Hilário Maria de Almeida
Santa Quitéria do Sabará, Minas Gerais, 1856 - Fortaleza, Ceará, 1900
Dog trainer. When he was fourteen, he joined the Circo Gustavo Schenker, which leads us to believe that he belongs to the first generation. Afterwards, he owned a circus in which he was also the artistic director. Hilário Maria married Tereza Grespan. They had a daughter named Yara de Almeida. He had a second marriage with Irene Ribeiro. Their son Hilário de Almeida Filho also became a circus artist.