Before the 1940's

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~ 1879~ 1899~ 1919 ~ 1927 ~ 1930 ~ 1931 ~ 1932 ~ 1933 ~ 1934 ~ 1936 ~ 1937 ~ 1938 ~ 

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~1878~

First U.S. Presidential Siamese Cat

(Rutherford B Hayes is my 6th cousin four times removed, lol)

        President Rutherford B. Hayes family became the recipients of the first Siamese imported to the U.S. from Siam by David B. Sickels, United States diplomat at the consulate in Bangkok.

The image of this letter belongs to The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center it is used with permission of Nan Card Curator of Manuscripts, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Spiegel Grove, Fremont, OH 43420-2796

        In this letter written November 1, 1878 to First Lady Lucy Hayes, He explains his purchase of the finest specimen of Siamese cat available. It was shipped to the first family and arrived more then two months after the letter. She was named Siam and said to be a good natured cat who won the favor of twelve-year-old Fanny Hayes and the staff of the White House. Siam was allowed to wander the house and grounds as she pleased and in true Siamese fashion she made grand entrances for the guests when the First Lady was entertaining. She was described as a "mahogany-colored" feline. She only lived a short time and died  in the fall of 1879 while the presidential family was away in Spiegel Grove, Fremont, OH. She was cared for by the president’s personal physician. Dr. J. H. Baxter.

You can read more about this historic First Siamese cat on The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center website.  

~1899~

Tiam-O-Shian IV  (born 8-15-1899) pedigree

Photograph by  E. Landor, Earling

The above Siamese with a bulldog build was know as Siam. His son Chom Owned by Mrs. Cronise is shown here

Siam and Sally Ward  were among the first recorded Siamese breeding cats imported and registered in America, owned by Mrs. Clinton Locke of Lockhaven cattery.

  Both of these photo's were published, in Massachusetts, in Concerning Cats by Helen Winslow, with the year 1900 as the copyright date.

You can read the text of this book without having to find and purchase it as I did. It is online, minus all photos, as part of Project Gutenberg Ebooks.

Mrs. Clinton Locke

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The three cats above are Imported  Bangkok, Siam and Calif. Owner Mrs. Robert Locke.

Mrs. Clinton Locke owner of the Lockhaven Cattery and Mrs. Robert Locke are often confused as are the early Siamese cats who share the same name.

~1919~

Champion Slightly (born 3-28-1919) pedigree

Sire: Southampton Sabian
Dam: Sita 

~1926~

Bonzo II (born 5-14-1926) Imported pedigree

Also know as Siamese Star Bonzo II of Ming Kwong

~1927~

Double Champion Djer-Kits Chinkaling of Newton ( born 8-4-1927) pedigree

Final Owner: Mrs. Virginia R. Cobb - Newton Cattery - Newton, MA.

Owner 1929: Mrs. Martin Metcalf - Djer-Kits Cattery - Washington D.C.

Imported from England by former owner: Miss. E.G.Hydon

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Champion Siamese Star Mee-Zee Of Salina (born 09-24-1927) pedigree

Breeder: Mrs. H.E.Naatz

Owner 1929: Miss Doris Bryant, Stonehedge Cattery

Former Owner: Mrs. G.E. Taylor - Detroit, Michigan

Great Great Grand Dam of Fairchild's Nyima (show below)

~1930~

Mrs. S. E. Thompson's record of Mon Luan (reg. A.C.A.#11519 Vol 25) states her boys sired 2 best kittens in The Pacific Coast Shows of 1933

She also owned at this time Imported Bing Tse Ling. (A.C.A.#13162)

The stud service fee in 1933 for these males was $20.00 

This was alot of money. In March of 1933 America was at the very bottom of the Great Depression.

Mon Luan - male seal point pedigree

sire: Rama Boy (born 1-25-1929)

dam: Tis Tis (born 6-1-1909)

Bing Tse Ling with his kittens

Kittens Sired by Mon Luan

~1931~

Double Champion Siam's Chief Noda Purachatr (born 3-16-1931) pedigree

Mrs. Karl B. Norton - White Plains, N.Y.

Owner: Mrs. M. Brock - Newerk, N. J.

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THE CAT CRIER - November 1936

        Dbl.Ch. Siam's Chief Noda-Purachatr, the first blue point Siamese in the United States to complete his championship both in the C.F.A. and the C.F.F. is feeling doubly proud since the arrival of his first Maine family. Princess Wangsy, the mama is in such a state of excitement over the babies that Miss. Frith, owner of the Purachatr Cattery says she cannot even set foot in her own cattery, much to her amusement. Miss Frith says there are five in the litter and though she is not permitted to see them, Mrs. Harnish, who manages the Purchatr Cattery for her says they are all very fine and that Princess is most devoted to them. Princess was formerly the mate of Siam's Sancho and took such a dislike to two kittens she had by him that she refused to feed them though she would take good care of two others of the very same litter. It seems that Princess is a very temperamental lady.

~1932~

 Champion Valhalla Mahatma M K Gandhi - pedigree

Seal point male Born August 16, 1932

Breeder and Owner: Mrs. C.C.Strange - El Paso, Texas

Champion Ki-Ku-Ko Of Valhalla (Born 11/29/1932) pedigree
(and her triplets- photo published 1938)

Owned by Mrs. C. C. Strange - El Paso, Texas

~1933~

The kittens in this photo are from the Newton cattery. The kitten on the far left it is the "long haired Siamese" Mrs. Cobb created by crossing her Siamese with a purebred long haired black cat. Miss. Louise Frith, Purachatr Cattery, named him for Mrs. Cobb. His was christened Phya-Tak after the founder of the kingdom of Siam.

Chez Minet Tika Of Watermead (Born 1/3/1933) pedigree

Miss Marjorie Walrath - Salamanca, N.Y.

Owner: Mrs. George de Gersdorff - Bedford Hills, N. Y.

~1934~

Champion Katchina Of Newton (Born 3/20/1934) pedigree
Compare this Siamese to our queen Maeve

Breeder: Mrs. Virginia R. Cobb, Newton, Massachusetts
Owner: Miss Muriel M. Glenz, Hemptead (Freeport), Long Island, New York

Champion Valhalla's Kwang Tung (Born 03-01-1934) pedigree

Blue Point Siamese Male

Owner: Mrs. C.C. Strange, El Paso, Texas

Valhalla Sayama of Rosebank

E-Vah-Loo of Newton (born 6-1-1935) pedigree

~1936~

Pouf-Poulot De Pur Sang (Born 12-07-1936) pedigree

Seal Point Siamese Male

Sire:Ch. Sy-mingo Of Newton Born 04-19-1932

Dam: Pei-Wei 09-15-1934

Owner: Mrs. K.I.Chambers, Merion, Pennsylvania

Siam's Sancho of Purachatr

Blue point male 

Owner: Miss. Louise M. Frith - New York, N.Y.

Champion Shela of Newton (born 3-28-1932) pedigree

Ki-Wee-A of Newton (born 4-25-1936) pedigree

Ming King of Hillwood and Poona Purachatr 9-5-1934 pedigree

with their 4 months old daughter, Sudi Manshu of Hillwood.

Owner: Mrs. Ellwood Wilson, Knowlton, Quebec, Canada

Owner after Nov. 1936: Miss L. Frith

1936 Kittens and Siam's T'Sing Loa of Khyber (born 1-27-1933)  pedigree

Owner: Miss Delle D.Smith, Bristol, Tennessee

The Khyber blood lines include many of the famous Newton champions.

Typical Mau Tien Vim and Vigor

Owner: Dr. J. C. Thompson,  San Francisco, California

Princess Wangsy Purachatr

Coeur-De-Lion's Kaldini of Tuan  (Born 6/22/1936) pedigree
Owned by Miss Jane Roberts - Gary, Indiana

Chom, owned by Mrs. Cronise Pedigree

Siam's son via dam Rowdy.

Naga of Angkor (born  9-29-1936) pedigree

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Commander Joseph Cheesman Thompson M.D.

More about Dr. Thompson and his Mau Tien Cattery in 1936 Leading Siamese Catteries

Mau Tien was registered as a C.F.A.cattery name in 1936 and appears as #691 in Vol 17

C.F.A. Registrations Volume 17 Siamese foundation record - 1936

        Tai Mau - seal point male (born 1/1930) registered under rule 6 (imported)

        Tung Nui Mau - seal point female (born 2/20/1932) Sire: Tai Mau (imported) Dam: She Shan Mau (imported)

        Pak Kwai Mau - seal point male (born 8/16/1932) Sire: Tai Mau (imported) Dam: Wong Mau (imported)

        Ho Kik Mau - seal point male (born 1/16/1933) Sire: Tai Mau (imported) Dam: She Shan Mau (imported)

THE CAT CRIER - April 1936

        Dr. J. C Thompson writes to tell us that we only got part of his Seal Point Siamese Female Novice name in the California Show Report. The name is Tai Noo Mau and she is the same cat which took first in the open as well as first and winners as a novice.

CATTYDOTES - November 1936

        The Argonaut, San Francisco weekly paper, tells how Kwai Tse Mau (Son of the Devil) recently posed for his statue before a group of art students and adds he is the largest Siamese cat in America, weighing 151 pounds. Dr. J.C. Thompson, owner of the cat, says it isn't the California climet but a California printer who produced the unusual Siamese. He believes that at 15 pounds, correct, Kwai Tse Mau can take American heavyweight honors for Siamese.

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CATTYDOTES - November 1936

My name is Peti-Sing, I live with Mrs. Lillian Mc Williams in Sarasota, Fla. I am feeling quite proud of my children which I took to the show in Toronto. My oldest son Ch. Rama Sing won first in the champion Siamese class and my little girl Dara won best Siamese kitten and best Siamese in the show was won by another son of mine Ch. Chi-Chi. I didn't do so badly myself besides going first and winners it was decided that I had the best eye color of all the Siamese. My owner Mrs. McWilliams is planning to take me to several shows this winter. I used to always become ill when she took me north but she has discovered that the water does not agree with me, so she will take some of our good well water with her from home. She thinks of everything.

~1937~

Champion Fairchild's Nyima (Born 09/11/1937) pedigree

Great Great Grand Daughter of Champion Siamese Star Mee-Zee Of Salina (shown above)

    published December 1951 - Dr. and Mrs. L. H. Fairchild, when recently visiting Mrs. Bess Morse, informed her that they had lost their beloved Ch. Fairchild's Nyima, Seal Point, who was fourteen years old. She had a colorful show career and gave them many beautiful kits.

Double Champion Wan Tutsawan

 Blue point female (Born 10-6-1937)  pedigree

Patchperwa of Fairchild

Patchperwa of Fairchild (Born 09-25-1937) pedigree

Great Great Grand Sire of:

4X Champion Wee Sal of Medicine lake 

Champion Wallman's Prince Charmer

(photos on 1953 page) 

Siam's Blue Jack

Blue Point Siamese Male

Best Cat and Best Novice at the Siamese Specialty Show 1937

Breeder: Mrs. Karl B. Norton, White Plains, N.Y.

Owner: Mr. and Mrs. B.C. Olney, Rochester, N.Y.

Mee-Tu

Blue Point Siamese Neuter

Best Neuter - Danbury Fair Cat Show, 1937

Owner: Mrs. L. R. Johnson, White Plains, N.Y.

Double Champion Siam's Kin Chan II of Ming Kwong

Blue Point Siamese Female 15-SB-846

Best Siamese - Morris Grange Short Hair Specialty Show, 1937

Owner: Mrs. E.B. Bearden, Alden, Pennsylvania

Ming Kwong Bonzo III

Seal Point Siamese Male

Best Kitten - Morris Grange Short Hair Specialty Show, 1937

Best Short Hair - Keystone State Cat Club, 1937

Best Foreign Short Hair - Atlantic Cat club 1938

Owner: Mrs. E.B. Bearden, Alden, Pennsylvania

~1938~

Prince Rahula

Breeder: Mrs. Louise S. Frith, New York, N.Y.

Owner: Mr. Charles L. Latham, Jr.,Balboa, Canal Zone.

  Champion Sam Peng of San Gabriel (Born 03-09-1938) pedigree

The grand dam Wong Mau listed in Sam Peng's pedigree was imported from Burma and based on her litters was found to be a Siamese Burmese hybrid.

Coeur-de-Lion's Yana-Yan

Seal Point Siamese Female

Sire: Champion Sy-mingo Of Newton (Born 04-19-1932)
Dam: Champion Ki-Kee-Ko (as published in Leading Siamese Catteries 1936)

Owner - Miss Jane Roberts, Gary, Indiana

Photo published in the 1938 Show Hall of Fame

Mai-Kwong of Mekong pedigree

Seal Point Siamese Female

Best Foreign Short Hair & Best Short Hair - California Cat Club 1937

Sire: Saigon Kito-Koo (Born 07-25-1934)

Dam: Saigon Cho-Cho-San (Born 02-04-1935)

Owner: Mrs. Ethel W. Garson, Glendale ,California

Photo published in the 1938 Show Hall of Fame

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