1848 born
1871 April census Clerk living in Mile End
1872 June – Royal Surrey Gardens, theatrical agent
1872 September – H.W. Wieland, manager of gala department, 55 Waterloo Road, F Abrahams is proprietor
1873 August – H.W. Wieland agent 55 Waterloo Road – Professor Leon Japanese entertainments
1873 November -The Royal Victoria Circus ((Tom)Wieland and (Harry) Lyons) and the Kioto Exhibition Troupe of Japanese, is another attraction in Calcutta and is by far the greatest combination ever seen in India. (The Australasian February 1874)
1873 December – becomes Freemason, The Era lodge.
1874 Wieland becomes independent then becomes Wieland & Holmes at 29 Waterloo bridge Road
1876 September – Henry William Wieland/Weiland Royal Troupe of Japanese direct from the Crystal Palace in Birmingham.
1876 November – Wieland managing “The Royal Tycoon Japanese Troupe from the Crystal Palace” in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Gin Goro Jack, Fousah Ketchey, As Sa Ma Ki, Yama Moto, Moto Ketchie, Como Ketchey. “whose acrobatic and athletic feats caused such a sensation a number of years ago in Glasgow “
1877 managing the Hanlon Volta troupe, but then they argue and split.
1877 – mainly focused on Alexandra Palace. Wieland’s Combination, Wieland’s equestrian. Representing wire walkers. Tavistock Street, Covent Garden
1877 October – Clara Ethel born to John Frederick Wieland (retired major) and Clara Emma Rishworth.
1878 becomes agent to Adelaide, stage name Zaeo.
1879 Zaeo appears at Alexandra Palace
1880 Zaeo appears at Westminster Aquarium. Has accident. https://thelondonwanderer.co.uk/2022/08/human-cannonballs-dead-whales-strongmen-sombreros/?doing_wp_cron=1740601545.5789189338684082031250
1887 daughter Elizabeth/Lizzie born
1890 Zaeo returns to Aquarium after 10 year tour
1891 Census – Adelaide Wieland 25, artiste gymnastic, Henry W Wieland 41, recorded as Adelaide’s foster father. Clara aged 11, foster sister
1892 court cases
1893 Clara makes first appearance at the Empire Leicester Square, “creating a new primatic serpentine dance”
1895 September – go to New York – Miss Zaeo aged 29, Clara aged 16, Henry aged 50
1896 son Henry William born in New York
1896 Clara in burlesques “bewitchingly pretty and intensely chic” in USA
1897 daughter Olga born
1899 February daughter Clara marries William Henry Perette Thring (b 1863) actor and agent W.H. Perrette
1899 November – Clara and William Henry daughter Clara Adelaide Thring born
1901 census – Clara, William Henry and Clara Adelaide in Liverpool
1902 November Clara petitions for divorce from William Henry Thring on the grounds of cruelty. Frequently violently assaulted her, threw a lighted candle at her causing her to bleed. Blackened both her eyes and then jumped on her chest. Pushed a lighted candle into her mouth.
1906 Adelaide Wieland dies of a brain haemorrhage, aged 43. Funeral attended by her children Henry, Lizzie and Olga and Henry her husband. Clara is in the USA.
1907 Clara Wieland changed her name to Mary Ann Brown, a mimic, and gave up the serpentine dancing. Is still in the USA.
1911 Clara Wieland has operation in London on a tumour
1911- 1917 Clara Wieland performing in USA as “Taylor & Brown”
1922 Henry Wieland dies.
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