Geraldine Violet (Barrington) Pryor (1895 - 1936)

Geraldine's immediate relatives including parents, siblings, partnerships and children in the Pryor family tree.

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Geraldine's Parents

John William Barrington

Mary Jane (Peter) Pryor

Lucy Emaline Barrington Geraldine Violet (Barrington) Pryor

Primrose Mary Barrington Victoria Elizabeth Barrington

Parents:

John William Barrington

1865 - 1937

Mary Jane (Peter) Pryor

1872 - 1963

Siblings:

Primrose Mary Barrington

1892 - 1971

Lucy Emaline Barrington

1892 - 1894

Victoria Elizabeth Barrington

1897 - 1971

Relationships:

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Geraldine Violet (Barrington) Pryor & Leslie George Pryor

Geraldine Violet (Barrington) Pryor

Leslie George Pryor

Arthur William Pryor Doris May Pryor

Roy Leslie Pryor

Spouse:

Leslie George Pryor

1895 - Unknown

Children:

Arthur William Pryor

c. 1923 - Jul 6, 1944

Roy Leslie Pryor

1924 - Unknown

Doris May Pryor

1927 - Unknown

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In 1895, in the year that Geraldine Violet (Barrington) Pryor was born, on March 15th, in County Tipperary, Ireland, Michael Cleary killed his wife of 8 years, Bridget, and burned her body. His defense was that his "wife" was a changeling that was left in his real wife's place when she was abducted by fairies. He was nonetheless convicted and imprisoned for manslaughter. He spent 15 years in prison.

In 1907, at the age of just 12 years old, Geraldine was alive when the showman Florenz Ziegfeld introduced his Ziegfeld Follies. Ziegfeld was inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris and the show was a step up from the then current vaudeville shows. The top entertainers of the time played in the Follies but the stars were the Ziegfeld girls - beautiful chorus girls in elaborate costumes. For almost a quarter of a century, the Ziegfeld follies were the toast of Broadway.

In 1915, at the age of 20 years old, Geraldine was alive when in May, the RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German torpedo. The Lusitania was a British passenger ship that was sailing from New York to Liverpool England. She sank in 18 minutes - 1,198 died and 761 survived. While travelers were the main casualty - and commodity - the Lusitania did carry wartime weapons. "Remember the Lusitania" became the rallying cry of World War 1.

In 1928, she was 33 years old when aviatrix Amelia Earhart, age 31, became the first woman to fly solo across North America and back in August. In June, she had been part of a 3 man crew that flew the Atlantic Ocean but since she had no instrument training, she couldn't fly the plane - she kept the flight log. The North American flight became one of her many "firsts" as a female pilot.

In 1936, in the year of Geraldine Violet (Barrington) Pryor's passing, on November 2nd, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) debuted the world's first regular high-definition television service. The channel had a short schedule - Monday through Saturday, 3:00p to 4:00p and 9:00p to 10:00p. The first broadcast was "Opening of the BBC Television Service".