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- | ====== Jemima and Louisa Murray-Prior | ||
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- | Thomas and Jemima had three children just over three years: | ||
- | 1. **Jemima Frances Sophia M-P** (born on 15 September 1813 in the Southampton suburb of Shirley((Thomas Bertram M-P, //Some Australasian Families Descended from Royalty//, ms, n.d, p.5 has 1814; ' | ||
- | 2. **William Amherst M-P** (1814-15), who was born and died in London when he was about 6 weeks old; he was buried at St. Paul' | ||
- | 3. **Louisa Elizabeth Catherine M-P** (26 December 1816–24 July 1891). She was born at Boulogne, France((‘Questions to be answered by T.L.M-P’, 6pp Memoranda by the Herald Office, Somerset House, London re Burke’s Colonial Gentry.)); | ||
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- | ===== Jemima Murray-Prior ===== | ||
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- | Jemima, like her sister Louisa, remained single. She was wealthy, pious and generous enough to leave £200 to set up a charity, ‘The Prior Gift’. This Gift contributed to the salary of the verger at the Holy Trinity Church, Shirley, Southampton, | ||
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- | to get from T&T: Insert photo taken by Andrew Darbyshire at Southampton church, Andrew Darbyshire, //A Fair Slice of St Lucia//, St Lucia History Group Research Paper No.8. pp.59,60. https:// | ||
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- | ====== Louisa Murray-Prior ====== | ||
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- | These three photos are studio ones from TLM-P’s album, labelled ‘Aunt Louisa’ and 'Aunt Louisa M.P’.((Provenance: | ||
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- | Louisa was christened on 22 January 1817 by the Forces chaplain: this fits in with her being born in [[wp> | ||
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- | In 1863, Louisa lived at 18 Oxford Terrace, St Peters, Islington, London; by 1882 (when her brother visited her) she lived in the suburb of Balham in south London.((‘Questions to be answered by T.L.M-P’, 6pp Memoranda by the Herald Office, Somerset House, London re Burke’s Colonial Gentry.)) She apparently later lived with her sister Jemima at Howden Lodge, 14 Clarendon Road, Southsea.((Andrew Darbyshire, //A Fair Slice of St Lucia//, St Lucia History Group Research Paper No.8.))\\ | ||
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- | Middle-class women were expected to play the piano and Louisa was no exception. Some of her sheet music has survived, so we can imagine her at her piano playing these Verdi variations. {{: | ||
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