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− | [[ | + | '''Fred Morphet''', together with his brother [[Harry Morphet]], formed a partnership in 1880 presenting mysteries before local societies in Philadelphia as the Morphet Brothers. |
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+ | His parents brought him to Rochester, New York, when he was two years old, finally settling in Philadelphia. | ||
− | + | Morphet played the leading [[vaudeville]] houses and after a successful tour of the country, went back to Philadelphia to fill a long engagement at [[Kellar]]'s Egyptian Hall, with the Mrs. Tom Thumb Co. He traveled extensively and while with the Forepaugh Circus he was stricken with locomotor-ataxia and abandoned his road tours. He continued to work in Philadelphia doing local shows and at the Bradenburgh's Museum. | |
− | + | He was buried at North Cedar Cemetery in Philadelphia.<ref>[[Mahatma]] May 1904 (cover).</ref> | |
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− | He was buried at North Cedar Cemetery in Philadelphia. | + | |
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Revision as of 00:51, 19 March 2012
Fred Morphet, together with his brother Harry Morphet, formed a partnership in 1880 presenting mysteries before local societies in Philadelphia as the Morphet Brothers.
Fred Morphet | |
Born | D. J. Sheahon 1866 Quebec, Canada |
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Died | March 25, 1904 |
Resting place | North Cedar Cemetery in Philadelphia |
His parents brought him to Rochester, New York, when he was two years old, finally settling in Philadelphia.
Morphet played the leading vaudeville houses and after a successful tour of the country, went back to Philadelphia to fill a long engagement at Kellar's Egyptian Hall, with the Mrs. Tom Thumb Co. He traveled extensively and while with the Forepaugh Circus he was stricken with locomotor-ataxia and abandoned his road tours. He continued to work in Philadelphia doing local shows and at the Bradenburgh's Museum.
He was buried at North Cedar Cemetery in Philadelphia.[1]