Elizabeth Branwell

AB was the most deeply religious of the Brontë sisters, and arrived at an unorthodox belief in universal salvation. Her anti-Calvinism was likely influenced both by her father's views and by her aunt Elizabeth 's Methodism.

Several of the children had scarlet fever during her illness. Maria's death left her stricken husband considerably poorer, since her annuity ceased on her death; he received some additional money through donations and a subscription....

EB 's maternal aunt, Elizabeth Branwell , helped raise the children after the death of their mother on 15 September 1821. She was a Cornishwoman of old-fashioned habits, from her clothing to her custom of...

The sisters paid publishers Aylott and Jones over £30 to publish the 165-page duodecimo collection of their poems. Their legacy from Aunt Branwell allowed them to meet the costs of publishing.

Their aunt Elizabeth Branwell offered to loan them £100 for the purpose, and CB persuaded her to advance some of it to underwrite a period of education in Brussels for herself and Emily.

In August, Charlotte and EB were invited to stay on as teachers in the Pensionnat Heger. They received lessons in exchange for their work. The sisters stayed on as planned, although apparently Emily was again...