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Fanny Austen (nee Palmer)

Fanny (Charles's wife)

also: Mrs. Charles Austen

Charles Austen's Bermudian wife, mother of Cassy, Harriet, and a third daughter also named Fanny; she died in childbirth in September 1814, an event recorded in an editorial note interrupting one of the Anna letters.

Mentioned in 1 work (1 mentions)

To Anna, Chawton, September 1814 letter · 1 mention