Gwendolen (Darwin) Raverat (1885 - 1957)

Born 26 Aug 1885 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

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Died 11 Feb 1957 at age 71 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Gwen (Darwin) Raverat was born in Cambridgeshire, England.

Gwen Darwin was born in 1885. She was the daughter of George Darwin and Maud Du Puy.

In the 1911 census Gwendolen (age 25) was the single daughter of George Howard Darwin in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.^[1]

She died in 1957.^[2][3]

Sources

1. ↑ 1911 Census: "England and Wales Census, 1911"
   citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
   FamilySearch Record: X7KX-KVK (accessed 29 December 2022)
   FindMyPast Image
   Gwendolen Mary Darwin (25), single daughter, in household of George Howard Darwin (65) in Cambridge registration district in Cambridgeshire, England. Born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
2. ↑ Raverat, Gwen, Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood, 1952, Faber & Faber (Gwen Raverat's childhood memoirs, including, on pp. 12–13, her family tree).
3. ↑ Spalding, Frances, "Gwen Raverat: Friends, Family and Affections", 2001, Harvill Press (including her family tree, after the contents page)

See also:

• Wikidata: Item Q532958
• Wikipedia (Gwen Raverat)
• 'Virginia Woolf' a biography by her nephew Quentin Bell, published by The Hogarth Press, Pimlico, London in 1996. ISBN 0 7126 7450 0, includes extensive family trees. Hundreds of friends, professional connections and people in the 'Bloomsbury set' are also mentioned in the text.'Virginia Woolf' a biography by her nephew Quentin Bell