One of Tannaker Buhicrosan’s troupes
1876 April – June – First appearance in England at Alexandra Palace – extraordinary feats of juggling. The Jackitschy Imperial Troupe/The Great Jackitschy Troupe
1876 summer – tour Britain – 12 in number, male and female. Balancing of a triple ladder on feet. Little All Right. Mothokitschy aged 8 performing tumbling on top of a pole and Juruschy Kingho and Itschko both aged 12, performing acrobatic feats with block piling and swords
1876 August – Stroud – Mothokischy (8), Juruschy Kingho, Itschko (2 youths aged 12 respectively)
1876 October – Further details of the Jackitschy troupe were given in a report of the arrest and charge with stealing 3s of a Japanese woman in Kidderminster, who was a waiting woman to “Mrs Jackitschky”. “As she had been locked up for two days the charge was not pressed and Hutssura was discharged. The Mayor elicited that she would be taken back by Jackitschky, and not turned adrift in a strange country. She is a married woman, but her husband stays behind in Japan.”[1]
[1] Western Daily Press, 16 October, p 4
1876 September to December – Advertisement in The London and Provincial Entracte – The Great Jackitschy Troupe (12 in number), Tannaker’s Little All Right and Tommy the Wolf Troupe – 8 artists, Tannakers Japanese New Entertainment, Tannaker’s Great Dragon Troupe 6 males and females. Managers are cautioned against persons using the above titles.
1877 January – Tannaker’s New Troupe of Japanese – Bradford “Mr Tannaker has introduced many Japanese but his Jackitschy Troupe excels them all” The Times. 12 in Number. Series of advertisements in The Magnet.
1877 July passengers arrived New York from Liverpool – Mrs Otto Jackitschy, Mrs Utzara Sabaru, Z Jackitscky, Toke Sabaree, Master Tommy Ritchie, Master Toke Zackitscky, Jno Peters, Miss Otamatchie Jackischy, Miss Orniota Ritchie
1877 July – Tony Pastor’s Great Jackits-chy troupe – Tosanbrusan/Tomsambrusan, Toke/osan, Oratto/Omoto, Tesambra, Little All Right, Dyasksan, Sautsan, Utzierri, Tommiketchie – New York
1877 August – Great Jackitschy Troupe now appearing in Jersey City, America.
1877 September – Great Jackitschy Troupe now performing in Washington. Also Michigan
1877 November – Jackitschy Troupe now appearing in the States – advertisement in The Era, J Hardman, agent for Tannaker’s Japanese
1877 November – Samuel Joseph Peters, infant son of John Peters, manager of Tannaker’s Jackitschy Troupe, dies in Detroit Michigan
1878 February – 8 in number
1878 March – Detroit Michigan, Buffalo New York
1878 April Boston Mass.
1878 May New York
1878 June Pennsylvania
1878 July Vermont
1878 August Lewiston Maine
1878 New York
1878 October Pennsylvania Jackits-chys Japanese troupe
1878 November – Irving’s troupe, Boston, Mass. 8 members. Mrs Jackitschy top spinning
1878 December – Tokosan, Tommie Ketchie, Omuto, Uttzura, Oto and Otomachi in Columbus Ohio. Phil H Irving manager.
1878 December – Jackits-chy supports tall pole with his feet, while lying on his back, upon which Omato performs many seemingly impossible feats. The Cleveland Leader
27 Dec 1878, Cleveland, Ohio p 5
1879 – no further advertising of the Jackitschy troupe in Britain by Tannaker.
1879 January – Chicago, Detroit – Irving’s Royal Jackits-chy
1879 February New York Phil Irving manager of Jackitschy troupe arrested in USA for Little All Right being under age as a performer. Was let off as prosecution failed to establish Little All Right was under 16.
1879 March – Irving’s Royal Jackitschy Japanese Troupe – Phil H. Irving manager (had 18 month contract to July 1879). Niblo’s Garden Theatre New York. 6 people.
1879 June – Madame Oto Jackitschy gives birth to a boy – by the manager of the troupe in Amherst, Mass.
1879 August – Mrs Jackitschy and Phil Irving’s baby dies when the troupe was performing with W. C. Coup’s “New United Monster Shows” in Carbondale Pennsylvania. It was buried in the Catholic Cemetery there.
1879 December – Irving’s Jackitschy troupe, enlarged, 8 people. New York Clipper. Tokosan, the acrobatic Tommiketchi, the charming Omoto, the astonishing Otomachi, the celestial beauties Otto and Utzzurri and the astonishing, original and only Little All Right
1880 January – Irving’s Jackitschy Japs in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1880 February – interview in The Inter Ocean (Chicago) with Mr Jackitschy, the head of the first troupe that ever visited America (so Hamaikari Sadakichi?). Mrs Jackitschy. Mrs Minkomo no more than 18 years old recently arrived to marry Mr Minkomo, a grave old party. Little All Right. Also a baby, born in the USA, and Charlie and Harry, 3 and 5 years old (who were girls). With Coup’s circus.
1880 March – Louisville Kentucky. Madam Jackitschy
1880 July – When Coup’s circus returned the following year in July 1880, the troupe visited the grave of Mrs Jackitschy’s baby and decorated it.
1883 Tannaker’s Great Jackitschy in Jedburgh, Scotland
(Hat tip to Jack Fagan for information on Mrs Jackitschy and Phil Irving’s baby)
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