Elizabeth Denne Whittle (1823-1911)

Elizabeth Denne Whittle (1823-1911) was born in 1823 in Sussex, England and died in 1911 in Kent, England aged eighty-eight.

Early Life
Elizabeth Denne Whittle was born in 1823 in Sussex, England. Her father was Charles Whittle of Kent, and her mother was his first cousin Anne Whittle (1789-1876), a spinster. Her maternal grandparents were Esau Whittle (1761-1825), a farmer and Nancy (c.1765-1856). Although her parents never married they had five other children together: Francis, Henry, Walter, Frederick and Anne. Elizabeth Denne Whittle was named after her great-aunt (on both sides) Elizabeth Whittle, who married Henry Denne and served as somewhat of a matriach to the Whittle family until her death in 1837.

Marriage and Children
In 1850 in Kent Elizabeth Denne Whittle married Richard Charles Swan (c.1817-1894), a clergyman. They had the following children:
 * Richard Swan (1850-?), clergyman Church of England
 * Elizabeth Swan (c.1853-?)
 * Emily Marian Swan (1854-1903), a spinster.
 * Annie Amelia Swan (1856-1944), a spinster.
 * Mary Swan (1858-?)
 * Ellen Louisa Swan (1860-?)
 * Edith Alice Swan (1862-1939), a spinster.
 * Margaret Isabel Swan (c.1867-1929), a spinster.