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Avonia Stanhope Jones Brooke

BROOKE, Avonia Stanhope Jones, actress, born in New York, 12 July, 1839; died there, 4 October, 1867. She was the daughter of George Jones, known as "Count Johannes," and made her first appearance on 18 April, 1856, at the People's theatre, Cincinnati, Ohio, as Parthenia in "Ingomar." In 1859 she acted in San Francisco, and then, after returning to New York, sailed for Australia, where she was very successful. In 1861 she appeared in London, at Drury lane theatre, and, while in England, married Gustavus Brooke, the tragedian. After returning to this country and acting in Philadelphia, she visited England again, in 1865, and, contracting a cold there, died of consumption.

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