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Henry Fossett's Circus
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Julie | Report | 15 Jan 2022 11:21 |
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Does anyone know anything about Henry Fossett's Circus? For some reason 2 of their troupe appear on the 1921 census schedule with my 2x Great Grandfather as visitors. He lived near Lincoln at the time. I can find references to Richard Fossett's circus, but not Henry. |
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ErikaH | Report | 15 Jan 2022 11:37 |
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If you can't find anything by googling, there probably isn't any info online |
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Julie | Report | 15 Jan 2022 11:45 |
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Must admit I haven't looked for anything on the 2 visitors. But your suggestion has made me think about looking for Henry Fossett on census and other data. |
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ErikaH | Report | 15 Jan 2022 11:57 |
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There's a Henry Fossett born 1878 on 1921 in Leadenham |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 15 Jan 2022 11:59 |
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Fossets circus was stil around in the 40/50,s |
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ErikaH | Report | 15 Jan 2022 12:02 |
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The circus was founded in Ireland and is still in operation. |
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greyghost | Report | 15 Jan 2022 12:02 |
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Mention of a "Harry" here with a Family tree and a picture of him |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 15 Jan 2022 12:02 |
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Fossetts, jointly owned by brothers Robert and Edward, is Ireland's most famous circus. One of Ireland's oldest companies, the 128-year-old firm went into the examinership restructuring process last year amid mounting debts. This was 2015 |
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Julie | Report | 15 Jan 2022 12:03 |
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Interesting, Leadenham is where my 2x Great Grandfather lived. I would have thought the circus would have been "on tour" in June when the 1921 census took place and that the troupe would have been residing in their caravans/trailers or whatever you like to call them. |
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ErikaH | Report | 15 Jan 2022 12:08 |
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Births Mar 1920 (>99%) |
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greyghost | Report | 15 Jan 2022 12:09 |
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Also here - a brief mention at end of 3rd para - scroll down to 3rd article initially |
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Julie | Report | 15 Jan 2022 12:12 |
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I see the website greyghost provided the link to actually has reference to several generations of Harry Fossett's. Haven't read the site fully yet, but the inference seems to be that they family had the one circus, so whether one of them went his own way at some point is unclear. |
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ErikaH | Report | 15 Jan 2022 12:15 |
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ErikaH | Report | 15 Jan 2022 12:23 |
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1939 Register |
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Julie | Report | 15 Jan 2022 12:43 |
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Thanks all, I've found a Hertfordshire police report from 1917 which indicates that Harry was operating a circus under the name Hannaford's Circus. Searching under Harry rather than Henry brought this up. |
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nameslessone | Report | 15 Jan 2022 13:36 |
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I’m on my iPad so ca’t post the link but the University of Sheffield has the National Fairground and circus archive. |
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Julie | Report | 15 Jan 2022 13:42 |
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I have now tracked down various sourced online trees for Henry/Harry Fossett. It seems the photo on the website pointed to by greyghost is of Harry's father. Thank you all for your help. Whilst the family is not apparently related to me in any way, I'm fascinated by oddball things on census data like this |
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