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[[James Leffler]] was a British born singer, actor and company manager

Also known as [[James Henry Leffler]] or [[J.H. Leffler]]

Came to South Africa with the Sefton Parry Company at the age of 22,

Was married to Ellen Prestwich who seems to have borne him a number of children and was a singer. Billed as an operatic singer from
Born Cape Town 18/02/1865?

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	She was billed as a member of the Royal Opera Company, London, when she came to South Africa with her husband, [[James Leffler]], [[Henry Harper]], and miss [[Annette Hirst]] in the [[The Harper-Leffler Opera Company]] (or sometimes referred to as the [[Harper-Leffler Company]]), to perform six concerts of opera selections in the [[Commercial Exchange]] and the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town between 5 August - 9 September 1868.		She was billed as a member of the Royal Opera Company, London, when she came to South Africa with her husband, [[James Leffler]], [[Henry Harper]], and miss [[Annette Hirst]] in the [[The Harper-Leffler Opera Company]] (or sometimes referred to as the [[Harper-Leffler Company]]), to perform six concerts of opera selections in the [[Commercial Exchange]] and the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town between 5 August - 9 September 1868.
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		+	== Sources ==
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		+	Blog by Bernard Meredith Leffler's granddaughter: ''Leffler Stories. Past and present for the future'' (Category: James Henry Leffler - ''Family History Letter from William Frederick Leffler to Bernard Leffler 1922''[https://lefflerstories.com/category/james-henry-leffler/]
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		+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]:
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		+	[[P.J. du Toit]]. 1988. ''Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika''. Pretoria: Academica
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		+	[TH, JH]
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 Also known as [[James Henry Leffler]] or [[J.H. Leffler]]
-Came to South Africa with the Sefton Parry Company at the age of 22,
+Came to South Africa with the [[Sefton Parry]] Company at the age of 22 in 1862,
 Was married to [[Ellen Prestwich]] who also seems to have been a singer, perhaps the one billed as [[Mrs J.H. Leffler]] an operatic singer from, when she appeared in South Africa with the [[Harper Leffler Opera Company]] and later.
 She was billed as a member of the Royal Opera Company, London, when she came to South Africa with her husband, [[James Leffler]], [[Henry Harper]], and miss [[Annette Hirst]] in the [[The Harper-Leffler Opera Company]] (or sometimes referred to as the [[Harper-Leffler Company]]), to perform six concerts of opera selections in the [[Commercial Exchange]] and the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town between  5 August - 9 September 1868.

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	Was married to [[Ellen Prestwich]] who also seems to have been a singer, perhaps the one billed as [[Mrs J.H. Leffler]] an operatic singer from, when she appeared in South Africa with the [[Harper Leffler Opera Company]] and later.		Was married to [[Ellen Prestwich]] who also seems to have been a singer, perhaps the one billed as [[Mrs J.H. Leffler]] an operatic singer from, when she appeared in South Africa with the [[Harper Leffler Opera Company]] and later.
−	~~Born~~ Cape Town ~~18/02/1865?~~	+
		+	She was billed as a member of the Royal Opera Company, London, when she came to South Africa with her husband, [[James Leffler]], [[Henry Harper]], and miss [[Annette Hirst]] in the [[The Harper-Leffler Opera Company]] (or sometimes referred to as the [[Harper-Leffler Company]]), to perform six concerts of opera selections in the [[Commercial Exchange]] and the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town between 5 August - 9 September 1868.

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 Came to South Africa with the Sefton Parry Company at the age of 22,
-Was married to Ellen Prestwich who seems to have borne him a number of children and was a singer. Billed as an operatic singer from
+Was married to [[Ellen Prestwich]] who also seems to have been a singer, perhaps the one billed as [[Mrs J.H. Leffler]] an operatic singer from, when she appeared in South Africa with the [[Harper Leffler Opera Company]] and later.
 Born Cape Town 18/02/1865?