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m. 19 Nov 1892
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Born |
Abt. 1872 |
Montgomery County, Iowa, U.S.A. |
Died |
29 Nov 1906 |
City Hospital, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, U.S.A. |
Buried |
3 Dec 1906 |
St. Peter's Cemetery, St. Louis City, Missouri, U.S.A. |
Married |
19 Nov 1892 |
St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA |
Father |
Adolph Kerner | F18043403 Group Sheet |
Mother |
Elizabeth Kueff | F18043403 Group Sheet |
Born |
28 Feb 1853 |
Jefferson County, Kentucky, U.S.A. |
Died |
11 Jun 1939 |
Bridgeport, Lawrence County, Illinois, U.S.A. |
Buried |
13 Jun 1939 |
Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Lawrence County, Illinois, U.S.A. |
Other Spouse |
Unknown | F18043374 |
Married |
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Did not marry. |
Other Spouse |
Thomas Riley Hunley | F18043361 |
Married |
29 May 1875 |
Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
Other Spouse |
Joseph Williams | F18043371 |
Married |
29 Apr 1882 |
Kansas, U.S.A. |
Other Spouse |
Thomas Yeager | F18043372 |
Married |
16 Feb 1891 |
Daviess County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
Father |
Benjamin F. Davenport | F5776 Group Sheet |
Mother |
Margaret Abel | F5776 Group Sheet |
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Notes |
- Hattie Davenport & Henry Kerner evidently met while both were working at a shoe factory in St. Louis, MO. During many summers beginning in the 1890s, Hattie and Henry followed the carnival circuit. They performed, respectively, as a snake charmer & strong man on tour with the Barkoot Show, Thornton's Great Railroad Show, and Blue Grass Show.
One example of showmanship in early carnivals:
http://www.archive.org/stream/newsecondhandban00unit/newsecondhandban00unit_djvu.txt
"SNAKE CHARMER. One banner 10 ft. wide and 10 ft. high. Lettered across the top: 'Mile De Lano, Snake Charmer.' This painting represents Miss De Lano on a stage, with plenty of rich colored snakes wound around her. The background represents a floral design, and at each side of the stage are red portieres, draped in rich colors. She is attired in dress knee length. It is a very rich appearing banner."
An old timer's explanation of the public appeal at the end of the nineteenth century of traveling shows:
Steve Goodson, "Public Entertainment in Atlanta, 1880-1930 (Athens, GA: Univ. of Georgia Press, 2007), Ch. II "Amusements":
"In 1948 the Atlanta Historical Bulletin published reminiscences by Walter McElreath, lawyer, politician, and founder of the Atlanta Historical Society, remembered Atlanta as he had first encountered it in the closing decades of the nineteenth century. He fondly recalled the time when Atlanta's churches, retailers, and grocery stores, as well as the residences of its leading citizens, were all clustered near the center of what was then a small and compact city. Life seemed to move at a slower, horse-drawn pace; everybody was at home and had nowhere to go. Any queer or amusing character was in those days and object of interest which [today] would pass practically unnoticed.' . . ."
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