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D8760 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1714-1994
F - Family records of the extended Franklin family and the Gell family of Hopton Hall - 1714-1994
FEG - Records of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin, daughter of Sir John and Eleanor Franklin and wife of Reverend John Philip Gell - 1828-[early 20th cent]
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D8760/F/FEG/2
Title
Diaries of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin
Date
1836-1850
Description
The diaries relate to her time in Tasmania while her father was Lieutenent Governor of Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania] including the journey out, her later travels with her aunt to the Americas, the continent and within England, and after her marriage to John Philip Gell. She was not a consistent writer in her diaries, and there are frequent gaps between dates, as well as lengthy periods when not entires were made.
Extent
11 volumes
Level
Series
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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Gell; Eleanor Isabella (1824-1860); daughter of explorer Sir John Franklin
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