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George Oscar Starr

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George Oscar Starr

Birth
Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death
9 Sep 1915 (aged 66)
Surrey, England
Burial
Buried or Lost at Sea. Specifically: Ashes scattered by his wife Rosa, aka Zazel. Add to Map
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Circus showman associated with P.T. Barnum, George B. Bunnell, and later foreign agent Barnum & Bailey in the U.K. His wife was Rosa Matilda Richter, a well-known circus aerialist known as Zazel whose act was created by William Leonard Hunt aka The Great Farini. In 1916, Rosa scattered her husband's ashes at sea, in the Atlantic Ocean, at his request.He was the manager for the Barnum Show in London.
Link below to to second marriage to Rose M. Richter says they were married in Salem Massachusetts in 1912, but paperwork has them listed well before this date as husband and wife.

https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2511/41262_b132083-00690?pid=9054842&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid%3D2511%26h%3D9054842%26indiv%3Dtry%26o_vc%3DRecord:OtherRecord%26rhSource%3D61224&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.214296471.1866770355.1585266205-557537261.1576191915
Circus showman associated with P.T. Barnum, George B. Bunnell, and later foreign agent Barnum & Bailey in the U.K. His wife was Rosa Matilda Richter, a well-known circus aerialist known as Zazel whose act was created by William Leonard Hunt aka The Great Farini. In 1916, Rosa scattered her husband's ashes at sea, in the Atlantic Ocean, at his request.He was the manager for the Barnum Show in London.
Link below to to second marriage to Rose M. Richter says they were married in Salem Massachusetts in 1912, but paperwork has them listed well before this date as husband and wife.

https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2511/41262_b132083-00690?pid=9054842&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid%3D2511%26h%3D9054842%26indiv%3Dtry%26o_vc%3DRecord:OtherRecord%26rhSource%3D61224&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.214296471.1866770355.1585266205-557537261.1576191915


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