Bessie Bonehill (1855-1902) - Find a Grave Memorial

Entertainer. She was an international superstar of the Victorian Music Hall. And is recognized as the first of the Victorian ‘male impersonators'. It was said that her songs were whistled and sung all over the civilised world.

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Kingston Cemetery
Portsmouth
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1861 England Census
1881 England Census
London, England, Crisp's Marriage Licence Index, 1707-1841
London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938
UK and Ireland, Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current

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