My father James Francis Fitzgerald was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia in 1870
My mother Ivy May Asher was born in Christchurch, New Zealand about 1885 and was of the Catholic faith and Maori descent. She migrated to Queensland with her family about 1887
My parents were known as the Flying Jordans Trapeze act and they toured the world and Australia with the Wirth Brothers Circus. While on tour in the United States of America they were married in New York City on New Year's Eve c. 1905. After a tragic accident while touring North Queensland c. 1906 they left the circus and changed their name to Collins. This was because of a legal matter with Wirth Brothers and the name of the Tapeze act.
