Frances 'Fanny' Shore / Nightingale

She had ten brothers and sisters, who were bought up at Parndon Hall in Essex, and their London house in Park Street.

Fanny was six years older that William Edward Nightingale when they became engaged in 1817. They were married the following year on the 1st June, and left soon after to travel in Europe.

In 1819, they had their first daughter who was born in Naples, and named Frances Parthenope.

Their second child was Florence, who was born on May12 1820, at Villa Colombia in Florence. (Florence Nightingale)