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Charles Sherwood Stratton (January 4, 1838 – July 15, 1883), better known by his stage name "General Tom Thumb", was an American with dwarfism who achieved great fame as a performer under circus pioneer P. T. Barnum.
Also known as "General Tom Thumb", he gained fame under P. T. Barnum who exaggerated his short height to be 64 cm (25 in). [87] 1838–1883 United States: 91 cm (36 in) [88] D: Thomas Dilward: Stage actor Nineteenth-century minstrel show entertainer. [89] 1840–1902 England: 100 cm (39 in) [90] B: Jeffrey Hudson: Court dwarf
Warren was born as Mercy Lavinia Warren Bump at Middleborough, Massachusetts, the daughter of Huldah Pierce (Warren) and James Sullivan Bump. [2] She was distantly descended from a French family named Bonpasse, from Governor Thomas Mayhew, and five Mayflower passengers: John Billington, Francis Cooke, Edward Doty, Stephen Hopkins, and Richard Warren – New England families which intermarried ...
Barnum thought this was a chance to make a lot of money. He sent the members of the wedding party on long, successful tours of America and Europe. The four dwarfs were sent off again—this time on a grand tour of the world as The Tom Thumb Company. [6] The four little people left the United States on 21 June 1869. [29]
The Middleborough Historical Museum is a museum located at 18 Jackson Street, Middleborough, Massachusetts, and maintained by the Middleborough Historical Association.It is sometimes known as the Tom Thumb Museum for its extensive holdings of personal items from General Tom Thumb and his wife Lavinia Warren, who lived in the nearby Tom Thumb House. [1]
Tamera McLaughlin, 25, made history as the first little person to walk the runway at Miami Swim Week, Art Heart Fashion, which produces the event, confirmed to Yahoo Life. McLaughlin made her ...
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Patufet's monument in Folch i Torres's square of Granollers, Catalonia.Work of Efraïm Rodríguez Cover of the first issue of En Patufet magazine. Patufet (Catalan pronunciation: [pətuˈfɛt], also known as Garbancito in Spanish) is the main character of one of the most famous folktales of Catalan tradition.