Elizabeth Ann (Ashurst) Bardonneau (1813 - 1850)

Born 8 Jul 1813 in St Andrew, Holborn, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Died 25 Nov 1850 at age 37 in Paris, Île-de-France, France

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Biography

Elizabeth "Eliza" Ann Ashurst Bardonneau (8 July 1813 – 25 November 1850) was a member of an important family of radical activists in mid-nineteenth-century England and the first translator of George Sand's work into English. The family supported causes ranging from women's suffrage to Italian unification.

Elizabeth was born in 1813. She was the daughter of William Ashurst and Elizabeth Brown.

She grew up in the Ashurst home in Muswell Hill, London

She met a French artist in Paris in 1847 or 1848, fell in love and married Jean Bardonneau, Esquire (Also known as Bardonneau–Narcy), against the wishes of Mazzini and her family. While living in Paris, she miscarried and later died in childbirth on 25 November 1850.

She passed away in 1850. Her family later had her body sent back to England for burial in the Highgate Cemetery, where they had a family vault.

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Ann_Ashurst_Bardonneau

BIRTH RECORD: Name: Elizabeth Ann Ashurst Birth Date: 8 Jul 1813 Birth Place: St Andrew, Holborn, Middlesex, England Event Type: Birth Father: William Henry Ashurst Mother: Elizabeth Ann Brown daughter of Elizabeth Brown Piece Title: Piece 4662: Dr Williams' Library Registry, Birth Certificates, 1812-1817

1841 ENGLAND CENSUS: Name: Elizabeth Ashurst Age: 27 Estimated birth year: abt 1814 Gender: Female Where born: Middlesex, England Civil Parish: Hornsey Hundred: Ossulstone (Finsbury Division) County/Island: Middlesex Country: England Street address: Muswell Hill Registration district: Edmonton Sub-registration district: Hornsey and Highgate Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 663 Book: 4 Folio: 6 Page Number: 4 Household Members: Name Age William Ashurst 50 Elizabeth Ashurst 50 Elizabeth Ashurst 27 Caroline Ashurst 25 Emily Ashurst 10

BIOGRAPHY AD GENEALOGY MASTER INDEX: Name: Eliza Ashurst Bardounau-Narcy Birth Year: 1820 Death Year: 1850 Has Photo: No Source: Companion to Women's Historical Writing. Edited by Mary Spongberg, Ann Curthoys, and Barbara Caine. Basingstoke, England: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. (CmWomHW)