Adeline Ann Fitz (1827–1860)
There has been a most distressing case of self destruction at Windsor. Miss Adeline Fitz, a lady of thirty-two, who had been engaged as a governess at Mrs. Dight's, Richmond, put a period to her existence by swallowing prussic acid. By a post mortem examination Miss Fitz was found to be enciente, and the verdict of the coroner's jury was that she had taken poison to conceal her condition. By papers subsequently discovered, it turned out that she had been driven to despair by one James Doyle, her cousin as it would seem, having refused to marry her, because, as he said, his relatives were opposed to his doing so. The seducer offered, in his letter, to provide for her; but as she loved him this was but poor consolation to the betrayed woman. From another letter which was found addressed by the deceased to her aunt, it was plain that the combined pressure on her mind from this desertion, from her condition, and from the fact of her being out of a situation, had induced her to contemplate the fatal act which hurried her into the presence of her Maker.
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Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Crisby, Eunice (mother)
- Fitz, William John (father)
- Fitz, Emily (sister)
- Fitz, Mary Ellen (sister)
- Fitz, Robert (brother)
- Fitz, William John (brother)
- Fitz, Walker Mileham (brother)
- Fitz, William Mileham (brother)
- Teale, Diana (aunt)
- Mileham, Susannah (aunt)
- Stubbs, Ann Elizabeth (aunt)
- Doyle, Ellen Ann (aunt)
- Kable, Henry (uncle)
- Kable, Enoch (uncle)
- Kable, James (uncle)
- Kable, George Esto (uncle)
- Kable, William Nathaniel (uncle)
- Kable, John (uncle)
- Kable, Charles Dickenson (uncle)
- Kable, Edgar James (uncle)
- Kable, Susannah (aunt by marriage)
- Kable, Elizabeth Frances (aunt by marriage)
- Finley, Elizabeth (aunt by marriage)
- Upton, Mary (aunt by marriage)
- Kable, Charlotte (aunt by marriage)
- Mileham, James (uncle by marriage)
- Gaudry, William Littleton (uncle by marriage)
- Teale, John (uncle by marriage)
- Doyle, John Frederick (uncle by marriage)
- Kable, Susannah (grandmother)
- Kable, Henry (grandfather)
- Fitz, Robert (grandfather)
- Gaudry, William Henry (cousin)
- Gaudry, Charles Joseph (cousin)
- Wild, Emmeline (cousin)
- Gaudry, George Littleton (cousin)
- Kable, George John (cousin)
- Teale, John Henry (cousin)
- Teale, Caroline Emmaline (cousin)
- Javens, Mary Matilda (cousin)
- Teale, Diana Blanche (cousin)
- Kable, William (cousin)
- Teale, Joseph Thomas (cousin)
- MacLean, Susannah Agnes (cousin)
- Stephenson, Eliza Frances (cousin)
- Kable, John Henry (cousin)
- Fitz-Stubbs, Robert (cousin)
- Kable, William Henry (cousin)
- Teale, Henry William (cousin)
- Roberts, Emmeline (cousin)
- Kable, John (cousin)
- Stubbs, Thomas Fitz (cousin)
- Kable, Henry Charlton (cousin)
- Kable, Susan (cousin)
- Ross, Elvina Adelaide (cousin)
- Church, Annie Esther (cousin)
- Soden, Susannah (cousin)
- Byrne, Julia Isabella (cousin)
- Cadell, Sophia Richabella (cousin)
- Stubbs, Napoleon Fitz (cousin)
- Murphy, Emma Adelaide (cousin)
- Thompson, Elizabeth (cousin)
- Kable, William Joseph (cousin)
- Kable, George Henry (cousin)
- Kable, Frederick Wentworth (cousin)
- Kable, Edgar Sydney (cousin)
Citation details
'Fitz, Adeline Ann (1827–1860)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/fitz-adeline-ann-26215/text34154, accessed 7 November 2024.
Life Summary [details]
Birth
17 April,
1827
Windsor,
New South Wales,
Australia
Death
31 January,
1860
(aged 32)
Windsor,
New South Wales,
Australia
Cause of Death
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