Jean Ginnett

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Jean Ginnett
Profession circus director
Personal details
Born 1798-08-06 Solaize in France
Dead 1861-01-00 in United Kingdom
Spouse(s) Ann Ginnett
Country United Kingdom
Locations
Title owner 1841-1861
Location at Ginnett's Circus in United Kingdom
Biography details

Jean Pierre Ginnett , circus director in United Kingdom

Born 1798-08-06 in France dead 1861-01-00 in United Kingdom .

He was born 6 August 1798 in Solaize, France.


Ginnett's have a long history in circus, variety and theatre performance dating back to the early 1800s, making them one of the oldest circus and variety families in Europe. They are also closely linked with many othere traditional circus family’s such as Sanger’s, Cooke’s, Yelding’s and Austin’s.

Show business started for the Ginnett's in Briton in the early 1800s when they were captured in the Napoleonic wars. At this time Ginnett's were big horse people and thought to be high ranks in the French cavalry. They were brought to England on prison ships. When the wars were over and prisoners released some of the Ginnett's stayed in England. It was Jean Pier Ginnett who started in show business with his Pony and Budgerigar show in Ludgate circus, London

He founded Ginnett\'s Circus in Nottingham in 1841. By 1858, Ginnett\'s touring operation was billed as "a mammoth circus & matchless troupe of equestrians [with a] stud of 70 blood horses and fairy ponies.


Family

Total: 5 children

  1. Marie Macarte. Born: ?.
  2. Ann Ginnett. Born: ?.
  3. William Ginnet. Born: ?.
  4. John Ginnett. Born: 1825. Dead: † 1892
  5. George Ginnet. Born: 1842. Dead: † 1907

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). director Jean Pierre Ginnett in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 27 April 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=2512. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Categories director | circus | Ginnett\'s Circus | Ginnett family | Born 1798 | Dead 1861 | People from United Kingdom

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