Category: Marguerite Claudia ‘Meta’ Brevoort (1825-1876)

The Brevoort Family Commonplace Book

Wooden desk in a vintage study with books, quill, handwritten papers, and candle

A beautifully illustrated 1837 commonplace book kept by the Brevoort children reveals their distinct personalities, youthful ambitions, and family tragedies

Natalie Mayhew Elisabeth Neville Brevoort (1822-1875), Elizabeth Brevoort 'Lil' Coolidge (1857-1906), Henry Brevoort Jnr (1782-1848), Laura Elizabeth Carson (1799-1845), Marguerite Claudia 'Meta' Brevoort (1825-1876) June 6, 2026June 7, 2026 9 Minutes

A woman before her time

Meta Brevoort (1825-1876) an intrepid Victorian mountaineer and the first female climber to wear trousers

Natalie Mayhew Elisabeth Neville Brevoort (1822-1875), Henry Brevoort Jnr (1782-1848), Laura Elizabeth Carson (1799-1845), Marguerite Claudia 'Meta' Brevoort (1825-1876) March 22, 2024June 6, 2026 13 Minutes

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Funny Where Life Took Them
Some of the surnames on this site — click one to find stories behind it

Bailey Baker Banfield Banfield aka Wackrill Barrett Baynes Booth Bovill Bowes-Lyon Brevoort Bristow Brock Carson Chaldecott Collingwood Conway-Gordon Coolidge Cooper Cotton Courtauld Daley Dibben Dowman Down Earle Finch Fitzgerald Gordon Hall Harvey Hill Irving Kirby Krug Lane? Levens Mayhew Mayo Napier Obee Payne Poulton Rose Saumarez Sheldrake Todd Twohey Wackrill Whetten