Sidney Edgar JOSOLYNE [10119]

  General Notes:

Lancashire Evening Post 3 March 1931
Sidney Edgar Josolyne, illusionist,of Walthamstowe, London petitioned successfully against his wife, whom he married at Kirkham Register in July 1919. The couple formerly resided at Woodstock Gardens, Blackpool. Misconduct at Bolton with a man names Dunston was proved.


Sidney then married Agnes Blanche Josolyne [nee Parry who was born in 1909], an attractive young variety artist and clairvoyant, known as La Celeste. A newspaper article states that they were married in 1931 and had a child in 1935, but Mrs Josolyne lived elsewhere for some time.

The Stage 21 December 1944
Sidney Josolyne, husband of (La Celeste) is in the Westbourne nursing home, Links Road, St. Annes on Sea, suffering from a nervous breakdown. He has been seriously ill, but La Celeste says that he is making good progress now and would like to hear from friends

The Stage & Television Today, 28 January 1965. Pg.17. Deaths. Sidney Edgar Josolyne. 24 Jan 1965.
Josolyne Sidney Edgar, the beloved husband of La Celeste and devoted father of Anthony and Beryl passed away after a prolonged illness in hospital on Sunday January 24th. Sadly missed

The Stage 28 January 1965
S E Josolyne
Sidney Edgar Josolyne, inventor of the "walking through a brick wall illusion" died on Sunday January 24th. He was a personal friend of Harry Houdini. The act of La Celeste was created by Josolyne and eventually terminated by ill-health.

Sidney married Lena HALSTEAD [10118] [MRIN: 3325], daughter of Walter HALSTEAD [10075] and Maria WRIGHT [10074], in 1919 in Fylde, Lancashire, England.⁷⁹²⁶ The marriage ended in divorce in 1931. (Lena HALSTEAD [10118] was born on 15 Apr 1894 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England ^{7929,7930,7931}, christened on 27 May 1894 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England ^7929,7930 and died in Mar 1960 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England ⁷⁹³².)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Divorce, 1931.