Sallie Holman

Sallie Holman
Sallie Holman
Background information
Birth name	Sarah Holman
Born	June 24, 1849; Lynn, Massachusetts
Died	June 7, 1888 (aged 38); London, Ontario
Genres	opera
Years active	1850s–1888
Associated acts	Holman English Opera Troupe

Sallie Holman (June 24, 1849 – June 7, 1888) was a Canadian opera singer.

Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of George W. Holman and Harriet Phillips, and was the principal singer in an English opera troupe, the Holman English Opera Troupe, formed by her father in the 1860s composed of her father, mother, and her siblings. The company toured the eastern United States and Canada from the late 1850s to the early 1880s.[1] She married Mr. J.T. Dalton, a member of the company, in 1879.[2]

She died on June 7, 1888.

References

Edwards, Murray D.; Hines, Frances R. (1982). "Holman, Sallie". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. XI (1881–1890) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1903). Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada. Toronto: Williams Briggs. p. 161.

External links

Morey, Carl (December 16, 2013) [February 7, 2006]. "Holman English Opera Troupe". The Canadian Encyclopedia (online ed.). Historica Canada.

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[1] Edwards, Murray D.; Hines, Frances R. (1982). "Holman, Sallie". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. XI (1881–1890) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.

[2] Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1903). Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada. Toronto: Williams Briggs. p. 161.