NameOlympia b’ Meier Blumenfeld [Desvall]
Birth5 Aug 1875, D, Wittichenau
DeathUSA?
OccupationActs with Horses, Dogs, Ponies, Birds (1907, 1914)
Spouses
Birth25 Dec 1872, Poland, Breslau, Silesia (Wroclaw)
Memoacc to marriage-act
Death11 Apr 1956, USA, New York
OccupationAcrobatic Clown (1905), Artist (1914)
Marriage23 Apr 1895, D, Hirschberg
Marr Memomarriage act 32
Notes for Olympia b’ Meier Blumenfeld [Desvall]
New York Times, dd 3.9.1907: “With several circus features added to its acts of last year, the Hippodrome has begun its third season. ........ Olympia Desvall, a graceful rider with a troup of well-trained dogs are among the new features for the Fall season....”
1914 “Madame Olympia Desvall in Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth” on a lithograph colour poster printed by Strobridge, Cincinnati.
[NB: several data and corrections thanks to Brian Laurie-Beamont (Ottawa, Canada), great-grandson ]