1. Eugene Stratton adopted the stage name Eugene Stratton and spent most of his career in British music halls.
12 Facts About Eugene Stratton
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Eugene Stratton was born in Buffalo, New York, to immigrants from Alsace.
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Eugene Stratton first performed at the age of 10 in an acrobatic act called the "Two Wesleys", in which he was paired with a much larger man and was billed as 'The Big and Little of It'.
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Eugene Stratton appeared as a dancer in 1873 under the name of Master Jean.
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Eugene Stratton spent some time in a circus before joining a blackface minstrel show.
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When Haverly's troupe returned to the US in 1881, Eugene Stratton stayed in England.
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Eugene Stratton joined the Moore and Burgess Minstrel Show, and quickly worked his way up to be the main song and dance man in the group, devising their routines.
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Eugene Stratton was "a natural dancer with a wonderful sense of movement", and developed a talent for whistling.
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Eugene Stratton left the minstrels to go on the music hall circuit in 1887, first as a double act, then solo.
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Eugene Stratton was a member of the Grand Order of Water Rats.
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Eugene Stratton gave his final performance in 1914, and died in Christchurch, Hampshire on September 15,1918.
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Eugene Stratton is buried in Bandon Hill Cemetery in Wallington in Surrey.