zaterdag 1 januari 2011

01-01-1844


In 1841 Charlotte Bronte wrote to aunt Branwell, asking for a loan to allow her and Emily to study in Brussels, arguing that it would be crucial preparation for the three sisters to set up their planned school. Consent was granted, and in February 1842 they became residents at the Pensionnat Heger. The sudden death of their aunt nine months later necessitated their return; Charlotte resumed her studies in Brussels in January 1843 until the end of the year, on 01-01-1844 Charlotte Bronte left the Penssionat at Brussels for home.

vrijdag 31 december 2010



To all of you
HAPPY NEW YEAR

woensdag 29 december 2010

29-12-1812 Maria Branwell and Patrick Bronte get married

Between 1808 and 1811 four family deaths (including Maria's mother and father) effectively broke up Maria's immediate family and she looked for employment. Her father's sister Jane was the wife of John Fennell, a Methodist minister who, in 1812, was appointed Headmaster of the newly opened Woodhouse Grove School at Rawdon, between Leeds and Bradford in Yorkshire. Jane Fennell acted as housekeeper at the school and she invited her niece to assist her. In the summer of 1812 Maria Branwell travelled to Yorkshire to start a new life.

John Fennell and Patrick Brontë had been curates together in Wellington, Shropshire in 1808. In 1812 Patrick Brontë was the curate at Hartshead, 12 miles from Rawdon, and John Fennell invited his former colleague to visit Woodhouse Grove School to inspect the teaching of Classics. During his visit, Patrick Brontë was introduced to the newly arrived Maria Branwell, and after a short but determined courtship (Patrick Brontë walking the 24 mile round trip to take Maria out walking!) the couple were married in nearby Guiseley Parish Church on the 29th December 1812. The ceremony was a double wedding sanctioned by special licence. A mutual friend of Fennell and Brontë, The Reverend William Morgan of Bradford, was engaged to Jane, the daughter of John and Jane Fennell.

At the double ceremony, Patrick Brontë solemnised the marriage of William Morgan and Jane Fennell, and then William Morgan solemnised the marriage of Patrick Brontë and Maria Branwell. John Fennell gave away both his daughter and his niece, and the brides stood bridesmaid to each other. On the same day in Penzance, two cousins of the two brides, Joseph and Charlotte Branwell, were also getting married.
The ceremony taking place on 29 December 1812 at St. Oswald's Church, Guiseley (near Leeds)

dinsdag 28 december 2010

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Today I was busy
 making some fotographs
 about my new books
I wanted to bring a little
christmas feeling




zondag 26 december 2010


In daily life
I am a watercolorist
I painted a lot of Christmas cards

with the money I earned
I bought some very nice books

  from.....
yes offcourse

 The Bronte Sisters
and
Jane Austen

I am so happy with my new books
Christmas time= holiday= reading!!!!!