For twenty-five years he traveled with his wife, as Tom and Lottie Winnett. His last professional appearance was in Chicago, at the Olympic Theatre, in 1898.
Tommy Winnett was born in New York, May 25, 1851.
The Gorman Brothers, or the three Gorman boys, as they are invariably spoken of, are synonymous with all that is best in minstrelsy; for these gentlemen had the schooling on the variety and minstrel stage that the present generation of performers never may hope to attain.
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| TOMMY GETTINGS | DICK SLITER | BILLY ALLEN |
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| MIKE KANANE | BOBBY NEWCOMB | BILLY SHEPPARD |
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| WASH. NORTON | TIM. HAYES | WALLY THOMAS |
| DAISY DANCERS OF MANY DECADES. | ||
Gifted with natural talents that place them on the highest plane in their profession, they used these to the best advantage, and thus hold the enviable positions they occupy to-day.
James Gorman, or “Jim” as we all love to call him, was the first of the trio to make his professional entrée, which he did with Hooley’s Minstrels in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, N. Y.; the theatre is now known as the Novelty; the date, February, 1869.
Mr. Gorman’s salary was seventy-five cents per night, most of which he has since squandered.
In 1872 brother John joined brother Jim, and as the Gorman Brothers made their first joint appearance at the Bowery Theatre, in New York.
Three years later little Georgie joined his brothers, then and there creating a trade-mark which subsequently became prominent all over the country.
Several years were spent in the principal variety houses, and on October 21, 1878, at the Adelphi Theatre in Chicago, they made their appearance with the newly organized Haverly’s Mastodon Minstrels, at the initial performance of that famous organization.