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Title: Circus performer
Post by: angela on Wednesday 30 March 11 16:58 BST (UK)

please can you help me in my search for this  Lady
really hope some one  can help me
Tight Rope Walker in John Scott Circus before she was married she married in 1886
her name was Mary Ann Ahearn born 13/06/1862
circus may have been in London not sure i was told it was Scott circus  :)
Thank you  regards Angela

Title: Re: Circus performer
Post by: madri on Wednesday 30 March 11 20:27 BST (UK)

Hello Angela.  The only birth that I can see is this one:

Mary Ann Ahearn / Bristol
Sept 1862
Vol No: 6a / Page No: 41.

I'm trying to find her on 1871 Census.  Do you know the name of her Father?

Madri

Title: Re: Circus performer
Post by: angela on Thursday 31 March 11 00:32 BST (UK)

Hi
her father was  John Ahearn  and her mother  Ellen Ahearn  formerly Crowley
Her Husband was (Mary Ann Ahearn ) Albert Ernest Thomas
i think she died around 1944
i am hoping to find any thing  on her life in the circus
yes that is her Birth 13/june 1862 bristol 
 :D
Regards Angela

Title: Re: Circus performer
Post by: The Mc on Thursday 31 March 11 10:07 BST (UK)

These are on the web.....

http://www.nfa.dept.shef.ac.uk/history/worlds_fair/articles/marshall.html
http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/topics.occupations.circus/83/mb.ashx
THOMAS