Jessica, My Victor family had a circus. They orginally came from Italy and mainland Portugal. Why they settled in the Azores is a mystery. They performed on the trapeze and one of my great aunts said she hung from her hair (ouch!!) My aunt told me they also had animals (horses and dogs). So far, we have not been able to find anything about the circus. They seem to have travelled all over the Azores from ca 1870 to 1891 as they had children on several different islands. It is my hope that one day, someone reading the old newspapers, especially in Terceira, will find something about them. Some of the baptism records list the parents as "gynastico/gynastica" so we know the family stories are true. How my gggrandmother performed this feat being pregnant almost every year is a wonder in itself. One great uncle said he had to run through fire and burned himself.
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