Dorothy Ashton

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Dorothy Ashton
Profession circus animal trainer
Personal details
Born 1896 Young, NSW in Australia
Dead ? in United States
Spouse(s) Jack Hay
Country Australia
Locations
Title animal trainer -
Location at Ashtons Circus in Australia
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Biography details

Dorothy "Dossie" Ashton , circus animal trainer in Australia

Born 1896 in Australia dead ? in United States , daughter of director Fred Ashton .

Dorothy, or Dossie as she was better known, was a bareback rider, a daughter of Fred Ashton and married to Albert Edward Hay, born 1903. During the Great Depression in the early 1930s, the Hays and their children left the Ashton circus to develop their own acrobatic act. They adopted their mother's famous name of Ashton for professional purposes and they became The Seven Ashtons.


Jack was a Trumpet player in the Ashton circus band.
During the Depression in the 1930s, things were so hard that Jack used to supplement his meagre circus bandsman's wage by making tin dishes, pots and pans to sell to farmers. Their only taste of meat was the occasional rabbit he caught. With no money but plenty of "stock" (in the form of eight children), the Hays decided to leave the Ashton circus and develop their own acrobatic act. At Lithgow, they lived in a tent while Jack made a few shillings from busking in the streets and chopping wood. Having moved around so much, Dossie had never heard of child endowment, but when she did, collected £60 accumulated in her favour. The family's improved financial position enabled them to move down to Sydney where they took a little house in Newtown. In the backyard, the children practiced spinning brooms with their Feet and balancing an old armchair. Soon they progressed to a stage performance where one artist, after a series of somersaults in mid-air, landed on the upturned Feet of another. Although their family name was "Hay", they used their mother's famous name of Ashton for professional purposes.
Seven of the eight children became the Seven Ashtons.




Children

Total: 7 children

  1. Born: . Dead: † 1985 Micky Ashton-Hay
  2. Born: . Neville Ashton-Hay
  3. Born: . Douglas Ashton
  4. Born: . Stanley Ashton
  5. Born: . Goldie Ashton
  6. Born: . Jackie Ashton
  7. Born: . Gloria Ashton

Siblings

Siblings through the father Fred Ashton (1866-09-28 -- 1941-02-17):

  1. Joseph Ashton Born 1887 Dead: † 1960
  2. Vincent Ashton

Dorothy Ashton s ancestral Ahnentafel:
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Dorothy Ashton
Born: 1896

Father:
Frederick Ashton

Born: 1866-09-28

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James Ashton

Born: 1820
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Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). animal trainer Dorothy "Dossie" Ashton in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 April 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=1164. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Categories animal trainer | circus | Ashtons Circus | Ashton family | Born 1896 | Dead ? | People from Australia

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