Both of EAP
's elderly parents died: first her mother
, then her father
, leaving Eleanor Anne, still in her twenties, to live her life independently.
Porden, Eleanor Anne, and Edith M. Gell. “Letters: 1821-1824”. John Franklin’s Bride, John Murray, 1930, p. various pages.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Eleanor Anne Porden
Her mother, Mary Porden (born Plowman)
, was an invalid afflicted with paralysis, and this necessitated her daughter's taking over from the age of fourteen as mistress of the household.
Porden, Eleanor Anne. John Franklin’s Bride. Editor Gell, Edith M., First, John Murray, 1930.
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