Elizabeth Branwell
(1776-1842)

woman

Died aged c. 66

Elizabeth Branwell (1776 in Penzance, Cornwall – 29 October 1842 in Haworth, Yorkshire) was the aunt of the literary sisters Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, and Anne Brontë. Called 'Aunt Branwell', she helped raise the Brontë children after her sister, Maria Branwell, died in 1821. She managed the household until her own death in 1842.

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This was the home of Maria and Elizabeth Branwell, The mother and aunt of Charlotte, Emily, Anne and Branwell Brontë.

Chapel Street, Penzance, United Kingdom where they lived