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25. Apr. 2012 · That is when she eloped with a man 16 years her senior – a guy named Dr. Frank Thornton Jenkins. That is where the Jenkins comes from in Florence Foster Jenkins. Florence’s dad was furious and disinherited her from the family fortune. The marriage between Dr. Jenkins and Florence was short-lived. Just about the only thing that Florence got ...
Thus, in order to follow her dream, 17-year-old Florence ran away with Frank Thornton Jenkins, a physician who was 16 years older than her. They eloped and got married in Philadelphia. Their relationship lasted for a year, until Florence discovered he had given her syphilis, a disease that was incurable at that time. She cut all ties with him. Although she later said they had divorced, there ...
Thornton Jenkins Hains (1866-1953) was an American sea novelist best known today for his role in the murder of William Annis. Hains later used the pen name Mayn Clew Garnett . Hains' father was General Peter Conover Hains , a prestigious engineering officer who participated in the draining of the Washington Tidal Basin and the construction of the Panama Canal .
In order to pursue a career in music she moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and married Dr. Frank Thornton Jenkins, son of Rear Admiral Thornton A. Jenkins. She earned a living there as a teacher and pianist. The couple had no children and divorced in 1902. After inheriting a sum of money upon her father's death in 1909, she pursued a singing career. She gave her first recital in 1912; these ...
Frank Thornton. Actor: Are You Being Served?. He was the third child of William Ernest Ball, a bank manager and Rosina whose other children were Marjorie, who died in 1980 and John, Thornton was his mother's maiden name and his middle name, He played the cello in his school's orchestra and was a corporal in the Officer's Training Corps which he left in1937 and became a clerk with the Guardian...
by Gail M. Burns “There are no wrong notes; some are just more right than others.” – Thelonious Monk Florence Foster Jenkins (1868-1944) sang a lot of notes that were less right – there are recordings that give irrefutable proof of her vocal ineptitude – and yet for the last…
4. Mai 2016 · Florence Foster Jenkins (1868-1944) ... Dr Frank Thornton Jenkins, a compulsive womaniser. Meryl Streep is let loose as the larger-than-life soprano Florence Foster Jenkins. Nick Wall. We can only ...
