Case File: Corinne Kimball: Difference between revisions

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Overview

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

1860 US Federal Census: Susan H. Bean of Maine, 36, with husband John F. Bean, 29, oysterman, and Rosell Knights of Maine, 15.
1865 State Census, Massachusetts: Susan Bean, 35, of Maine, widow; with Jennie Doan, 17, of Maine, married (husband not listed)
1865 State Census, Massachusetts: David Doane, 24, of Maine, married, living in the saloon/hotel of Aaron Willey
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
1900 US Federal Census: "Corinne B. de Briou", 26, actress, living with Isabel Butler, 29, actress, widow with 1 child; apartent at 126 48th St NYC
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

6 Aug 1859, (Portland Press) - Notice from John F. Bean that he will not pay any debts by Rozylphia P. Knight
29 Oct 1868, (Sun-Journal, Maine) - First reference of "La Petite Corinne", performing with Miss Jennie Kimball.
6 Feb 1869, (Fall River Daily Evening News) - "Le Petite Corinne" noted as 5 years old, Miss Jennie Kimball performing Cinderella.
21 Jan 1870, (Portland Daily Press) - last reference of "La Petite Corinne"
9 Sep 1870, (Boston Evening Transcript) - "Miss Jennie Kimball", professional vocalist, accident
11 Jun 1872, (Bangor Daily Whig & Courier) - Death of David Doane, age 31
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"

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 ==Documentation==
 ===Census Records===
+* [https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7667/images/4232251_00763?usePUB=true&_phsrc=QFx9599&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=9869598 1860 US Federal Census]: Susan H. Bean of Maine, 36, with husband John F. Bean, 29, oysterman, and Rosell Knights of Maine, 15.
 * [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3157910:9203?tid=&pid=&queryId=a3493d45-531b-48eb-a233-2441f4140b95&_phsrc=QFx9417&_phstart=successSource 1865 State Census, Massachusetts]: Susan Bean, 35, of Maine, widow; with Jennie Doan, 17, of Maine, married (husband not listed)
 * [https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9203/images/41265_316191-00008?treeid=193423375&personid=372594297995&hintid=1029401532916&usePUB=true&_phsrc=QFx9486&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true&pId=3142569 1865 State Census, Massachusetts]: David Doane, 24, of Maine, married, living in the saloon/hotel of Aaron Willey
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 * [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2579579:8802?tid=&pid=&queryId=f50bc3d0-59ca-4684-b689-400ec1574257&_phsrc=QFx8700&_phstart=successSource Will of Jennie K. Flaherty, 1896]
 ===Newspaper Articles===
+* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/846378732/?match=1&terms=%22John%20F.%20Bean%22%20Knight 6 Aug 1859, (Portland Press)] - Notice from John F. Bean that he will not pay any debts by Rozylphia P. Knight
 * [https://www.newspapers.com/image/827802116/?match=1&terms=%22petite%20corinne%22 29 Oct 1868, (Sun-Journal, Maine)] - First reference of "La Petite Corinne", performing with Miss Jennie Kimball.
 * [https://www.newspapers.com/image/589881601/?match=1&terms=%22petite%20corinne%22 6 Feb 1869, (Fall River Daily Evening News)] - "Le Petite Corinne" noted as 5 years old, Miss Jennie Kimball performing Cinderella.
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 * [https://www.newspapers.com/image/370268034/?match=1&terms=Corinne%20de%20Briou 14 Oct 1934, (Hartford Courant)] - "Corinne is Back Again in Hartford"
 ===Vital Records===
-* [https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2511/images/41262_B139118-00043?usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=16173879 1862 - Marriage of David Doane, 21, clerk, of Bangor, Maine, to Rosa Jane Knights, 17, of Cumberland County, Maine, daughter of William & Susan].
+* [https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1961/images/31515_204154-00338?usePUB=true&_phsrc=QFx9557&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=2883500 1856 - Marriage of Mrs. Susan Knight to John F. Bean, in Portland, Cumberland, Maine]
+* [https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2511/images/41262_B139118-00043?usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=16173879 1862 - Marriage of David Doane of Bangor, Maine, to Rosa Jane Knights of Cumberland County, Maine, daughter of William & Susan].
 * [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/110897:6606?tid=&pid=&queryId=ae97af34-8a73-48de-99c9-990569b841a5&_phsrc=QFx8850&_phstart=successSource 1878 - Death Index of "Henry deBriou", in New Orleans]
 * [https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov/view/8009065 1879 - Marriage of Thomas Flaherty to Rosylpha Jean Doane]