Tag Archives: Brown/Montran

Donna in Cheyenne, WY, November 22, 1919 at the Princess Theater

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Don Taylor

Donna in Cheyenne, WY, November 22, 1919 at the Princess Theater Chin Chin ad, 19 Nov 1919 Wyoming State Tribune We don’t know where Donna and the “Chin Chin” company were on November 20th or the 21st.  It is likely … Continue reading →

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Donna in Colorado Springs, CO, November 19, 1919 at the Burns Theater

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Don Taylor

Donna in Colorado Springs, CO, November 19, 1919 at the Burns Theater It was less than two weeks after Donna joined the “Chin Chin” before her superior skill was called out in a review. The pre-show buzz began as it … Continue reading →

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Donna and Chin Chin in Pueblo, 18 Nov 1919

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Don Taylor

We do not know if the company took off on November 16th and 17th or played somewhere we do not have a newspaper record of. Based upon Walter Wills and Nora Seiler being married on the 15th, I suspect that … Continue reading →

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Donna Montran – 1919 – Charles Smith & Able Green

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Don Taylor

By April of 1919, Donna had relocated from Boston, MA to New York. She and Trixie Bressler took out an ad in Variety. Trixie had, in 1918, led Max Roger’s Review at Perry’s in Brooklyn and was one of the … Continue reading →

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Clifford and Luella (Bean) Brown

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Don Taylor

My mother and I received the results of our 23 & Me autosomal testing.  My mother’s closest match, according to 23 & Me, is a second-third cousin with whom she shares 2.30%, 11 segments.  I contacted the individual. We quickly … Continue reading →

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