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Emily Dickinson (sister) Lavinia "Vinnie" Norcross Dickinson (February 28, 1833 – August 31, 1899) was the younger sister of American poet Emily Dickinson. [1] Vinnie was the youngest of the Dickinson siblings born to Edward Dickinson and his wife Emily Norcross in Amherst, Massachusetts. [2] She shared a name with her Aunt Lavinia. [3]
- February 28, 1833, Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.
- August 31, 1899 (aged 66), Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.
Lavinia Dickinson, ca. 1896. One of the most significant people in Emily Dickinson’s life was her sister Lavinia. Born two years after Emily, on February 28, 1833, the two were raised as if of an age. They began attending Amherst Academy together in the spring of 1841 at ages ten and eight, and shared a room and a bed into their twenties.
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Figure 5. Lavinia Norcross Dickinson. Dagurreotype portrait, 1852, by J.L. Lovell. Dickinson family photographs, MS Am 1118.99b (27). Houghton Library, Harvard University. In her teen years, a wave of religious revivals moved through New England and through Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which she attended for a single year.
Thomas Gilbert (Gib) Dickinson (1875-1883), nephew. Emily’s nephew Gib was born in 1875 and doted on by the whole family. “Gib is all right and as naughty as ever,” wrote his brother, Ned, in a letter to their mother. Tragically, Gib contracted typhoid fever and died in the fall of 1883, only 8 years old...
Vinnie was the youngest of the Dickinson siblings born to Edward Dickinson and his wife Emily Norcross in Amherst, Massachusetts. She shared a name with her Aunt Lavinia. On September 7, 1840, Vinnie and her sister Emily started attending school at Amherst Academy, a former boys' school that had opened to female students just two years earlier.
One of the most amazing persons in Emily Dickinson’s life was her sister Lavinia. Born two years after Emily, on February 28, 1833, the two were raised as if of an age. They began attending Amherst Academy together in the spring of 1841 at ages ten and eight, and shared a room and a bed into their twenties.
Apr 9, 2021 · Lavinia never married; she was responsible for publishing many of the poems of her sister, poet Emily Dickinson, several years after Emily's death. Parents were: Edward Dickinson (1803 - 1874) & Emily Norcross Dickinson (1804 - 1882) Siblings were: William Austin Dickinson (1829 - 1895)* Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)* Burial: West Cemetery Amherst
