The Yeats Sisters: A Biography of Susan and Elizabeth YeatsIn his autobiography and letters the Irish poet W.B. Yeats gives the impression that he had one rather shadowy sister on the fringes of his life. In reality the poet was for long periods largely dependent on his two sisters, Susan (Lily) and Elizabeth (Lolly). The family home in which he lived was for many years sustained only by the earnings of Lily, who worked as an embroiderer for May Morris, and Lolly, who taught in a kindergarten and gave lessons in painting. |
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... marriage was not honeymoon and nurse . When they On 10 September 1863 John Butler Yeats and Susan Mary Pollexfen were married in St John's Cathedral , the family church in Sligo . The previous day John had signed a marriage settlement ...
... marriage was not honeymoon and nurse . When they On 10 September 1863 John Butler Yeats and Susan Mary Pollexfen were married in St John's Cathedral , the family church in Sligo . The previous day John had signed a marriage settlement ...
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... marriage contract . She was by no means pleased to find herself pregnant shortly after her arrival in London . In her view they had insufficient means to adequately support the children they already had . Isabella Pollexfen might have ...
... marriage contract . She was by no means pleased to find herself pregnant shortly after her arrival in London . In her view they had insufficient means to adequately support the children they already had . Isabella Pollexfen might have ...
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... married him . It even looked as if their brother William was considering marriage to Katharine Tynan . He kept up a brisk correspondence with her when he was in London and eagerly awaited letters from her . When she wrote saying that ...
... married him . It even looked as if their brother William was considering marriage to Katharine Tynan . He kept up a brisk correspondence with her when he was in London and eagerly awaited letters from her . When she wrote saying that ...
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Sligo 18721874 | 15 |
Edith Villas 18741880 | 25 |
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