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GUEST,Joy Wodhams Joseph Bryan Geoghegan, travelling singer, 1800s (148* d) RE: Joseph Bryan Geoghegan, travelling singer, 1800s 05 Dec 11


You may be interested to know that I'm also descended from Joseph Bryan Geoghegan via Jane Geoghegan, daughter of his first marriage.
I don't have all the details but I believe Jane married my great grandfather, surname Bird, somewhere around 1870-72. He and a partner named Bingham performed as Bingham and Bird, 'black grotesques' at several theatres including Leeds, Bolton, etc.   My grandmother was Jane Bird and amongst her siblings were Bessie Bird, a music hall performer, and Sydney Bird who performed under the name 'Una' as a trapeze artist. He was killed at the young age of 16 by falling, without the benefit of a safety net. I have a photograph of his grave in Liverpool, copy of a birth certificate for Jane Geoghegan born at Salford 1852, and in memoriam cards for Joseph Geoghegan died 1867 age 26, and Bessie Bird and Sydney Bird


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