Elizabeth Cleghorn Stephenson
- Born: 29 Sep 1810, Bellevue, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, Middlesex England
- Marriage (1): William Gaskell
- Died: 12 Nov 1865, Holybourne, Hampshire England at age 55
- Buried: Brooke St, Unitarian Chapel, Knutsford, Cheshire England
Research Notes:
source: John Nagle who notes:
1865 [mrs gaskell novelist, buried Brooke St Chapel] you need to read the early years of elizabeth gaskell by professor chapple and you will see that she was brought up by her aunts and uncles who were all members of the holland family, most of the characters in a book called Cranford are based on the Holland family.
& http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Elizabeth_Cleghorn_(Stevenson)_Gaskell.aspx
where it is noted:
Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson) Gaskell , 1810-65, English novelist. When she was still an infant her mother died, and she was brought up by an aunt in Knutsford, Cheshire, the background for several of her novels of provincial life. In 1832 she married William Gaskell, a Unitarian minister. They settled in Manchester, and she lived a quiet, small-town life, rearing a large family and writing her novels. In Cranford (1853) and Wives and Daughters (1866), Mrs. Gaskell describes the joys and sorrows common to middle-class village life. In Mary Barton (1848) and North and South (1855) she depicts the social conditions of early Victorian England, particularly of the working classes in the large industrial towns. Although often overly moralistic, her novels are distinguished by humor, perceptive characterization, and superb descriptive passages. Her excellent Life of Charlotte Brontė (1857) roused a furor because of its candid statements about the Brontė family, particularly concerning the excesses of Branwell.
Close friend Charlotte Bronte is known to have stayed with Elizabeth & Wiliam Gaskell three times, and on one occasion hid behind the drawing room curtains as she was too shy to meet Gaskell's visitors.
Elizabeth married William Gaskell. (William Gaskell was born circa 1810.)
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