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Fanny Stevenson. Frances Matilda Van de Grift Osbourne Stevenson (10 March 1840 – 18 February 1914) was an American magazine writer. [1] [2] She became a supporter and later the wife of Robert Louis Stevenson, and the mother of Isobel Osbourne, Samuel Lloyd Osbourne, and Hervey Stewart Osbourne.
Life as Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson. On May 19, 1880, Louis and Fanny married in San Francisco. The two stayed together for the rest of Stevenson’s life – much of which was spent trying to keep him healthy and seeking warm climates in which to live. After Louis died in 1894 in Samoa, Fanny suffered from depression and poor health.
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Dec 10, 2013 · Photo of Fanny around the time she and her children left California and went to Europe (photo from Nellie Vandegrift Sanchez book, The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson) When Fanny Osbourne returned to California in 1869, after staying on her family’s farm in Hendricks County for about a year, Sam and she resumed their marriage by setting ...
Dark, with curly hair and a propensity for dressing in bold and dramatic colors, she had many admirers until, at age 16, she married Samuel Osbourne, a native of Kentucky who was working as secretary to the governor of Indiana.
Dec 17, 2018 · Fanny had married at 17. Lloyd’s father, Sam Osborne, was a dazzling war hero, frequenter of Wild West brothels, and all-round badass. Less than five feet, dusky, and pugnacious, Fanny rolled ...
Dec 3, 2013 · Fanny Vandegrift Stevenson spent time at her family’s Hendricks County farm home on many occasions over the years (photo by Sharon Butsch Freeland) Although the HI Mailbag question asked only about the locations of Fanny’s homes while she lived in Indianapolis, I think the places she lived after she left her hometown would be of interest to ...
Samuel Lloyd Osbourne (1868-1947), known as Lloyd, was RLS’s step-son. He was born in San Francisco to Samuel and Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne. Lloyd went with his mother and sister Belle to Europe when they were pursuing their art studies. In 1876 when they went to Grez, the family met RLS.
