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John Edwin Zinga 1855 - 1920

John Edward Zinga was born in 1855 in Mauritius. He was married to Dezeppo Marie (Beaumont) Zinga, and had children May Emmeline (Zinga) Wirth, Arthur Stephen Zinga, and Gilbert Edwin Zinga. John Zinga died at age 64 years old on September 5, 1920 in Bowen, Whitsunday Regional County, QLD Australia, and was buried at Bowen Cemetery in Bowen.

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1855
Mauritius
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September 5, 1920
Bowen, Whitsunday Regional County, QLD, 4805, Australia
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  • Professional Career

    Circus Performer, Acrobat, Contortionist.
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    1920

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    September 5, 1920
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    Bowen, Whitsunday Regional County, QLD 4805, Australia
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    The Bowen Independent, Saturday 11 September 1920. DEATH OF ZINGA. A familiar figure in our midst of late years in the person of Zinga, who filled the position of town crier and bellman, passed away on Sunday last at the hospital at the age of 65 years, death being due to yellow juandice, the funeral taking place on Monday. In his younger days Zinga, who was a native of Madagascar, was a circus performer, being a very clever acrobat and contortionist, and travelled the world with some of the best shows on earth. His daughter, whose circus name is Miss May Worth, is one of the cleverest equestriennes in the world, and his son is a chip off the old block, a very clever acrobat and contortionist. He was employed for several years by Mr.C. Johnson, at the Tivoli Pictures.
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In 1855, in the year that John Edwin Zinga was born, on June 29th, The Daily Telegraph began in London. The newspaper began as The Daily Telegraph and Courier and still has the reputation of being a quality paper.
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In 1865, at the age of merely 10 years old, John was alive when on April 9th, Confederate Army General Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union Army at Appomattox Court House. Lee's surrender led to a series of surrenders in the Confederacy and in 1866 President Johnson issued a "Proclamation—Declaring that Peace, Order, Tranquility, and Civil Authority Now Exists in and Throughout the Whole of the United States of America".
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Zinga, Joseph (Apr 22, 1936 - Dec 4, 2009) Zinga, Anthony (Jul 8, 1928 - Jul 1977) Zinga, Joseph (Feb 29, 1928 - May 1973) Zinga, Josephine (Apr 22, 1927 - May 1996) Zinga, Jack (Jan 31, 1912 - Mar 4, 2001) Zinga, George (Apr 9, 1919 - Feb 9, 1984) Zinga, Lorene (Mar 15, 1942 - Aug 18, 2007) Zinga, Peter (Jun 25, 1916 - Sep 3, 1991) Zinga, Charles (May 2, 1911 - Oct 1972) Zinga, Gertrude (Oct 14, 1924 - Aug 1977)
Zinga, Helen (Aug 23, 1922 - Oct 1982) Zinga, Anthony (May 27, 1913 - Apr 1965) Zinga, Helen (Jan 16, 1913 - Aug 27, 2000) Zinga, Jesse (Apr 2, 1982 - Nov 26, 2009) Zinga, Frank (Sep 5, 1921 - Mar 11, 1989) Zinga, John (Mar 17, 1915 - Oct 1963) Zinga, Frank (Jul 13, 1946 - Nov 24, 2002) Zinga, Andrew (Oct 29, 1915 - Dec 31, 1993) Zinga, Joseph (Jan 9, 1900 - Apr 1977) Zinga, Mary (Jun 8, 1890 - Sep 1973)
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