Isabella Henry
Submitted by Alison McCall on 9 October 2012 - 7:43am
Revised: 31 October 2012 - 1:27pm — admin
Other names:
Her stage name was "La Belle Electra"
Dates:
approx 1876 - 1919
The daughter of David Henry, road labourer and his wife Margaret, Isabella was born around 1876, in Macduff. In the 1881 census Isabella was living with her parents, four sisters and two brothers at 1 Market Street, Macduff. Isabella's older sister, Jeannie, married Walford Brodie, Music Hall magician, and Isabella became one of his assistants, under the stage name "La Belle Electra". She died in Glasgow in 1919. Although aged 43 at the time of her death, her age was widely reported as "late twenties."