Mary Atkinson

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 ☨ Mary Atkinson 
Profession circus director
Personal details
Born 1877? Blackall in Australia

Dead in Australia


Spouse(s) 1895 Jim Perry Sr.

Residence
Country Australia

Locations
Title owner -
Location at Perry Brothers Circus in Australia

Biography details

Mary Ellen Atkinson , circus director in Australia

Atkinson was born * 1877? in Blackall Australia , in Australia

⚭ Married 1895 in Mudgee, New South Wales, United Kingdom, to Jim Perry Sr. born 1871 Hartley, New South Wales in Australia .

12-year-old Mary Ellen Atkins, who was working in a store in Blackall, went to a Perry Bros performance that would change her life. Six years later she had married the boss's son. She became the Matriarch of the Perry Bros Circus and … became known as the 'Grand Old Lady of the Circus' all throughout Australia and New Zealand.

Ellie Grounds

Children


Total: 7 children

  1. Phillis Perry. Born: ?.
  2. Elizabeth Perry. Born: ?.
  3. Dorothy Perry. Born: ?.
  4. Edward Perry. Born: ?.
  5. Henry Perry. Born: ?.
  6. Alby Perry. Born: 1902. Dead: † 1976
  7. Jim Perry Jr.. Born: 1909.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). director Mary Ellen Atkinson in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 June 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=1904. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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