Rosie Chipperfield

From the list of elephant persons Family: Purchase

 ☨ Rosie Chipperfield 
Profession circus director
Personal details
Born 1912 Camberwell, in United Kingdom

Dead 2006-03-07 in United Kingdom


Spouse(s) 1935 Jimmy Chipperfield

Residence
Country United Kingdom

Locations
Title assistant director 1938-1955
Location at Chipperfield's Circus in United Kingdom

Title animal trainer 1933-1938
Location at Chipperfield's Circus in United Kingdom

Title animal trainer-1933
Location at Purchase’s Menagerie in United Kingdom

Biography details

Rose Florence Purchase , circus director in United Kingdom

Purchase was born * 1912 in Camberwell, United Kingdom dead 2006-03-07 , in United Kingdom , daughter of animal trainer Tom Purchase

Married 1935 to Jimmy Chipperfield born 1912 in United Kingdom .

Jimmy Chipperfield married Rosie Purchase (1912–2006) in the early 1930. Rosies family had a traveling menagerie show of wild animals. After Rosie's father was killed by one of his lions, Jimmy took over the Purchase's show and merged it with the Chipperfield Circus.

Children


Total: 2 children

  1. Mary Chipperfield. Born: 1938-11-26. Dead: † 2014-11-30
  2. Richard Chipperfield. Born: 1941-06-04. Dead: † 1975

Rosie Chipperfields ancestral Ahnentafel:

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Rosie Chipperfield
Born: 1912

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Thomas Purchase

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Andrew Purchase

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Rosie Chipperfield is mentioned on 2 other person pagesJames Chipperfield,  Thomas Purchase,  

Rosie Chipperfield is mentioned on 2 location pagesChipperfield's Circus,  Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus,  

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). director Rose Florence Purchase in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 11 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=622. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Categories director | circus | Chipperfield\'s Circus | Purchase family | Born 1912 | Dead 2006 | People from United Kingdom


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