[The Life of Charlotte Bronte - Volume 1 by Elizabeth Gaskell]@TWC D-Link bookThe Life of Charlotte Bronte - Volume 1 CHAPTER XIV 29/46
Mr.Bronte's own words, on which I grounded my statement as to the time of Anne Bronte's birth, are as follows:-- "In Thornton, Charlotte, Patrick Branwell, Emily Jane, and Anne were born." And such of the inhabitants of Haworth as have spoken on the subject say that all the children of Mr.and Mrs.Bronte were born before they removed to Haworth.
There is probably some mistake in the inscription on the tablet. {2} In the month of April 1858, a neat mural tablet was erected within the Communion railing of the Church at Haworth, to the memory of the deceased members of the Bronte family.
The tablet is of white Carrara marble on a ground of dove-coloured marble, with a cornice surmounted by an ornamental pediment of chaste design.
Between the brackets which support the tablet, is inscribed the sacred monogram I.H.S., in old English letters. In Memory of Maria, wife of the Rev.P.Bronte, A.B., Minister of Haworth, She died Sept.
15th, 1821, in the 39th year of her age. Also, of Maria, their daughter, who died May 6th, 1825, in the 12th year of her age. Also, of Elizabeth, their daughter, who died June 15th, 1825, in the 11th year of her age. Also, of Patrick Branwell, their son, who died Sept.
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