Final Days on the Road for Menagerie Number One

The 1871 census below records the family, both Fairgrieves and Blights camped out in Kingston-upon-Thames, their days on the road fast approaching their end. It is a sobering thought that when the menagerie was sold, there were to be a lot of ex-Wombwell personnel faced with the difficult task of finding employment elsewhere.

Elizabeth Wombwell, Ann’s younger sister, who also travelled with the menagerie, died in 1870.