Her mother, Euphemia Robinson
, a talented amateur pianist, became a Roman Catholic not long after the birth of Dorothea's sister Emily.
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under (Jane) Emily Gerard
Black, Helen C. Pen, Pencil, Baton and Mask: Biographical Sketches. Spottiswoode, 1896.
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While growing up in Edinburgh she had contracted...
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Emily Gerard
EG
's mother, Euphemia Robinson
, became a Roman Catholic the year before Emily was born. Intelligent and accomplished, Euphemia was also a talented pianist. She died in 1870.
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Black, Helen C. Pen, Pencil, Baton and Mask: Biographical Sketches. Spottiswoode, 1896.