Sarah Wright Toulmin

Presumably white, CC was born into a well-connected family which became impoverished early in her life. Her mother 's family was English while her father had French connections. Her early religious beliefs are not often...

CC 's mother was born Sarah Wright . She was descended from the Berry family (that of woman of letters Mary Berry and her sister Agnes ). When her husband died she began running a...

Camilla Toulmin (later CC ) stopped attending school in her early teens, in order to help support her mother and brother .

After the honeymoon, CC , her husband , and her mother moved to 3 Hyde Vale Cottages in Greenwich, near London.

In 1863, following the death of her mother the year before, CC and her husband moved to a larger house in London, in Vanbrugh Park Road, which they called Lynton Lodge.

Despite the efforts of both Camilla and her mother , their family remained subject to financial woes until Camilla's marriage. By 1848 she received a grant from the Royal Literary Fund .