Leapoleous Mace

LEAPOLEOUS MACE
Leapoleous (Pooley) is the father of Herbert Mace. Herbert Mace is the father of Sydney Pooley Mace or better known as Papa Mace.

Leapoleous (Pooley) Mace is standing in the middle.

Birth about  1841 in Beeston, England

Death Living

Death 31 Oct 1912 in Cumberland, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States

His father is Barnabas "Barney" Mace, 

born in 1819 in Fransham, Norfolk England Died in 1871.

His mother is Lurena "Lavinia" Baker.

Born 1824 in Fransham, Norfolk England Died about 1881.

According to the 1851 Census, Leopolius was 12 years old and was living with his family in Beeston, Norfolk, England.

Jan 19, 1874 Leapoleous Mace married Deliah Jane Smith in Durham England. 

In 1881 Pooley is living on Broughton Rd Christie's Field in Scotland.

He is 41 years old, he is married to Jane Mace (35) and list his occupation as a Horse Dealer. 

They are parents to Madonna 5 years old, Herbert 4 years old and Thomas 7 months old.

On September 7, 1891 Pooley arrives in New York, he departed from London, England on the ship "Ludgate Hill"

 Here is the passenger list:

																																																																																									This is the "Ludgate Hill" The ship Pooley was on when he departed London, England and arrived in New York.

Twins Violet & Bertha Middleton On April 15, 1910 Pooley is 69 years old and is now living in Brooklyn New York with his wife Deliah and their son Augustus. Living next door is his Daughter Madonna Middleton her husband Gustavus and their 6 children (including twin girls Violet & Bertha). This is a newspaper article  from 1907 The Newark Daily Advocate, 21 February 1907 (published in Ohio, USA) “Gypsies do not fear winter  New York, Feb 21. – Blissfully indifferent to zero weather and snowstorms, a band of gypsies is spending a delightfully comfortable winter in New York City. Their tents, some of which are supplied with electric light and other modern conveniences, are clustered near the subway station at 174th street, in the Bronx.  Most of them are descendants of the ancient Lovell and Smith tribes, but one among them, although forgotten for almost half a century [sic], was at one time a conspicuous person throughout civilization and one of the best known gypsies in the world. He is Pooley Mace, first cousin of “Jem” Mace, who was for many years the champion pugilist of the world, and no doubt the most widely known and most popular scientific fighter of the century. During the great champion’s triumphs in Europe and this country, Pooley Mace traveled with him as his sparring partner, and now, when one has gained the old man’s confidence, he sits in his cosey [sic] tent, surrounded by his children and grandchildren, and with a memory of remarkable accuracy, tells of the scenes and the men forty or fifty years ago, when he and his cousin were the lions of the sporting classes wherever they went.”                                  Leapoleous Pooley Mace Died Oct 31, 1912 in Cumberland, North Carolina.  This is the last known photo of him.