Giuseppina Antonia (Morlacchi) Omohundro (1836 - 1886)

Born 8 Oct 1836 in Milan, Italy

Wife of John Baker Omohundro — married 31 Aug 1873 in Rochester NY

Descendants

Died 23 Jul 1886 at age 49 in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Giuseppina was born in 1836. She passed away in 1886.

She was an Italian ballerina and dancer who first performed the can-can in America. In 1872, she joined the cast of Ned Buntline's western drama, Scouts of the Prairie, with Buffalo Bill Cody and Texas Jack Omohundro. She and Texas Jack soon fell in love, and were married on August 31, 1873, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Rochester, NY. She and Jack moved to Leadville, Colorado so Jack could seek his fortune in mining. After Texas Jack died of pneumonia in 1880 in Leadville, she returned to Lowell and lived with her sister. She was heartbroken and never performed again. She died of cancer in 1886, and is buried at St. Patrick Cemetery in Lowell.

Sources

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppina_Morlacchi
2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108474217/giuseppina_(josephine)-antonia-omohundro
3. "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N75K-34T : 2 March 2021), Josephine Morlarchi Omohundre, 23 Jul 1886; citing Billerica, Massachusetts, v 374 p 55, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,232.