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Isabella THACKERAY ( - 1894)
W.M. THACKERAY Anne THACKERAY Harriet Minny THACKERAY
Isabella THACKERAY
Six Generation Ancestors Table
+. W.M. THACKERAY
d. 1894
Children (2):
Anne THACKERAY (1837 - 1919)
Harriet Minny THACKERAY (1839 - 1875)
Grandchildren (3):
Hester RITCHIE, WIlliam RITCHIE, Laura STEPHEN (1870 - 1945)
Events in Isabella THACKERAY ( - 1894)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1837 Birth of daughter Anne THACKERAY
1839 Birth of daughter Harriet Minny THACKERAY
1875 Death of daughter Harriet Minny THACKERAY (aged 36) Note 1
1894 Isabella THACKERAY died
Note 1: "died awful, at thirty-seven, in 'convulsions' from the premature birth of her second child" (Lee 74)
Personal Notes:
EDUCATION:

MAJOR LIFE EVENTS:
-has 3 girls, one died as a baby; the third's (Minny's) birth "triggered the psychosis from which Isabella Thackeray never recovered. She was kept in private nursing homes for fifty-four years, until her death in 1894" (Lee 74)

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SIGNS OF MANIA/HYPOMANIA:

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HOSPITALIZATION:
-"Immediately after Minny's birth, Thackeray's wife had become mentally unbalanced, and spent the rest of her life in nursing homes" (Webb 9)

OTHER: