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Nancy Fish Barnum Callias D'Orengiani, Baroness (née Fish; 22 April 1850 – 23 June 1927) was an English socialite, daughter of a successful cotton miller and the second wife of P. T. Barnum, 40 years her senior. After the death of Barnum's first wife in 1873, they married the following year in both London and New York City.
Nancy Fish was the wife of P.T Barnum, an American showman, businessman, and politician whose real name is Phineas Taylor Barnum. She was born on April 22, 1850, and died on June 23, 1927, at 77 years of age.
Dec 6, 2021 · When Charity Barnum died in November 1873, her husband was traveling abroad. He looked for comfort in the home of an English friend named John Fish and found it with Fish’s daughter Nancy,...
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Jul 1, 2024 · After 44 years of marriage, Charity Barnum died in 1873. The following year, Barnum, who was then 64, took the 24-year-old Nancy Fish, the daughter of a British admirer, for his second wife.
- American showman P.T. Barnum employed outrageous stunts, repetitive advertising, and exaggerated publicity to excite international attention for su...
- Before starting the Barnum & Bailey Circus, P.T. Barnum took over the American Museum in New York City in 1842. Over the next two decades, he attra...
- P.T. Barnum did not invent the modern circus, but, in partnership with the retiring, efficient James A. Bailey, he did give it its gigantic size, i...
Aug 23, 2010 · It was, in short, at the height of his powers when the widowed Barnum married 24-year-old Nancy Fish, an English girl and the daughter of one of Barnum’s longtime friends. Here’s how the New York Times tells the story 20-odd years later (8/8/1895):
May 28, 2019 · Spouses: Charity Hallett (m. 1829-1873) and Nancy Fish (m. 1874-1891) Children: Frances Irena, Caroline Cornelia, Helen Maria, and Pauline Taylor. Known For: Created the modern concept of the traveling circus as grand spectacle, promoted a number of hoaxes to entertain the public, and is credited with saying "There's a sucker born every minute."
Sep 6, 2019 · Nancy Alexandry Orengiani formerly Fish aka Barnum, Callius. Born 22 Apr 1850 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. Daughter of John Fish and Martha (Shaw) Fish. [sibling (s) unknown] Wife of Phineas Taylor Barnum — married 14 Feb 1874 in London, England.
