Musical director : 7 brides for 7 Aliases

[brigidmac]

 I was interested in 2 stories about international music directors of touring theatre companies .

It turned out that 1 of the men did have aliases and a tendancy to leave wives and children in 1 country and start a new family elsewhere .

He was well known + rootschatters have found lots of news articles about his shows and his disappearnces

I m posting on this site in case anyone has links to his theatres  chorus girls or musicians

will add the link to the original post about Josef ANDRE b1857 french Germany 

# d 1940 New York.

His 7 Aliases were

Peter JOSEPH

Herr Josef André

Signor J TRESSI

Dr.J A BERINGER

J.A BARTHOLDI

J A BROWN

(Dr Josef PELZER. ) ?

  But there may have been another director based in Scotland of that name who was NOT  a bigamist

Wives names and link to follow

[brigidmac]

This is the post with all the questions articles suppositions + discoveries. It's on the London forum but needs to go international

 Amazing proof or what rootschatters can do in one week

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=821701.0

[mckha489]

I understood (from the other thread) the PELZER alias had been ruled out.

[brigidmac]

7 brides    #work in progress
Verification s needed

Clara Minnie HARLE had his baby Pelzer HARLE in 1892 Dewsbury England  (later known as # Carl P HARLE)

Blanche LINSCOTT 1883 london

 elizabeth BROWN 1890 S Africa

 ELizabeth Matilda HOWEY  1895

 Anna  CRAFT 1914 Swedish married in ?

Winifred aline SECKER 1925 S.A
Age 19


Modified wrong obit


"Obituary  LA names wife as
 Alice A ?? ChildJosephine LOOMis

[brigidmac]

The other Pelzer man was ruled out but I think he did use that name and the fact he named his son Pelzer is a clue

It's a very long thread .feel free to correct any mistakes
Or add to this

[*Sandra*]

Your mixing different families.

Sandra

[brigidmac]

7 brides may be an exaggeration too as he didn't actually marry Clara HARLE

Some of his wives were chorus girls so may have had stage names as well as official names and be same personn


winnifred Aline SECKER remarried in
1932 I wonder if she got divorce or an annulment or claimed to be a widow

[*Sandra*]

Quote Reply 3 - Obituary  new York names wife as

Alice A ?? Children Josephine LOOMIS  Harry ANDRE

Not New York but Los Angeles,,,,,,,,,,,,


The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California 19 Aug 1944, Sat  -   Page 7

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40809440/obituary_for_joseph_andre_aged_88/

FIND A GRAVE

burial -     Angelus Rosedale Cemetery Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.
Plot   Section C

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26996791


Sandra

[*Sandra*]

The Joseph Andre in the reply above was -    Joseph A Schlernitzen in 1910 Los Angeles Assembly District 70, Los Angeles, California

Joseph A Schlernitzen   54 born Illinois
Alice R Schlernitzen   38 born Kansas.  (eas born Alice Kuster - 1872 Kansas)
Josephine A Schlernitzen   4
Harry A Albertsen   5
Juanita V M Albertsen   13

Josephine A Schlernitzen   4 married as Josephoine A Andre 15 June 1926 Los Angeles, California to Marvin E Loomis

FIND A GRAVE

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116907866

Harry Andre was Harry Albertson on the 1910 census - a step son

Sandra