Amos Bailey - Revision history

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	https://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/joseph-gamman-bailey-24-4hpfqd		https://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/joseph-gamman-bailey-24-4hpfqd
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	"Cape Town Firms: Amos Bailey, Board of Executors, R. Cane & Sons", ''The Cape Town Guide'' 1897 , p, 127[https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/18065/012_p126-140.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y]		"Cape Town Firms: Amos Bailey, Board of Executors, R. Cane & Sons", ''The Cape Town Guide'' 1897 , p, 127[https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/18065/012_p126-140.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y]

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 Born in 1855, he later established himself in the growing suburb of Woodstock to build a career as a grocer, provision merchant and draper, eventually owning his own double-story premises in Lower Road Woodstock. His business soon expanded to also serve Salt River and other suburbs. A 1897 advert in ''The Cape Town Guide'' of 1897 states that he was an importer of "Drapery, Grocery, Hardware, Lampware, Brushware, Cutlery, Boots and Shoes, Clothing, Stationery, Fancy Goods and every description of Merchandise. Also importer of Pianos and Organs."[https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/18065/013_p141-155.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y]
-Married to Catherine Gamman (1855-1922), with whom he had a son, Joseph Gamman Bailey, and a daughter, Millicent Kate Bailey. Amos passed away in 1924 and he and his family are buried in a family grave in the Woltemade Cemetery in Maitland, Cape Town.
+Married to Catherine Gamman (1855-1922), with whom he had a son, Joseph Gamman Bailey, and a daughter, Millicent Kate Bailey. Amos passed away in 1924 and he and his family are buried in a family grave in the Woltemade Cemetery in Maitland, Cape Town.[https://graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=593336]
 ==Contribution to South African theatre and performance==

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 Born in 1855, he later established himself in the growing suburb of Woodstock to build a career as a grocer, provision merchant and draper, eventually owning his own double-story premises in Lower Road Woodstock. His business soon expanded to also serve Salt River and other suburbs. A 1897 advert in ''The Cape Town Guide'' of 1897 states that he was an importer of "Drapery, Grocery, Hardware, Lampware, Brushware, Cutlery, Boots and Shoes, Clothing, Stationery, Fancy Goods and every description of Merchandise. Also importer of Pianos and Organs."[https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/18065/013_p141-155.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y]
-Married to Catherine Gamman, with whom he had two sons.
+Married to Catherine Gamman (1855-1922), with whom he had a son, Joseph Gamman Bailey, and a daughter, Millicent Kate Bailey. Amos passed away in 1924 and he and his family are buried in a family grave in the Woltemade Cemetery in Maitland, Cape Town.
 ==Contribution to South African theatre and performance==

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	Married to Catherine Gamman, with whom he had two sons.		Married to Catherine Gamman, with whom he had two sons.
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		+	He passed away in 1924 and is buried

	==Contribution to South African theatre and performance==		==Contribution to South African theatre and performance==

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 ==Biography==
 Born in 1855, he later established himself in the growing suburb of Woodstock to build a career as a grocer, provision merchant and draper, eventually owning his own double-story premises in Lower Road Woodstock. His business soon expanded to also serve Salt River and other suburbs. A 1897 advert in ''The Cape Town Guide'' of 1897 states that he was an importer of "Drapery, Grocery, Hardware, Lampware, Brushware, Cutlery, Boots and Shoes, Clothing, Stationery, Fancy Goods and every description of Merchandise. Also importer of Pianos and Organs."[https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/18065/013_p141-155.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y]
 ==Contribution to South African theatre and performance==

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-[[Amos Bailey]] (1855-1924) was a Cape Town businessman, theatre lover, amateur performer and musical director.
+[[Amos Bailey]] (1855-1924) was a Cape Town businessman and theatre lover.
-Biography
+==Biography==
-He established himself in the new suburb of Woodstock as a grocer, provision merchant and draper, his business soon expanding to also serve Salt River and other suburbs.[https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/18065/012_p126-140.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y]
+Born in 1855, he later established himself in the growing suburb of Woodstock to build a career as a grocer, provision merchant and draper, eventually owning his own double-story premises in Lower Road Woodstock. His business soon expanded to also serve Salt River and other suburbs. A 1897 advert in ''The Cape Town Guide'' of 1897 states that he was an importer of "Drapery, Grocery, Hardware, Lampware, Brushware, Cutlery, Boots and Shoes, Clothing, Stationery, Fancy Goods and every description of Merchandise. Also importer of Pianos and Organs."[https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/18065/013_p141-155.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y]
-Founder and leading light of both the [[Musical and Dramatic Society]] (in 1888) and of the [[Woodstock Amateur Operatic Society]] in Woodstock, Cape Town.
+As an amateur theatre lover, performer and musical director, he was the founder and leading light of both the [[Musical and Dramatic Society]] (in 1888) and of the [[Woodstock Amateur Operatic Society]] in Woodstock, Cape Town.
 He also participated as an actor in many of their productions, (e.g. playing the "Pirate King" in ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]'').

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-[[Amos Bailey]] (fl 1880s-1900s) was a Cape Town businessman, theatre lover, amateur performer and musical director.
+[[Amos Bailey]] (1855-1924) was a Cape Town businessman, theatre lover, amateur performer and musical director.
 Biography
-He established himself in the new suburb of Woodstock as a grocer, provision merchant and draper, his business soon expanding to also serve Salt River and other suburbs.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/hilton-t/7414135478]
+He established himself in the new suburb of Woodstock as a grocer, provision merchant and draper, his business soon expanding to also serve Salt River and other suburbs.[https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/18065/012_p126-140.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y]
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 == Sources ==
-"Cape Town Firms: Amos Bailey, Board of Executors, R. Cane & Sons", ''The Cape Town Guide'' 1897[https://www.flickr.com/photos/hilton-t/7414135478]
+https://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/joseph-gamman-bailey-24-4hpfqd
 [[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)

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	Founder and leading light of both the [[Musical and Dramatic Society]] (in 1888) and of the [[Woodstock Amateur Operatic Society]] in Woodstock, Cape Town.		Founder and leading light of both the [[Musical and Dramatic Society]] (in 1888) and of the [[Woodstock Amateur Operatic Society]] in Woodstock, Cape Town.
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