1810. Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson, born at 12 Lindsey Row,
Chelsea, September 29th.
1811. Removed to 3 Beaufort Row, Chelsea, June, 1811.
Mother died, October, 1811, at 3 Beaufort Row.
1812. Elizabeth taken to Knutsford when fourteen months old.
1824. Sent to school at Stratford-on-Avon.
1827. Her only brother, John Stevenson, disappeared at Calcutta.
1829. Father died at 3 Beaufort Row, Chelsea.
Visited her relatives at Newcastle-on-Tyne.
1830. Visited Edinburgh.
1831. Marble bust sculptured by Dunbar.
1832. Married the Rev. William Gaskell, M.A., August 30th.
1832-42. Resided at 14 Dover Street, Manchester.
1837. Mrs. Lumb died at Knutsford, May 1st.
1842-49. Resided at 121 Upper Rumford Street, Manchester.
1844. Only son died at Festiniog, September, 1844.
1849-65. Resided at 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester.
1848. First novel, _Mary Barton_, published.
First met Charles Dickens.
1850. Mr. Gaskell’s mother, Margaret Gaskell, died in January.
1850. First met Charlotte Brontë, August, 1850.
Published _The Moorland Cottage_.
1853. Second novel, _Ruth_, published.
_Cranford_ published.
1854. Visited Paris and met Madame Mohl.
1855. _North and South_ published.
_Lizzie Leigh and Other Tales_ published.
1857. _Life of Charlotte Brontë_ published.
Edited _Mabel Vaughan_ and wrote preface.
1859. _Round the Sofa Stories_ published.
_My Lady Ludlow and Other Tales_ published.
1862. Preface to _Garibaldi at Cabrera_ by Colonel Vecchj.
Inaugurated Sewing schools for poor in Manchester.
1863. _Sylvia’s Lovers_ published.
Mrs. Gaskell’s daughter, Florence Elizabeth, married to
Mr. Charles Compton, Q.C., on September 8th.
Visited Rome and stayed with W. W. Story.
1865. _Cousin Phillis_ published.
_Wives and Daughters_ published in “Cornhill Magazine.”
Mrs. Gaskell died at Holybourne, Hants, November 12th.
Buried, November 16th, in the Unitarian Chapel Burial
Ground, Knutsford.
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