Zoyara, Ella, 1840-1879

found: Dan Rice's Great Show!, [1866]Playbill illustration caption (the dashing and world-renowned Equestrienne, M'lle Ella Zoyara)

found: San Francisco Chronicle, New York Times (1857-1922); May 28, 1879, ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times with Index, pg. 5, accessed via Google, June 1, 2016"'Ella Zoyara.' Death of the noted circus female impersonator" The death of Omar Kingsley closes the career of one who gained a wide-spread reputation as Ella Zoyara; ... Kingsley was born in St. Louis about 1840; ... sailed from Melbourne to India in 1877, where he appeared up to the time of his illness and death at Bombay, which took place on the 3d of April last, of small-pox)

found: A Gender variance who's who, accessed via Google, June 1, 2016Ella Zoyara (1840-1879) equestrian; Born in St. Louis, Omar Kingsley ran awy to the circus when he was 8 years old. Omar married Sallie Stickney, a fellow circus rider) - http://zagria.blogspot.com/2007/05/equestrian.html#.V07-SEbUckB