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Maurice Barrymore

Male 1849 - 1905  (55 years)


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  • Name Maurice Barrymore  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Born 21 Sep 1849  Amritsar, Punjab, British India Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10
    Gender Male 
    Also Known As Barry  [6
    Also Known As Herbert Arthur Chamberlayne Blythe  [5
    Census 7 Apr 1861  Lee, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Fact 1868  [6
    captain of the football team at Oxford University 
    Occupation 21 Mar 1872  [6, 8
    boxer 
    Occupation 1874  Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    actor in Augustin Daly's troupe 
    Arrival 29 Dec 1874  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Immigration 29 Dec 1874  [6
    USA 
    Occupation Dec 1875  Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    actor 
    Residence 31 Dec 1876  Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Census 2 Jun 1880  Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Education Harrow on the Hill, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 8
    Harrow School 
    Education Oxford, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 8
    Oxford University 
    Fact middleweight boxing champion of England  [6
    Occupation Vaudeville actor  [6
    Occupation 2 Jun 1880  [12
    actor 
    Occupation 1884  [6
    playwright 
    Occupation 1894  [13
    actor 
    Residence 1894  Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    1556 Broadway 
    Occupation 1895  [6
    actor 
    Residence 1897  Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    161 W. 97th Street 
    Occupation 1899  [6, 13
    actor 
    Residence 1899  Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    210 W. 78th Street 
    Occupation 1900  [6
    actor 
    Died 25 Mar 1905  Amityville, Suffolk, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10
    Buried 29 Mar 1905  Glenwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 5
    Person ID I9  Barrymore Genealogy
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2019 

    Father William Edward Blythe 
    Mother Charlotte Matilda Chamberlayne de Tankerville,   b. 1822,   d. 21 Sep 1849, Amritsar, Punjab, British India Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years) 
    Family ID F13  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Georgiana Drew,   b. 11 Jul 1856, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jul 1893, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years) 
    Married 31 Dec 1876  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7, 8
    Children 
     1. Lionel Barrymore,   b. 28 Apr 1878, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1954, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    +2. Ethel Barrymore
    +3. John Barrymore
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2019 
    Family ID F6  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Floyd 
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2019 
    Family ID F30  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
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    3. [S29] New York, Death Index, 1852-1956 [database on-line], New York Department of Health, (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017).

    4. [S33] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) [database on-line], Gale Research Company, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009).

    5. [S34] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013 [database on-line], Historical Society of Pennsylvania, (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).

    6. [S40] "Maurice Barrymore.", Wikipedia.org, (Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Barrymore, 5 February 2019).

    7. [S41] "Georgiana Drew.", Wikipedia.org, (Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgiana_Drew, 7 March 2019).

    8. [S42] "Maurice Barrymore: Indian-Born British Actor.", (Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., https://www.britannica.com/biography/Maurice-Barrymore, 22 Mar 2019).

    9. [S43] Famous Actor-families in America, Montrose Jonas Moses, (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell and Company, 1906).

    10. [S52] Who's Who in the Theatre: A Biographical Record of the Contemporary Stage, John Parker, (Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, 1912).

    11. [S31] 1861 England Census, Lee Civil Parish, Enumeration District 8, Kent, England, Class RG 9, Piece 414, Folio 15, GSU Roll 542633; 1861 England Census [database on-line], The National Archives of the UK, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2005).

    12. [S30] 1880 United States Federal Census, Manhattan, Enumeration District 186, New York County, New York, National Archives Microfilm Roll 875; 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line], National Archives and Records Administration, (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2010).

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