Maria Branwell

The source records Penzance as this person's birthplace. The pin marks the area, not an exact birth address or later home.

Birthplace

Penzance

What is recorded here

Why this person is known: Mother of the Bronte sisters (1783-1821)

From Wikidata Q3111281

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Photo credits

• Oast House Archive, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Paul Barnett, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Philip Halling, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Tony Atkin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Andrew Abbott, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Deepwater, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Ruth Sharville, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Penzance Council, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Malcolm Kewn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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