Poole, Ada Violet, 1875 - 1954
Dates
- Existence: 1875 - 1954
Biography
Ada Violet Poole was a dancer and vocalist.
Ada was the second daughter of Joseph Poole and his wife Susannah Mayer, born in 1875. Ada had three siblings Florence (b.1873), Minnie and Joseph Wolseley (‘Tubby’) (1878-1954). All of who went into the family business.
Ada started performing in the family’s Panorama shows from the age of four.
Ada married Percy Brunel Milsom, brother of her sister Florence’s husband Elver Clement Milsom and had a son Percy Joseph Poole Milsom (1902- 1981).
Ada and Percy settled on the Isle of Wight where they were involved in the management of various cinemas.
Also performed in Poole panorama at hall adjacent to Agricultural Hall, Islington, in May 1882.
Ada died in 1954 in the Isle of Wight.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Bill Barnes Collection
Programmes, posters and photographs mainly related to the Poole family's travelling Myriorama show.
Posters, c1880 - 1899
Poster related to the Poole family film shows, Gompertz's diorama and other early cinema travelling shows and venues.
Programmes , 1881 - 2016
Pre-Film and variety and music hall programmes mainly related to the travelling shows of Joseph Poole and Harry Poole, Harry H. Hamilton, Mapleston Brothers and Adams but it also includes other showmen.