Fred Ashton

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☨ Fred Ashton
Profession	circus director
Personal details
Born	1866-09-28 Boorowa, New South Wales in Australia

Dead	1941-02-17 Randwick in Australia


Spouse(s)	Nelly Ryan

Residence
Country	Australia

Locations
Title	owner 1889-
Location	at Ashtons Circus in Australia

Biography details

Frederick Ashton , circus director in Australia

Ashton was born * 1866-09-28 in Boorowa, New South Wales Australia dead 1941-02-17 Randwick, in Australia , son of director James Henry Ashton and director Elizabeth Critchley

⚭ Married to Nelly Ryan born .

Only the family of the younger Ashton brother, Fred, carried on with circus.

He died on 17 February 1941 at Randwick, survived by his wife and ten children; he was buried in the Catholic section of Rookwood cemetery.

His descendants still carry on the family circus.

Family

Total: 3 children

Mickie Ashton.
Joe Ashton. Born: 1887. Dead: † 1960
Dorothy "Dossie" Ashton. Born: 1896. Dead: † ?

Siblings

Siblings through the father James Henry Ashton (1820 -- 1889-01-17):

James Ashton Born 1861 Dead: † 1918

Fred Ashtons ancestral Ahnentafel:
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	Mother: Elizabeth Critchley Born: ? 2025-07	Maternal Grandfather: Born: 2025-07	Maternal Great-grandfather:
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Fred Ashton is mentioned on 1 other person pagesDorothy Ashton,

Fred Ashton is mentioned on 2 location pagesAshtons Circus, Chipperfield's Circus,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). director Frederick Ashton in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 15 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=752. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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