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From: "jbernth" <>
Subject: Re: [CIRCUS-FOLK] Enos in America
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 21:37:04 -0600
References: <000a01c0b83d$ce9bb280$4df80741@valpo1.in.home.com>


Adoptive father, LeRoy B Arringdale, clown, artist, roustabout, etc. with
shows, mid to late 30's, traveled across US. From Omaha NE, Al G Barnes,
SElls Floto, passed away 1999. Birthfather Ray L Morgan, 2nd man free lance
motion picture,s, birthmother, SHirley Rushlau, from NE piano player with
midwest bands in the 40's . Any info? please write. Thanks, JB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christine Masse" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 4:48 AM
Subject: [CIRCUS-FOLK] Enos in America


> I am trying to find out anything about Phillip Rudolph Enos who would have
been born around 1880 to 1900 and married Laura Anne Schaak. He was an
aerial clown contortionist. He stayed mostly on the West coast. His son
Phillip Rudolph Enos Jr. took up clowning after him and after getting
married stayed with clowning with his wife and went to Europe. This is why
my search is for America only. We have the son and his family (who up until
last year stayed in circus) but we need our grandfathers info. All
conventional resorces have failed due to the lack of info and the ancestors
not doing the governmental paperwork (birth certificates not filled for,
death certificates lost and not listed with SSI, and the like). If anything
I think that is most of our problem in finding our ancesters that were in
circus and carny is because they traveled all the time and they didn't do
the paperwork. My grandfather and mom are rolling over in their graves
because I have put circus and carny tog!
> ether.
> I also have some photos that others may be interested in:
> A chimp act with trainer of last name Adams. I have a picture with
Ulla the chimp at rest after playing with Adams, Jr.
> A signed picture from Skeets Ga???ghs may have been a band leader or
a clown, doubt that he was in trap.
> Thank you for the great site to help us find the missing people in our
lives and the chance to talk to others like ourselves so that now we don't
feel so isolated. For years I though I was the only one that had these kind
of people in my history and now I know there are even more.
> In the land of clowns,
> Chris in IN
>
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