1855 -1858 born in Tokyo
1867 June – may have been the younger Tora keet chee in the Baldwin & Gilbert Great Dragon Troupe, #94 in the Kanagawa passport records
1869 May have been “Torra” of brothers Torra and Tassa that performed tumbling with swords in their mouths with Great Dragon Troupe in Britain.
late 1860s – in the Great Dragon Troupe photo below – possibly seated on the ground in the middle. Kondo Torakichi, Yasokichi and Fudekichi all noted on line up.
1871 April – census Kondo Torrakitchi aged 13, Luton boarding house with other members of Great Dragon Troupe, after the merger with Tannaker‘s troupe.
1871 June – Torakitchi and Yaso touring Kent, Gloucestershire performing “peculiar posturing”
1873 May – Torrakitsche performing a block piling act. Condertorro balancing and revolving heavy screen weights and paper screens. Norwich
1873 August – Torrakitschi bending and somersaulting with Yasso. Condertorro balancing and revolving heavy weights on his feet. Torakitschi block piling and balancing. Jersey
1873 August 17 – Torakichi marries Alice Maud Daniels in Guernsey. Torakichi is 18, Alice 19 – daughter of Thomas Daniels, a stableman (deceased) and Caroline, a charwoman living in Marylebone, London.
1874 January – Peculars, Postures and Acrobats with Yasso
1874 January – paper screen performance on soles of feet Condertorro with Tannaker’s original Japanese troupe, Manchester
1875 July – daughter Oalbudersan (Alice) Torra born in London
1876 July – son Condo Thomas Torra born in London
1876 December – Condor Torra in Stamford with Tannaker’s Japanese troupe, performing a ladder trick
1878 January – son Tannaker Torra born and dies in infancy
1878 April – Condertorra in Tannaker’s Japanese
1879 January – son Meanersan Commer Torra born in London
1879 March – Condertorra balancing screens on feet in Tannaker’s Japanese Troupe
1881 April – census in boarding house in Nottingham, where Tannaker’s troupe was performing. Thomas C Torra aged 25 with Alice (cashier), Oalbudersan 5, Condo Thomas Torra 4, Commer 2.
1881 July – Oalbuderson and Condo Thomas Torra baptised in Birkenhead
1881 December – Condo Torra in Cheltenham with Tannaker’s Japanese
1882 March – Condo Torra in Yarmouth with Tannaker’s Japanese
1882 June – son Condo Thomas Torra dies aged 6
1883 October 1 – daughter Una Torra born in Scotland
1885 Tannaker’s Japanese Village opens in Knightsbridge. Torakitchi is bamboo climbing.
1885 April – daughter Nellie Osato born in London
1886 June – Una May and Nellie Osato baptised at St Mary’s Lewisham. Condo Thomas Torra is described as a shopkeeper. Address 3 Felix Place/Terrace, Knightsbridge.
1887 April – Torra and Little Coma – Tommy the Wolf Japanese transformation at the Tannaker’s Japanese Village
1887 August – Conda-Torra tub spinning at Tannaker’s Japanese village in Blackpool
1889 May – Conda Torra in Taunton with his son Commer Meanerson as the “Great Condo and son”, still being managed by Tannaker Buhicrosan
1889 May 24 – daughter May born in Lewisham, London
1889 December – Reading – Conda, Torra and Little Allright
1890 January – Norwich – Condo and Little Allright
1890 February – Glasgow – Japanese Marvel Little Allright and his marvellous feats of equilibrium and slide for life
1890 – Condo and Son/Condo the Japanese and Little Allright tour Britain, appear at the Folies Bergeres in Paris and Edinburgh International Exhibition
1890 November The Original Little Allright, slide for life, represented by Parravicini
1891 February – May – Condo and Little Allright
1891 – Condo and Son Real Japanese Marvellous Feet Balancers – Great Tub Feat, Ladder Balancing, Paper Frame Act, Barrel Kicking by Little Condo, assisted by Okamisan.
1891 April – census – Oalbudersan/Alice, Una, Nellie and May living with Alice’s mother Caroline Daniels at 23 Western Road, Wood Green, London.
1891 October Condo and Little Allright in their acts of juggling
1892 With Poole’s Myriorama and Culeen’s Circus, Condo and Little Allright
1892 June – the three Condos, equilibrists and jugglers
1893 Ginnett’s Circus, Mexican Circus in Ireland, Royal Aquarium London Condo and Little Allright
1893 April – The Condos, Tarrosan Japanese wire walker advertised in The Era by Will Sley
1893 July – Three Condos marvellous feet balancers
1894 February – Three Condos feet equilibrists
1894 December – Three Condos, ladders, expert jugglers
1894 The Condos tour Britain as two Japanese jugglers accompanied by a female assistant
1895 January – Three Condos, London
1895 May – The Condos, Japanese feet equilibrists
1896 January – miscellaneous collection of balancing tricks with tubs and barrels – Dundee
1896 February The Condos are 4, with little Miss Una on the big tub. Are represented by Will Sley
1896 Condos Japanese wonders in Blackpool
1896 September – still represented by Will Sley
1896 December – The Condos and little Una, real Japanese jugglers
1897 January Little Allright with Ando, Amme
1897 January The Condos, equilibrists, Aberdeen
1897 February – Three Condos Japanese troupe in a marvellous act of human balancing.
1897 April – son Claude born
1897 August – October – The Condos native Japanese foot equilibrists and Una on the tubs and ladder
1897 December – Royal Aquarium – Condos, Chiyokichi, Coma a Japanese court juggler
1898 March – Condos, Japanese equilibrists and Miss Una on the tubs and ladder
1898 September – son Claude dies
1899 April – the extraordinary Japanese Condos, Coma, Japanese juggler
1899 August- October the Condos, Japanese foot equilibrists and Miss Una
1899 October 21 – Coma, juggler of the Condos has undergone a critical operation and is now in Great Northern Hospital, Holloway Road (The Era)
1899 October – November Little Allright, M Ando
1900 January – the Famous Condos – Japanese Wonders – a pair of remarkably clever Japanese equilibrists
1900 May – Japanese jugglers
1900 June – Japanese equilibrists, Coma Japanese juggler
1900 July-December – Al(a) Coma, Japanese Juggler, the Condos, Japanese Equilibrists
1901 Coma Japanese juggler appears solo
1901 The Condos and graceful Miss Una tour
1901 April – census Thomas Condo foot equilibrist aged 43, Coma Condo, juggler, 22, Una Condo, 17, foot equilibrist at boarding house in Sunderland. Alice living with her daughter Alice in Wood Green. Gives her occupation as music hall artiste.
1901 June – Alice dies at the age of 46
1901 July – Condos and Una at the Royal Aquarium
1903 Three Condos
1905 May – Una marries Thomas Barger Andrews, music hall artist. Condo Thomas Torra’s occupation is Music Hall Artist.
1905 Coma “up to date Anglo-Japanese juggler” with Poole’s troupe
1908 Coma juggler and equilibrist in Dublin
1911 April – census daughters Nellie Osato and May in Wood Green with daughter Alice and her husband and family. No record for Condo Thomas Torra or Coma
1914 Nellie Osato dies aged 29
1921 June – census – Tora Ritchie Krudo aged 66, born Tokyo, Japan, living with Oscar McKay and his wife Yuki, nee Nomura, in Chorlton upon Medlock, with Elizabeth McKay, mother of Oscar McKay and Margaret McKay, who married Mitsukichi Ando.
1925 July 29th – Kondo Torakichi dies in Manchester (Tora Kondo) aged 69
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