[2] Apprenticed to Stokes, a circus proprietor, he learned equestrian acts and adopted the stage name Mademoiselle Ella Zoyara.

[5] While in Italy, the King of Sardinia, Victor Emmanuel II, presented Ella Zoyara with a stallion recognizing extraordinary equestrian talent.

[7] When James M. Nixon brought Cooke's Royal Circus from Astley's Amphitheatre to Niblo's Garden, Ella Zoyara was on the bill on February 11, 1860.

[10] From March 5 to April 6, 1860, the company travelled to Boston with equestrian acts including Omar Kingsley billed as "Ella Zoyara" among the attractions.

A few years later in 1866, Kingsley travelled to Sydney, Australia as a co-proprietor of Cooke, Zoyara, & Wilson's Great World Circus.