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She also danced in the Chicago Belles.

Living in Brum, as her parents had to sign the contract between Minnie and Mr Brewster due to her age.

Apparently John E. Brewster moved his base of operations to Paris at some point.

Minnie did return from Spain for the birth of my father, however she had retired from dancing by that time Harold (her husband) and Minnie were living in Barcelona where Harold was Company Secretary for the Remington Typewriter Company. Minnie returned to Barcelona with my dad and they lived...

Pedrocut, was is the Million Gazette, please?

Yes!! Thank you! The 6 Ontarios was the Brewster group Minnie Danced with! Thank you, so much! It seems Brewsters in Birmingham and Paris were linked.

Post 10 was from some notes I gleaned at Birmingham Reference Library about Mr Brewster.

Some are, but others were secret. He made the mistake of admitting to being fluent in German in the trenches and when they found out how fluent he was quickly moved on to a new assignment! (He'd spent a considerable amount of time in Germany preWW1.)

I think they were a family outfit. Mr Brewster reportedly made his dancers attend church with his family.

Thanks, Pedrocut! Very helpful!

Yes, that's true, Lyn. His father contracted TB and combined with lung damage from WW1, that killed him.

Thanks, yes that's Minnie. I'll follow that up.

Hi, everyone. I am doing some research into my paternal grandmother, Minnie Florence Hawkins. Minnie was a dancer and was a member of the Brewster dance troupe in Birmingham for a time. At a young age Minnie (under the guidance and care of Mr Brewster) embarked on a dancing tour of Europe...

Hi, PJM! My reply is four years late, but I lost my log in details! Thank you for your help. Had to re-register.