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    Hawkins Minnie Florence, dancer

    She also danced in the Chicago Belles.
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    Hawkins Minnie Florence, dancer

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

    Apparently John E. Brewster moved his base of operations to Paris at some point.
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    Hawkins Minnie Florence, dancer

    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...
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    Hawkins Minnie Florence, dancer

    Pedrocut, was is the Million Gazette, please?
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    Hawkins Minnie Florence, dancer

    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.
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    Hawkins Minnie Florence, dancer

    Post 10 was from some notes I gleaned at Birmingham Reference Library about Mr Brewster.
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    Hawkins Minnie Florence, dancer

    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.)
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    Hawkins Minnie Florence, dancer

    I think they were a family outfit. Mr Brewster reportedly made his dancers attend church with his family.
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    Hawkins Minnie Florence, dancer

    Thanks, Pedrocut! Very helpful!
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    Hawkins Minnie Florence, dancer

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

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

    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...
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    Scholes Harold Webb

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