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Rosa Matilda Richter (1860 - 1937)

Rosa Matilda Richter
Born in Lambeth, London, England, United Kingdommap
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Died at age 77 in Camberwell, Southwark, London, England, United Kingdommap
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Biography

Rosa Matilda Richter was born April 7, 1860 in Lambeth, London, England.[1] However, in other records she listed her birthdate as April 14, 1860.[2][3] She was a daughter of Charles Ernest Richter and Susannah Maria Jones.[1][4][5]

Rosa was baptised at the church of Christ Church, Albany Street, in the St Pancras area of London on November 6, 1870 (alongside her younger brother Ernest Albert Labrict Richter). She grew up in St Anne Soho, London, Middlesex, England.[6]

Famous Sideshow Performer

She used the stage name Zazel and was an English aerialist and actor who became known as the first human cannonball at the age of 14. She began performing at a very young age, practicing aerial stunts like tightrope walking in an old London church. She took up ballet, gymnastics, and trapeze by the time she was 6 and, at 12, went on tour with a traveling acrobat troupe. In 1877, she was the first person to be fired out of a cannon, in front of a large crowd at the Royal Aquarium.

Marriage

She married George Oscar Starr around 1884.[7][8][9] However, their marriage was registered in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States on October 14, 1912.[3][10][11]

Her husband George died September 8, 1915.[3]

Death

Rosa Matilda Richter Starr died on December 8, 1937 in Camberwell, Southwark, London, England, United Kingdom.[12][13]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Christ Church, Albany Street, parish register of baptisms: London Metropolitan Archives: reference P90/CTC2/004: Ancestry Record 1558 #4314808
  2. ↑ U.S., Consular Registration Certificates, 1907-1918. [online database] Ancestry.com. Rosa M. Starr. Ancestry Record 2995 #69063
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 -U.S., Registration Certificates Widows, Divorced Women, & Minors, 1907-1914. [online database] Ancestry.com. Ancestry Record 212 #2134
  4. ↑ General Register Office, birth registration index online (https://www.gro.gov.uk/); accessed 15 January 2023: RICHTER, ROSA MATILDA; GRO Reference: 1860 Apr-Jun Quarter in LAMBETH registration district; Volume 01D Page 259; mother's maiden name: JONES
  5. ↑ 1861 England Census. [online database] Ancestry.com Rosa Richter in household of Charles Ernest Richter; Lambeth, St Mary, Surrey, England Ancestry Record 7814 #252376
  6. ↑ England and Wales Census, 1871 [online database] FamilySearch. Rossa Richter in entry for Ernst Richter, 1871; St Anne Soho, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom.
  7. ↑ England and Wales Census, 1901 [online database] FamilySearch. Rosa Starr in household of George Starr, Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom.
  8. ↑ England and Wales Census, 1911 [online database] FamilySearch. Rosa Matilda Richlet Starr in household of George Oscar Starr, Croydon, Surrey, England, United Kingdom.
  9. ↑ Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999. [online database] Ancestry.com. Rose Matilda Richter Starr in the Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999. Ancestry Record 9049 #3231356
  10. ↑ Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915. New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915; Volume: 610. Ancestry Record 2511 #9054835
  11. ↑ Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920 [online database], FamilySearch. George O Starr and Rose M Richter, 14 Oct 1912; Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
  12. ↑ England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007 [online database] FamilySearch. Rosa M R Starr, 1937; London, England, United Kingdom.
  13. ↑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995. [online database] Ancestry.com Rosa Matilda Richter Starr. 8 Dec 1937; Surrey, England Ancestry Record 1904 #846641

See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossa_Matilda_Richter





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Paul Betteridge
Her date of birth was recorded when she was baptised, at the age of 10, as 7 April 1860. One might think this date, recorded presumably in the presence of her parents, more reliable than a date derived, if I understand the discussion on the Wikipedia page correctly, from a document produced much later in life.

The name "Labrict", which seems to have been given to her brother is interesting, because her father named his father as Lebrecht Richter when he married.

I have no particular knowledge, but it seems to me that Rosa used the surname Starr even before her formal marriage, and that it was her usual surname in later life. She did carry on using Richter as part of her name, which was distinctive.

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Paul Betteridge
Richter-2854 and Richter-2279 appear to represent the same person because: Little doubt these mean the same performer. Date of death identical.
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