Family:Charles Fairfield and Isabella Mackenzie (1)

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Parents: Charles Fairfield and Arabella Rowan
Charles Fairfield
b. 1843 Ireland
d. 1906 Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Parents: Alexander Mackenzie and Jessie Campbell
Isabella Campbell Mackenzie
b. 21 Oct 1853 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
d. 1921 England
m. 17 Dec 1883 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Marriage[1] 17 Dec 1883 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Children
BirthDeath
1.
Dr. Josephine Letitia Denny Fairfield
10 Mar 1885 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1 Feb 1978
2.
Winifred A. "Winnie" Fairfield
1887 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
 
3.
Dame Rebecca West
21 Dec 1892 London, England
15 Mar 1983 London, England
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Charles and Isabella regularly engaged their children in intellectual and political conversation. Anglo-Irish Charles was a journalist, and Scottish Isabella was an accomplished pianist. However, their children's upbringing became turbulent as Charles's financial irresponsibility grew. He had numerous open affairs, and some hidden ones, even keeping a secret family in America until the time of his death. By 1901, his womanizing and squandering had led to the breakdown of his marriage, and he left the family home. Isabella, left without any financial support, moved with her three daughters to Edinburgh, where they lived with relatives.

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  1. ↑ Fairfield and Isabella Mackenzie, in West, Rebecca, and Faith Evans. Family memories. (London: Lime Tree, c1987)
    21 Dec 2010.

    "Charles Fairfield and Isabella Mackenzie were married in Melbourne on 17 December 1883."

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