Hi Fellow Listers; My great aunt Martha Waldo Chapman and her husband William Chapman of Erie worked for a circus in the late 1800's early 1900's. Family always said it was Barnum & Bailey or Ringling Bro's, but I haven't the slightest idea how to verify this. One elderly aunt says that there were a lot of circus people who wintered there in W. PA and E. OH. Apparently there was a whole circus community in the area. Does anyone know what circus this would be? Aunt Martha was a Fat Hoochie Goochie Girl and her husband was what the family calls the Legal Fixer-Upper man as if anything went wrong we stayed behind in that town and resolved the issue. Was this maybe like a legal advisor/manager? Once my aunt and uncle retired to Erie they opened a small zoo complete with cotton candy with some unusual animals eg: bear, raccon, minature pony, etc. I guess it was like a petting zoo. One other to note about this is that my gg grandfather Marcus C. (Mark) of Erie Co was a horse Doctor (what the family calls him) and when any of of the horses that pulled the Circus Wagons got injured they always sent them back to him to nurse back to health. My very elderly great aunt (now lives in Erie) remembers one particular big white horse (with a braided mane) that he cared for circa 1915-1920 was so rare and beautiful that he slept in the barn with it until it recovered! I want to so very much know more about these colorful ancestors that worked for the circus back during an era before TV, movies, etc. when the circus/fairs was a major event and great family entertainment! Does anyone know of them or where I may obtain this info? Happy trails on the hunt; Patti Waldo Swaim