CIRCUS

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A (NSW) 1841 marriage for Susannah SEYMOUR is indexed with the groom as John BROWN ....  Volume 25C, line 611,  So C of E, Merriwa, Muswellbrook, Paterson https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTCL-BH7 30 May 1841, at Houghton, NSW, John BROWN married Susannah SEYMOUR Can you eliminate the John BROWN mentioned on permission to marry for the above marriage (Rev was SMITH)?

Futher to JM's information 

Permission to Marry:
John BROWN 26yrs; John I (4); 7yrs; Bond; + Susannah SEYMOUR Free Emigrant;
Permission Granted 7 May, 1841 by Rev. SMITH at Paterson.

Marriage:
John BROWN m. Susannah SEYMOUR 30 May, 1841
Parish: Merriwa; Muswellbrook; Paterson, Church of England
Ref Number: V1841611 25C


NB: Paterson was in the Parish of Houghton until 1870

Rev. SMITH is Rev. John Jennings SMITH
http://www.patersonriver.com.au/people/smithjohnj.htm
http://www.patersonriver.com.au/places/stpauls.htm

[majm]

Rev. SMITH is Rev. John Jennings SMITH
http://www.patersonriver.com.au/people/smithjohnj.htm
http://www.patersonriver.com.au/places/stpauls.htm

Yes, it is so that some do say that about Jennings SMITH's father, but others don't, and simply refer to him as Rev. JJ Smith, Tom's son   

http://anglicanhistory.org/aus/cci/index.pdf

ADD
However, NSW BDM does have a death registration for a son of George IV 

"1878

William Montague Clarence Campbell dies. William's father is listed as George IV, King of England and his mother was Lady Mary Campbell."  (It is dc # 4912/1878  registered at Broulee)

http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/Pages/about-us/history-of-the-registry.aspx

   

Cheers,  JM

[RayPet]

Jaznjjj and others,re CIRCUS I do have more information on the circus and the family,the latest members live near by,there is so much I could not put it down here.if you need to contact me please do.though my email ^(*)


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[Jaznjjj]

Thank you RayPet, I will email you. 

I contacted Mark St Leon some time ago and purchased the latest edition of his book.  I would recommend this to interested parties. 

J

[jaybelnz]

"In 1954 Leo St Leon was a fourth generation St Leon family performing under the Wirth canvas during the Sydney Easter season."

I can remember Wirth's Circus coming to NZ when I was a child!  One of it's regular venues was just down the road from where I lived, and a lot of the local lads would get work there, helping set up everything, feeding animals etc...even watching a rehearsal, where they were the only audience!  Their payment was usually a bag of candy floss and a free ticket to the circus!

I put up a fuss when my brothers used to go down when the circus arrived - because girls weren't allowed to go down and watch or work there!

Just let them try that today, kids wouldn't be allowed to work there, they would have to pay an adult minimum wage, not dish out candy floss and a free ticket!  Such a shame all those old traditions have gone though!  I've seen kids still hanging around when they come, but perhaps they belong to the circus folk! 

[kellyocallaghan]

I have just been asked to help out a friend who is researching her 3rd great grandfather William Tinker Brown and Susannah Hannah Seymour -  any assistance I could get on life in Australia would be so very much appreciated    Thanking you all in advance

[Jaznjjj]

Kelly, I will be delighted to help out!   Maybe extract what you can from this thread, then pm me with your email address.   Regards, Jennifer

I am a descendant of Susannah's brother, George Seymour, who settled at Windsor, NSW.