thecircusblog | January 10, 2012
Here is one more great photo of my grandfather parading his “Big Show” as he called it. He is at the front of the parade in his two horse drawn buggy. Later he started to use the circus name more often. The name ‘Big Show” was only to separate himself some what from the other […]
thecircusblog | January 10, 2012
First and foremost I want to thank the person that sent me this wonderful photo of my grandfather J.E.Henry….Bob Cline…..Thank you Bob for your generosity. This is not the first time that Bob Cline has come forward to help the circus blog. Quite often I have asked Bob for his help and his circus savvy. […]
thecircusblog | January 3, 2012
This is J.E. Henry, my grandfather, at the age of 49. Here again is another photo that I never knew existed until a few months go. I only knew my grandfather as an elderly man during 1944 and 1945 when he was at his winter quarters in El Monte, Calif. The most outstanding thought in […]
thecircusblog | January 3, 2012
This photo is of Bertha May and Arthur Henry and was taken in 1905. First of all, I want to thank Donald Richmond, a distant cousin of mine that I did not know of until a few weeks ago, for this picture. Because of my Circus Blog, Donald discovered the rest of his Henry family […]
thecircusblog | January 3, 2012
This photo is of my grandfather J. E. Henry at the age of 39 or 40 and my grandmother Mabel Chase Fairbanks Henry at approximately age 26. The two children are Bertha May Henry, my aunt at age five and Arthur Henry, my uncle at age two.This photo was taken in 1905. J.E. had his […]
thecircusblog | January 3, 2012
This is a photo of the young James Edward Henry. His age 28, J.E. was one of 13 children. Their names were Frank, Clifford, Mary, Effie, Maynard, Charles, Nellie, Grace, Willie, Evert, Carol and Edith. Their parents were Robert Henry and Nana Henry. I never knew I had so many great aunts and uncles. I […]
thecircusblog | January 3, 2012
Robert and Nana Henry they had 13 children. James Edward Henry, my grandfather, was the 10th or 11th child. I have all their names in another post. The Henrys, with the exception of Robert Henry were all farmers. Robert did some farming in his younger days as well as raising a large family which in […]
thecircusblog | January 3, 2012
Willie Henry and his wife Minnie Alice Chappell Henry. They are my great uncle and aunt. Willie Henry is one of the younger brothers of my grandfather J.E. Henry. In the 1890’s and maybe even earlier Willie traveled with Henry Bros circus. Willie was not a performer, but did work with the live stock and […]
thecircusblog | May 27, 2011
Bill Dietrick was beloved by those who knew him. His helping hand was always reaching out to someone and he never asked for a thing in return… that’s just the way he was. The acts that he trained and presented was a pony drill, pick out pony. Bill also was a gifted artist and had […]
thecircusblog | November 12, 2010
In the center of this photo is Gertie Craig. As a young kid she was aunt Gertie as Max and Gertie were very close to the Henry family. Max was raised on the J.E. Henry Circus and was like a brother to all my uncles. His sister Maxine married my uncle Todd Henry and Max’s […]
