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Elizabeth Frances (Bee) Fraser (1846–1882)
Elizabeth Frances (Bee) Darwin (1882–1898)

1846–98

Born in Ireland. Daughter of George Robbins Fraser, barrister, and Elizabeth Allen Fraser, née Smythe. Sister of Thomas Fraser. Married Leonard Darwin in 1882.

Sources

Census returns of England and Wales 1881 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG11/829/45/52)

Freeman 1978

King’s Inn admission papers (Ancestry.com, accessed 11 February 2019)

Scotland, select marriages, 1561–1910 (Ancestry.com, accessed 11 February 2019)

Surrey, England, Church of England marriages, 1754–1937 (Ancestry.com, accessed 11 February 2019)

Bibliography

Freeman, Richard Broke. 1978. Charles Darwin: a companion. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, Shoe String Press.

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