Daisy James was the daughter of a victim of the Cherry Mine Disaster on 13-Nov-1909
Daisy was 13 years old when her father died in the Cherry Mine Disaster.[1]
In 1910, Daisy lived in Westfield with her widowed mother Mary, age 38. Daisy was 13, and attended school. She and her mother had immigrated to the United States in 19006.[2]
Sources
↑ State of Illinois, Bureau of Labor Statistics, The Cherry Mine Disaster, Springfield:Illinois (1910), pp. 40-41
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKH3-5GF : accessed 26 September 2018), Daisy James in household of Mary James, Westfield, Bureau, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 32, sheet 3B, family 62, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 232; FHL microfilm 1,374,245.
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