NameTheo/ Tobias-Leendert b’ David Bamberg [Okito]
Birth15 Jul 1875, Amsterdam
Death28 Jun 1963, USA, Chicago
OccupationGoochelaar
Spouses
Birth1879, England, ?
Death1946, Amsterdam?
ChildrenEdward-David b’ Tobias (1904-1974)
Dorothy/ Theodora-Juliana b’ Tobias (1911-)
Donald b’ Tobias (1920-)
Notes for Theo/ Tobias-Leendert b’ David Bamberg [Okito]
stage-name Okito — world-famous
at very young age assisting his father
16.10.1907 arriving in the USA by ship “Caronia” from Liverpool: Theo Bamberg, 32, (wife) Lillie Bamberg, 28, (son) Edward David Bamberg, 3, and (brother) Edward Bamberg, 18; destination Orpheum Theatre, St Paul Minnesota.
Since 1919 he is performing all over the world. In 1932 he returns to the Netherlands, but just before the war he flees to America.