The descendants of Bridget Whelan
Revised Nov. 2, 2002

Table of Contents:

  1. A convict family
  2. Gold!
  3. A bad time and place to be Irish
  4. Children on the stage
  5. 'Festive little Maggie Moore'
  6. 'They were an era'
  7. End of a marriage
  8. Phantom cable cars?
  9. J.C. Williamson
  10. Harry Roberts
  11. Voices of the period
  12. Playbills
  13. Music

Voices of the period

Clippings are from the Daily Alta Californian, San Francisco, unless otherwise noted. I have done my best to reproduce punctuation, spelling, and even the hyphenation of headlines exactly as it appeared in the original.

2/3/1873: DRAMATIC WEDDING -- Yesterday afternoon, at his residence on California Street, Archbishop Alemany united in marriage the favorite comedian, J.C. Williamson, to Miss Maggie V. Moore.

6/16/1873: CALIFORNIA THEATRE. -- The attendance at Mr. Williamson's benefit on Saturday night, tested the capacity of the theatre ...

5/18/1874: MISS MAGGIE MOORE'S BENEFIT ? The California Theatre auditorium presented a magnificent sight on Saturday evening, on the occasion of Miss Maggie Moore's farewell benefit...

5/27/1874: J.C. WILLIAMSON AND MAGGIE MOORE OFF FOR AUSTRALIA - Actors and actresses are such birds of passage that it is our wont to bid them farewell with a line, and think of them no more till they come back again...

11/24/1875: MR. AND MRS. WILLIAMSON ("Maggie Moore"). â The friends of the above-named persons as well as the general public, by whom they were held in high estimation, will be pleased to read the following account of the successful conclusion of their engagement in Adelaide, Australia.,,

7/1/1877: THE WILLIAMSONS -- Their Tour Around the World in Three years -- Interesting Incidents of a Visit to Five Continents - THE RECORD OF AN UNINTERRUPTED DRAMATIC SUCCESS AND A PERENNIAL PICNIC

7/9/1877: CALIFORNIA THEATRE. -- Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Williamson (nee Miss Maggie Moore), after an extraordinarily successful tour around the World extending over three years, make their reappearance this evening in the drama "Struck Oil" ...

7/15/1877: REVIEW: The Williamsons have reason to be gratified with the warmth of welcome with which they have met in their home-coming. ...

8/5/1877: REVIEW: The Williamsons closed their engagement as they commenced it, with a good run of "Struck Oil." ...

9/17/1878: A CALIFORNIAN'S SUCCESS. - About seven years ago, a young man came to San Francisco to fill the place of comedian in the leading theatre, with many misgivings on the part of his friends...

9/17/1878: BALDWIN'S THEATRE -- THE WILLIAMSONS. ? An audience which comfortably filled every part of this theatre, assembled last evening to welcome again to our city these clever artists. ...

San Francisco Call, 3/14/1887: MAGGIE MOORE. Departure of the Celebrated California Actress. The steamer Zealandia left her dock at 3:30 p.m. yesterday, bound for Honolulu...


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Contents

Surnames

 

Contact

 

First Page

 

Index


Contact

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Created 20 Feb 1999 by Reunion, from Leister Productions, Inc. Revised January 10, 2003