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The articles I have posted are from the 1850s, the dates are posted with them. They are all from findmypast.


Leotard Bosco is this man born in 1850 so he can't be the Signor Bosco I have posted about.
He may be the same person as SAUL BOSCO that I posted. Another alias???




James Frederick Greathead
Birth 1850 in Bristol
Death 24 Jul 1895 in Staffordshire, United Kingdom



Will
1895 8 Oct
Lavenham house(220) Birchfield Rd Perry Barr
Theatrical proprietor and Professor of Legerdemain



Stage Name
1870 Age: 20
Generally went by the name ' Leotard Bosco '

After more research I'm not entirely sure that the signor bosco from the articles above is the same so or bad I that came over from Italy in 1845. The signor bosco from the articles is almost an alias name from a man named James Frederick greethead born in England in 1851 mother Mary greethead .Other aliases include leotard bosco.

Chris that's brilliant! I don't know where your finding all this my research skills must be lacking . Carla

Thankyou again Jacqueline. Can't wait to start adding these new bits of info. Can't thank you all enough for your help. Carla

BOSCO DORIS I 1904 1929 1929 Deaths & burials Birmingham North, Warwickshire, England

The widower re-married


Marriages Sep 1930 (>99%)
Bosco Mastrillio M Garbitt Birmingham S. 6d 603
Garbitt Ellen Bosco Birmingham S. 6d 603

he didn't have much luck with his wives

BOSCO ELLEN 1905 1935 1935 Deaths & burials Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

So he tried again.........


Marriages Sep 1936 (>99%)


Bosco Mastrillio Oakley Birmingham 6d 340
Oakley Nellie Bosco Birmingham 6d 340

This marriage produced one child.

You can find the name on freebmd............too recent for the boards

First name(s) SYLVIA DORIS M
Last name TURNER
Gender Female
Birth day 16
Birth month 8
Birth year 1922
Death quarter 3
Death year 2000
District MID WARWICKSHIRE
District number 7751B
Register number B44B
Entry number 088
Date of registration mm/yy 0900


First name(s) CYRIL CHARLES
Last name BOSCO
Gender Male
Birth day 21
Birth month 6
Birth year 1926
Death quarter 4
Death year 2005
District BIRMINGHAM
District number 0611E
Register number E22B
Entry number 213
Date of registration mm/yy 1005


First name(s) CYRIL CHARLES
Last name BOSCO
Gender Male
Birth day 21
Birth month 6
Birth year 1926
Death quarter 4
Death year 2005
District BIRMINGHAM
District number 0611E
Register number E22B
Entry number 213
Date of registration mm/yy 1005

Marriages Mar 1922 (>99%)
BOSCO Mastillo M Stoneystreet Birmingham 6d 411
STONEYSTREET Doris I Bosco Birmingham 6d 411

Births Sep 1922 (>99%)
Bosco Sylvia D M Stoneystreet Birmingham 6d 676

Births Mar 1924 (>99%)
Bosco Albert E Stoneystreet Birmingham 6d 617

Births Sep 1926 (>99%)
Bosco Cyril C Stoneystreet Birmingham S 6d 259

Births Sep 1928 (>99%)
Bosco Ivy A Stoneystreet Birmingham S. 6d 282

The ONLY Bosco on the thread greyghost has referred to is SYLVIA.

First name(s) VIOLET MAY M
Last name LENNON
Gender Female
Birth day 26
Birth month 1
Birth year 1898
Death quarter 4
Death year 1972
District BIRMINGHAM
County Warwickshire
Volume 9C
Page 270

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Thankyou alviegal! How brilliant, I'm thrilled you have found such interesting articles. Could I ask where you found them or if you have the links to them?
I will have to look into the marriage of Alfred and Hannah and see if they fit on my tree although bosco doesn't seem to be a very common name in England.
Carla

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Name: Alfred Bosco, artist
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1833
Marriage Date: 25 Jul 1856
Marriage Age: 23
Marriage Place: Birmingham, St Thomas, Warwickshire, England
Spouse: Hannah Waldron
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Marriage Age: 22
Father: Alexander Bosco, artist
Spouse's Father: Thomas Waldron, greengrocer
Reference Number: DRO 11
Archive Roll: M73

Edwin Grimley and Mary Ann Cotterill were witnesses.

Wonder if this one's connected? He sounds like the same man.

SIGNOR SAUL BOSCO ! ! GREAT MONARCH OE LEGERDEMAIN, Who has had the honour of appearing before her Majesty Queen Victoria and the Royal Family at Balmoral Castle, and who has also had the privilege of giving a special performance before their Imperial Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Germany, and also the Royal Family at Sandown, Isle of Wight on 25 July 1874, will open his ENCHANTED PALACE OF ILLUSIONS.

26 September 1874 - Buckingham Advertiser and Free Press - Buckingham,


and another Bosco.

PROFESSOR BOSCO PREPARES The Showman's the PROFESSOR BOSCO has a new living van, one with a gold top. He is planning to take it, and his family, and his all-in wrestling booth, and the stuff for his sideshows, on the road; by which you may know, more certainly than by sight of the first crocus, that the stirring of the sap is near and spring is on the way.

It then names his wrestlers, the Battling Howley Brothers, Butcher Robinson, The Farmer's Boy, Harry Smith and the Gill Sisters. Gladys Gill was described as 'quiet as a mouse and gentle as a dove' outside the ring but she was the middle weight woman's champion of Britain.

11 February 1942 - Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Leeds, West York

Ooo this one's a bit of a worry! He obviously recovered himself in later years.


Signor Bosco, -whose sleight of hand attracted so much attention in London some time back, astonished the Manchester people, after his performances on Thursday night, by attempting to commit suicide. He threw himself into a pit but was rescued. A quarrel with his wife was alleged as the cause. He was reprimanded and discharged.

17 April 1858 - Hereford Times - Hereford, Herefordshire, England

Alviegal your a star!!!!!!

Signor Bosco was a magician. He was described as an 'Italian Wizard' in this clipping. He was very well known on the continent but this was his first time in Britain.

Morning Chronicle 05 June 1851 London, London, England



' BOSCO ! BOSCO!! BOSCO! SIGNOR ALFRED BOSCO, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, begs respectfully to inform the Nobility, Clergy, Gentry, and Inhabitants of Rochdale and its Vicinity, that he will give Two extra Grand Fashionable DRAWING-ROOM ENTERTAINMENTS!'

It goes on to say that he had performed in front of Queen Victoria and her family at Balmoral in Sept 1855
Napoleon at Palace of the Tuilleries
King of Prussia at Berlin in May 1851
King of Hanover in Dec 1852

20 February 1858 - Rochdale Pilot, and General Advertiser - Unknown



At the Waterloo Rooms, he did feats of magic, ventiloquism etc.
He also had an 'Augmented Band with music expressly composed and arranged by Signor Bosco. And other novelties.'

Edinburgh Evening Courant 18 April 1857



SIGNOR BOSCO, THE GREATEST WONDER OF THE AGE! WILL open his enchanted PALACE OF ILLUSIONS without apparatus, without covered tables, without sleeves, and without coat pockets, will transfer his assembly to the gold and silver regions, and will fill silver dishes to the brim with gold and silver coins of all nations, catching them in the air as they fly to all parts of the room.
In addition to Signor Bosco's usual performance, he will introduce the ROPE FEAT of the DAVENPORT BROTHERS.

28 January 1865 - Coventry Standard - Coventry, West Midlands, England


There are many snippits like these from papers throughout the country on findmypast.

England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription
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First name(s) ADA A
Last name MORTON-BOSCO
Gender Female
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year 1869
Age 65
Death quarter 4
Death year 1934
District BIRMINGHAM
County Warwickshire
Volume 6D
Page 102

winifred m m bosco married albert sanderson birmingham 1920

only one child born in 1921

Related thread includes the Bosco's
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1353757?page=0

Signor Bosco in the England, Alien Arrivals, 1810-1811, 1826-1869

Name: Bosco ---------- image says Signor
Port of Arrival: Folkestone, England
Arrival Date: 18 Oct 1845
Port of Departure: Boulogne, France
Ship: Queen of The French
Country of Origin/Native of: Sardinia