

Comments: Very informative. I had heard a little about it before as my grandmothers brother drowned in the accident. I was talking genealogy with a distant relative today Jan. 28,2003 & he mentioned the one that had drowned George Edward Schmidt from Baden, Ontario, Canada. I then went looking for information & found this site. It helped that I found a newspaper article about Georges death amongst my papers, that gave the name of the ship.I am glad to have this information to add to my family tree.

Name:	Betty J. Hogeorges
From:	Cjicago, Illinois
Date Entered:	01/25/03

Comments:
My late father, John McFarlane, was a member of the Chicago Police Department in 1915 and aided in the rescue efforts on that fateful date, July 24th. I live along the Chicago River, only two blocks away from the disaster site which was between the streets Clark and LaSalle. There was a memorial plaque dedicated to the disaster at the exact site. on the south bank of the Chicago River. This plaque was removed at the time of the Wacker Drive reconstruction, which took two years. Wacker Drive is now reopened, however, the memorial plaque was not returned to its original location. I wonder about this.pWascx

Name:	Patrick Stevens
From:	Indianapolis, IN
Date Entered:	01/22/03

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Name:	Kristin H.
From:	Chicago
Date Entered:	01/16/03

Comments: I shared the thoughts and prayer for those who died and lived in The Eastland Disaster. :(

Name:	Haneefa Muhammad
From:	Chicago, Illinois
Date Entered:	01/13/03

Comments: Haneefa Muhammad Helen C. Peirce School. Phary Youen was my student in seventh and eighth grade. Her history fair projects were exemplary at that time as well. I am very proud to see her pursuring this academic area. I'm excited to see this category for student advancement. thank you for your efforts and acknowledgements. The Eastland Disaster was apivotal moment in history. One that should not be forgotten.

Name:	George Dvorsky
From:	NJ
Date Entered:	01/09/03

Comments: My Grandfather, who worked for Western Electric at the time, and Grandmother were late that day and missed the boat.

My Grandfather's sister died on the boat.

George Dvorsky

Name:	Tamara Lubic
From:	Grand Haven, MI
Date Entered:	01/09/03

Comments: To the writer who inquired about photos of Frank McCauliffe, are you aware of the Eastland exhibit held this summer at the South Haven Maritime Museum in South Haven, MI? Perhaps it was on loan. Since it was my first knowledge of the disaster I'm unfamiliar with what's "out there." Maybe I'm imagining it, but I seem to remember seeing the name Frank McCauliffe because that name always makes me think of the Challenger's Christa McCauliffe. Best wishes in your search.

Name:	sandy neumann
From:	blue island ill
Date Entered:	01/05/03

Comments: im a firefighter for calumet park ill my hearts out to the familys of the lost ones

Name:	Thomas Yanul
From:	Oak lawn / Chicago
Date Entered:	01/03/03

Comments: Very nice presentation. When I went to work at the City News Bureau of chicago in 1969 the Managing Editor was a man named Larry Mulay. He used to talk about his "early" days, and that included covering the Iroquis theater fire and the Eastland disaster.
Its a fitting tribute to those who died, and to those who lived.

Name:	Daniel Carstens
From:	Waukesha, Wisconsin
Date Entered:	12/29/02

Comments: What a great site. My grandmother always talked about the Eastland Diaster when I was growing up.
I think It had as much of an impact on her generation as 911 had on ours. I have it bookmarked and will check back to finish reading everything.

Name:	Daniel Carstens
From:	None
Date Entered:	12/29/02

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Name:	LOURDES GALVEZ
From:	CHICAGO
Date Entered:	12/27/02

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Name:	DEEDRA DROLLINGER
From:	ROSSVILLE, ILLINOIS!
Date Entered:	12/26/02

Comments: I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB TELLING THE STORY AND THE FACTS OF THE EASTLAND DISASTER. I CHECK BACK EVERY NOW AND THEN TO CHECK FOR NEW ADDITIONS TO THE SITE! I HAD HEARD OF THE EASTLAND DISASTER BUT JUST THE BASIC STORY, I HAD NO IDEA JUST HOW BIG A DISASTER IT REALLY WAS. MY HEARTS GO OUT TO THE PEOPLE WHO WENT THROUGH THIS. THE ONES WHO PERISHED, AS WELL AS THE ONES WHO HAD TO SOMEHOW TRY TO PUT THEIR LIVES BACK TOGETHER AFTER THIS. I CAN'T EVEN START TO IMAGINE THE STRENGTH THESE PEOPLE HAD TO HAVE, NOR TRULY UNDERSTAND THE LOSS ANY OF THEM FELT. ONCE AGAIN, MY HEART GOES OUT TO ONE AND ALL THAT WERE TOUCHED IN ANY WAY BY THIS DISASTER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SITE A AND EDUCATING PEOPLE OF THIS INCIDENT BECAUSE IT TRULY AMAZES ME HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF IT! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
DEEDRA DROLLINGER

Name:	Charlene Reinhart
From:	Chicago, Illinois
Date Entered:	12/26/02

Comments: Catherine Sheridan, age 21, who died in the Eastland Disaster was the niece of my great grandfather Edward Sheridan. Catherine Sheridan's parents were Patrick Sheridan and Bridget McHugh of Co. Cavan, Ireland.

These are Catherine's siblings:

Phillip Sheridan
Anne Sheridan (Cullen)
Ellen Sheridan (McGovern)
Beatrice Sheridan (Whalen)
Margaret Sheridan (Kenny)
Gilbert Sheridan m. Susan McMurrow (lived in Glangevlin, Co. Cavan, Ireland)
Mary Sheridan (Quinn)
Susan Sheridan (Smith)
John Sheridan (b. 1891) m. Mary McGovern

THE DAILY NEWS, Monday, July 26, 1915

SHERIDAN - Catherine Sheridan, fond sister of Phillip, John, Gilbert, Mrs. Whelan, Mrs. Kenny, Mrs. McGovern, Mrs. Quinn, Mrs. Cullen and Susan Sheridan, native of Legnotroghpa, County Cavan, Ireland. Funeral Tuesday, July 27 at 9:30 a.m. from late residence, 3347 Congress St. to Our Lady of Sorrows' church, where solemn high mass will be celebrated; autos to Mount Carmel.

Her sister Ellen Sheridan who was married to Michael J. McGovern was supposed to be on the Eastland too, but was delayed.

Date of Death 1934-02-22
From Death Notice:
Michael J. McGovern. lieutenant Chicago Fire Department, wife Ellen Sheridan, children Mrs. Herlihy, Mrs. Delaney, Philip P., Frances A. and late Michael J., Eileen M. and Sue, siblings Mrs. Kehoe of Chicago, Mrs. P Martin and Patrick of Leitrim, late Philip and Mrs. Corrigan, mass St. Pascal's, burial Mt. Carmel Cemetery.

Name:	donna wright
From:	orlando
Date Entered:	1