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Subject: BRASNO FAMILY Update: ANM Exclusive Author: JARVIS---Chicago (Delighted) [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: Sun, March 29 2020, 19:32:10 http://www.lordheath.com/Richard_Brasno.html . http://www.lordheath.com/George_Brasno.html. http://www.lordheath.com/Olive_Brasno.html .  Richard, George, and Olive Brasno were "midget" siblings. Of the 8 children born to George Sr. and Anna Brasno, 3 were midgets and the others were "normal" size. Their sister, Elizabeth (Betty), was 5'11" and performed as a trapeze artist for Ringling Bros.Circus for 15 years. As part of the Buster Shaver Act, the "little people" toured Europe and the US as a successful vaudeville act. Their Father died in 1944 in an accident when he fell down the cellar stairs to go down and fetch coal for the landlady. Their Mom died in Las Vegas in 1965 where she and 2 of the boys had been since 1960 operating a bar they owned. RICHARD:born: South River, New Jersey. height: 3'4" (age 18). weight: 47 lbs.died: Lakeland, Polk County, Florida.auto/motorcycle accident. His motorcycle was "rammed" by an automobile while stopped for a traffic light. Sources for Richard: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=2238&h=302132080&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=60901 1943 June WWII Draft Card: age 18: ht.: birth place. https://www.newspapers.com/image/316748731/?terms=%22richard%2Bbrasno%22 1974 March obit: killed in car/cycle accident. GEORGE: Real name: George FRANCIS Brasno Jr.. height: 3'6" (age 28). weight: 51 lbs. Sources for GEORGE: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=2238&h=302132126&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2442 1940 Nov: WWII Draft Card: height: Francis: OLIVE: height: 4'0" (adult). She had a long career performing with many "big name" performers in vaudeville and TV.She married Gus Wayne in 1960. He had been one of the Munchkins in "The Wizard of Oz". There was a shortage of actors to play Munchkins  She said she was offered $75 a week to play one and turned it down because she was making $150 per week in vaudeville. Sources for OLIVE: https://www.newspapers.com/image/358901769/?terms=brasno 1959 Feb: bio: ht.4': sister 5'11": https://www.newspapers.com/image/221856198/?terms=brasno 1965 March: obit: death of Mom Anna: https://www.newspapers.com/image/314718862/?terms=brasno 1944 Nov: accidental death of Father: [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date Re: BRASNO FAMILY Update: ANM Exclusive Lord (pages updated) Sat, April 04 2020, 15:29:20