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Category: Coolidge

A ‘desperate state of things’

Alexander Cameron Brock (1855-1898) a forgotten family story, uncovered through hospital archives, reveals the quiet tragedy of a Victorian doctor lost to mental illness

Natalie Mayhew Alexander Cameron Brock (1855-1898), Elizabeth Brevoort 'Lil' Coolidge (1857-1906) July 4, 2025July 4, 2025 12 Minutes

Lil Coolidge (1857-1906)

Victorian carte de visite photograph of a young girl

Lil Coolidge (1857-1906) Overview with links to separate stories about her life

Natalie Mayhew Elizabeth Brevoort 'Lil' Coolidge (1857-1906) July 30, 2022November 5, 2024 1 Minute

Exodus from the New World to the Old

Lil Coolidge (1857-1906): Aug 1857 to Sep 1864, New York to the French Riviera

Natalie Mayhew Elizabeth Brevoort 'Lil' Coolidge (1857-1906) July 30, 2022April 24, 2024 7 Minutes

The wandering years

General Map of the Alps annotated to show the location of Cannes, Genoa, Mt Cenis, Geneva and Thun

Lil Coolidge (1857-1906): Oct 1864 to Jan 1875, a circuitous route from Cannes to Oxford

Natalie Mayhew Elizabeth Brevoort 'Lil' Coolidge (1857-1906) July 30, 2022November 4, 2024 7 Minutes

A most difficult year

Lil Coolidge (1857-1906): Jan 1875 to Dec 1876, introduction to Dorking society

Natalie Mayhew Elizabeth Brevoort 'Lil' Coolidge (1857-1906) July 30, 2022April 24, 2024 7 Minutes

Staying in and ‘Coming Out’

A pale lady is seated alone in a schoolroom holding a black-edged letter, obviously downcast and presumably musing sadly about home and family, as suggested by 'Home, sweet Home', the music on the music stand. Three pupils play happily in a sunlit background.

Lil Coolidge (1857-1906): Jan 1877 to Jun 1880, the rocky and twisting road to finding love

Natalie Mayhew Elizabeth Brevoort 'Lil' Coolidge (1857-1906) July 30, 2022November 5, 2024 8 Minutes

A doctor’s wife

photograph of the Old House, Dorking, now a Grade II listed building

Lil Coolidge (1857-1906): Jun 1880 to May 1896: happiness and tragedy in a small country town

Natalie Mayhew Elizabeth Brevoort 'Lil' Coolidge (1857-1906) July 30, 2022July 2, 2025 7 Minutes

Things are never so bad

Lil Coolidge (1857-1906): Jul 1896 to Oct 1906: doing the best she could

Natalie Mayhew Elizabeth Brevoort 'Lil' Coolidge (1857-1906) July 30, 2022November 5, 2024 8 Minutes

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