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HelpRe: Victorian Era Generational CAF - Part 1
in reply to a message by Ty Firmin
The Victorian era was a period in British history running from 1837 to 1901. This generational CAF will follow one family in Victorian Leeds throughout this era.
Cyrillus “Cyril” Carter is a somewhat self-important but very talented blacksmith and farrier (maker of horseshoes) living in Leeds. In 1826, at the age of 22, he meets 20-year-old Jean White, a physician's daughter, and they fall in love quickly. The two are fairly well-off and get married in 1827. The two purchase a modest yet beautiful home in the city. During the day, Jean mends clothing items for a small fee and attends teas in the afternoon with several good friends of hers. Only a year after their marriage, Jean gives birth to a beautiful baby boy with curly brown hair.
DH (1804): Cyrillus John Carter “Cyril”
DW (1805): Jean Clothilde Morgana Carter (nee White)
DS1 (1828): Aeneas Ludwig James Carter “James”
A year after James’s birth, Jean finds out she is pregnant once again. In the spring of 1830, Cyril and Jean welcome Clovis, their second son. Clovis is such a happy, easy baby, and both parents are thrilled. Shortly after his birth, Jean's mother falls ill and passes away. The family mourns - Jean was especially fond of her mother and misses her dearly. Jean's father is also grieved and moves to Leeds to be nearer to his daughter, his only surviving child. He becomes a household presence and a wonderful grandfather to James and Clovis.
DS2 (1830): Clovis Albany John Carter
Over the next few years, Jean gives birth to another healthy baby, a girl. They. name her Adeliza. The family is thrilled - they feel complete with so many children in their home, even though money has become a little more tight as the children have aged. Jean begins dressmaking in the family's attic to earn a little extra money, and in 1837, she becomes pregnant again, this time with twins. The birth process is arduous, but Jean eventually gives birth to two small babies, a boy and a girl. Jean never fully recovers from the birth and passes away three months later. The family is devastated and ten-year-old James leaves school to begin peddling newspapers on the street.
DD1 (1832): Adeliza Esther Morrigan Carter
DD2 (1838): Esmeralda Morwenna Hortense Carter “Esme”
DS3 (1838): Devereux Miles Albion Carter “Miles”
James is, at 14, apprenticed to his father and begins work as a blacksmith. The other children attend school. In 1852, James marries his childhood friend, Marjorie Wright. He now co-owns the blacksmith shop with his father, who is getting older and finds it harder to work. James and Marjorie have only one child together: a brilliant and evidently intelligent girl named Annabella. James sends his daughter to a special girls' boarding school to learn mathematics and science. She thrives there and develops an interest in chemistry. When she graduates, she begins reading scientific journals and is apprenticed to a scientist and professor in Cologne, Germany, who is willing to allow her to use his laboratory. She becomes heavily influential in the sphere of science, despite her gender, publishing most of her findings under her professor's name.
DH (1828): Aeneas Ludwig James Carter “James”
DW (1827): Marjorie Ambrosina Carter (nee Wright)
DD (1857): Annabella Lilian Ida Carter “Anna”
At the age of 30, Anna marries prominent German physicist Max Schulz. They move to Austria and have four children together.
DW (1857): Annabella Lilian Ida Schulz (nee Carter) “Anna”
DH (1852): Max Friedrich Schulz
DD1 (1890): Andromeda Purity Schulz “Ann”
DS (1895): Almeric Klaus Schulz
DD2 (1897): Aramantha Irene Schulz “Ara”
DD3 (1900): Artemisia Marie Schulz
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost" -The Lord of the Rings
Cyrillus “Cyril” Carter is a somewhat self-important but very talented blacksmith and farrier (maker of horseshoes) living in Leeds. In 1826, at the age of 22, he meets 20-year-old Jean White, a physician's daughter, and they fall in love quickly. The two are fairly well-off and get married in 1827. The two purchase a modest yet beautiful home in the city. During the day, Jean mends clothing items for a small fee and attends teas in the afternoon with several good friends of hers. Only a year after their marriage, Jean gives birth to a beautiful baby boy with curly brown hair.
DH (1804): Cyrillus John Carter “Cyril”
DW (1805): Jean Clothilde Morgana Carter (nee White)
DS1 (1828): Aeneas Ludwig James Carter “James”
A year after James’s birth, Jean finds out she is pregnant once again. In the spring of 1830, Cyril and Jean welcome Clovis, their second son. Clovis is such a happy, easy baby, and both parents are thrilled. Shortly after his birth, Jean's mother falls ill and passes away. The family mourns - Jean was especially fond of her mother and misses her dearly. Jean's father is also grieved and moves to Leeds to be nearer to his daughter, his only surviving child. He becomes a household presence and a wonderful grandfather to James and Clovis.
DS2 (1830): Clovis Albany John Carter
Over the next few years, Jean gives birth to another healthy baby, a girl. They. name her Adeliza. The family is thrilled - they feel complete with so many children in their home, even though money has become a little more tight as the children have aged. Jean begins dressmaking in the family's attic to earn a little extra money, and in 1837, she becomes pregnant again, this time with twins. The birth process is arduous, but Jean eventually gives birth to two small babies, a boy and a girl. Jean never fully recovers from the birth and passes away three months later. The family is devastated and ten-year-old James leaves school to begin peddling newspapers on the street.
DD1 (1832): Adeliza Esther Morrigan Carter
DD2 (1838): Esmeralda Morwenna Hortense Carter “Esme”
DS3 (1838): Devereux Miles Albion Carter “Miles”
James is, at 14, apprenticed to his father and begins work as a blacksmith. The other children attend school. In 1852, James marries his childhood friend, Marjorie Wright. He now co-owns the blacksmith shop with his father, who is getting older and finds it harder to work. James and Marjorie have only one child together: a brilliant and evidently intelligent girl named Annabella. James sends his daughter to a special girls' boarding school to learn mathematics and science. She thrives there and develops an interest in chemistry. When she graduates, she begins reading scientific journals and is apprenticed to a scientist and professor in Cologne, Germany, who is willing to allow her to use his laboratory. She becomes heavily influential in the sphere of science, despite her gender, publishing most of her findings under her professor's name.
DH (1828): Aeneas Ludwig James Carter “James”
DW (1827): Marjorie Ambrosina Carter (nee Wright)
DD (1857): Annabella Lilian Ida Carter “Anna”
At the age of 30, Anna marries prominent German physicist Max Schulz. They move to Austria and have four children together.
DW (1857): Annabella Lilian Ida Schulz (nee Carter) “Anna”
DH (1852): Max Friedrich Schulz
DD1 (1890): Andromeda Purity Schulz “Ann”
DS (1895): Almeric Klaus Schulz
DD2 (1897): Aramantha Irene Schulz “Ara”
DD3 (1900): Artemisia Marie Schulz
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost" -The Lord of the Rings
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