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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Darwin
Emma's husband Charles Robert Darwin was her first cousin, Emma was the daughter of his mothers brother, and they married on January 29 1839.
Doctor Erasmus Darwin, a successful physician and poet, inventor and slave-trade abolitionist joined with Josiah Wedgewood, founder of the pottery company Josiah Wedgwood and sons, to expand their wealth and influence. This led to several members of their two families marrying for several generations.
<references />* "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NGCW-15F : accessed 7 February 2015), Emma Wedgwood, 22 May 1808; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 421,572, 435,802.
1808 |
May 2, 1808
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Maer Hall, Staffordshire, England
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1839 |
December 27, 1839
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London, Greater London, UK
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1841 |
March 2, 1841
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London, Greater London, UK
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1842 |
September 23, 1842
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England (United Kingdom)
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1843 |
September 25, 1843
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Downe, Greater London, UK
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1845 |
July 9, 1845
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Luxted Rd, Downe, Kent, UK
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1847 |
July 8, 1847
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Downe, Kent
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1848 |
August 16, 1848
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Luxted Rd, Downe, Kent, UK
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1850 |
January 15, 1850
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Luxted Rd, Downe, Kent, UK
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