Case File: Corinne Kimball

Locations

• 311 Columbus Ave, Boston - home of Mr. and Mrs. Flaherty, and Corinne Kimball, in 1880

People

Name	(Born-Died)	Description
Flaherty, Thomas	?-c1890
Kimball, Corinne	1875-?
Kimball, Jennie	1858-1896	adopted mother of Corinne Kimball
Kimball, Susan B.	1821-?

Documentation

Census Records

• 1870 US Federal Census: Thomas Flaerty, piano dealer, with Jennie Kimball, actress, and Susan H. Kimball
• 1880 US Federal Census: 311 Columbus Ave, Boston - Mr. and Mrs. Flaherty with Mrs. Susan Kimball and Corinne Kimball
• 1940 US Federal Census: "Corinne de Briou", 66, single,born in Louisiana, living at the Hotel Remington in Manhattan
• 1950 US Federal Census: "Corinne Webriou", 76, born in Louisiana, no occupation noted.

Court Records

• Will of Jennie K. Flaherty, 1896

Newspaper Articles

• 9 Sep 1870, (Boston Evening Transcript) - "Miss Jennie Kimball", professional vocalist, accident
• 22 Aug 1877, (Boston Globe) - Adoption of "Corinne Bell Kimball" by Susan H. Kimball.
• 21 Dec 1880, (The Evansville Journal) - BEHIND THE SCENES
• 30 May 1881, (Boston Globe) - Mrs. Susan H. Kimball dies at home, 311 Columbus Ave, Boston, after a brief illness
• 31 May 1881, (Boston Globe) - Death notice, Susan H. Kimball, aged 57 years, 3 months, and 8 days
• 1 Jun 1881, (Boston Post) - Funeral of Susan H. Kimball
• 2 Dec 1881, (New York Times) - Jennie Flaherty, bail set at $10,000 for child abduction.
• 11 Dec 1881 (New York Times) - Thomas Flahery testifies that he married Jennie Kimball in Manhattan 5 Sep 1879
• 1 Jan 1882 (Cincinnati Enquirer) - Case in Which the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Acted Zealously
• 29 Jan 1882, (Minneapolis Journal) - Little Corinne Takes the Public by Storm
• 11 Mar 1882, (Buffalo News) - Jennie Kimball arrested by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
• 3 May 1882, (The Pantagraph - Bloomington, Illinois) - a levy made on the wardrobed and properties of the company
• 10 Sep 1892 (Boston Evening Transcript) - death of Thomas Flaherty from wound of a cannon cracker explortion on July 4.
• 10 Sep 1892 (Boston Globe) - death of Thomas Flaherty, on the operating table.
• 10 Sep 1892 (Boston Globe) - funeral notice for Thomas Flaherty
• 12 Sep 1892 (Boston Post) - death notice of Thomas Flaherty on Sept 9, born July 12, 1834, aged 58 years
• 24 Mar 1896 (Fall River Globe) - obituary, notes Jennie Kimballs' birth in New Orleans and first marriage to D. Doane
• 25 Mar 1896 (Wheeling Daily Intelligencer) - Death of Mrs. Kimball.
• 11 Apr 1896, (Los Angeles Evening Express) - The Romance of Corinne
• 23 Dec 1896, (The Western News - Hamilton, Montana) - Jennie Kimball leaves $750k to "home for aged and unemployed actresses"
• 3 May 1901, (The Music Hall & Theatre Review, London) - Miss Corinne de Briou goes to London
• 1 Aug 1903, (St Louis Post-Dispatch) - "Little" Corinne, Who is Troubled by Too Much Money; Queer is Dilemma of Little Corinne
• 19 Jan 1907, (Atchison Daily Globe) - Corinne as an adult, tells the truth of her childhood.
• 11 Feb 1907, (Los Angeles Herald) - Little Corinne's Evolution From Prodigy to Real Star
• 3 Oct 1909, (San Francisco Call) - long article about "Corinne Bell de Briou" on dieting, on the stage, on matrimony.
• 22 Jan 1910, (Times Union) - "Corinne Belle de Brion" is awarded $7k in jewels back from a loan.
• 14 Apr 1923 (Kansas City Times) - "Old-Time Stars Are Back" - The Charming Corinne and Jolly Barney Fagan at Main Street.
• 14 Oct 1934, (Hartford Courant) - "Corinne is Back Again in Hartford"

Vital Records

• 1878 - Death Index of "Henry deBriou", in New Orleans
• 1879 - Marriage of Thomas Flaherty to Rosylpha Jean Doane
• 1881 - Death Register of Susan H. Kimball
• 1896 - Death Register of Thomas Flaherty in Boston
• 1966 - Social Security Death Index "Corinne Debriou"