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Mildred Irene Brant

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Mildred Irene Brant

Birth
Chico, Butte County, California, USA
Death
10 Dec 1914 (aged 8 months)
Chico, Butte County, California, USA
Burial
Chico, Butte County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec 3,12E Lot 11 sp 1
Memorial ID
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Mildred I Brant Birth Year: abt 1914 Death Date: 10 Dec 1914 Age at Death: 9/12 Death Place: Butte, California, USA. Source Information: Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1905-1939 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
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The Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, California) 11 Dec 1914, Friday Page 7: Young Babe is Burned To Death At Chico. Mother and Two Other Children Are Suffering From Severe Burns; Dead Infant Aged 10 months.

CHICO (Butte Co.(, December 11 – Mrs. Frank A. Brant and her two children, Carl and Susie, aged 2 ½ years and 4 years respectively today are suffering severely from the burns received late yesterday afternoon when their house was burned and the mother’s youngest child, Mildred Irene, ten months old, was burned to death.

The house was situated in 1022 Ivy Street. The fire which occurred while Mrs. Brant had gone to summon help to fix the stove pipe that appeared ready to fall.

Unable to Find Babe. While returning home she discovered he home in flames and rushed into the house to get her children. She rushed into the house and rescued Carl. Returning, she attempted to rescue the baby but was forced back by the flames.

Vain Attempt at Rescue. Several vain attempts were made by the neighbors to rescue the baby but the frantic mother could not direct them to the spot where she had placed it.

Frank A. Brant, the father, was employed at Vina at the time of the fire. The loss of the house and furniture is estimated at $1,000.
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Nine-month-old Mildred Irene Brant was interred, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records, in the plot noted, on June 30, 1967.
Mildred I Brant Birth Year: abt 1914 Death Date: 10 Dec 1914 Age at Death: 9/12 Death Place: Butte, California, USA. Source Information: Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1905-1939 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
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The Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, California) 11 Dec 1914, Friday Page 7: Young Babe is Burned To Death At Chico. Mother and Two Other Children Are Suffering From Severe Burns; Dead Infant Aged 10 months.

CHICO (Butte Co.(, December 11 – Mrs. Frank A. Brant and her two children, Carl and Susie, aged 2 ½ years and 4 years respectively today are suffering severely from the burns received late yesterday afternoon when their house was burned and the mother’s youngest child, Mildred Irene, ten months old, was burned to death.

The house was situated in 1022 Ivy Street. The fire which occurred while Mrs. Brant had gone to summon help to fix the stove pipe that appeared ready to fall.

Unable to Find Babe. While returning home she discovered he home in flames and rushed into the house to get her children. She rushed into the house and rescued Carl. Returning, she attempted to rescue the baby but was forced back by the flames.

Vain Attempt at Rescue. Several vain attempts were made by the neighbors to rescue the baby but the frantic mother could not direct them to the spot where she had placed it.

Frank A. Brant, the father, was employed at Vina at the time of the fire. The loss of the house and furniture is estimated at $1,000.
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Nine-month-old Mildred Irene Brant was interred, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records, in the plot noted, on June 30, 1967.


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