L1.41 from JC Bleek to F Anne, LC Lloyd (07 August 1869)

L1.41 from JC Bleek to F Anne, LC Lloyd (07 August 1869)

Correspondence

Jemima Bleek's letter to her sisters Fanny and Lucy Lloyd, dated 7 August 1869 from Sobernheim. Jemima describes their move from the 'old Haeckels' in Berlin to Onkel Julius' abode next door to Tante Bertha. In addition to her usual resume of activities and visits, the main focus of this letter is Julia's improving health, reporting the doctor's recommendations for the protection and rehabilitation of her chest over winter. Jemima explains why she gave money to Lina Forstner and asked her to acompany Julia to Baden Weiber. She ends the letter with her hopes for getting back to her sisters before the baby arrives and debates the wisdom of a sea voyage as late as her 7th or 8th month. She is thinking of the suffering of her "poor fellows" (Fan and Loui).

07 August 1869

August 1869, Aunt Berthe, Aunt Julia, Aunt Lotte, aunts, Baden Weiber, Berlin, Berlin family, Bertha Sethe, Bleek family, brothers, Carl Haeckel, Cape return, Charlotte Sethe, chest disease, confinement, convalescence, dear brothers, December birth, doctor, doctor's orders, Dr Körte, Edith Bleek, England, English family, expense, family, fatigue, Fanny Lloyd, fellows, Forstners, Frances Lloyd, grave, Germany, Geographical Society, go South, Haeckels, health improvement, health news, heat, ill health, Julia Byron, Julia/July Lloyd, Julius Sethe, July's illness, letter, Lina Forstner, London, Loui/Lucy Lloyd, lung disease, Mabel Bleek, Mabel''s birth, money, mother, mother's family, news from Cape, old Haeckels, Onkel Carl, Onkel Haeckel, Onkel Julius, outings, plans, poor fellows, pregnancy travel, recovery plan, return plans, risk to child, Royal Academy, Sethe family, sisters, Sobernheim, suffering, Tante Berte, Tante Lotte, travel, treatment, uncles, visits, voyage, weather, Wilhelm Bleek, winter travel

1. Onkel Julius Sethe. See catalogue footnote: #10 "'Onkel Julius' was Bleek's maternal uncle Julius Sethe (1804-1872). He was married with six children"; also footnote #11: "'Tante Berthe' was the youngest sister of Bleek's mother Auguste, born in 1812. She lived adjacent to her brother Julius." 2. Aunt "July" or Julia Byron, Jemima's mother's sister, married to Thomas Byron, of Coulsdon. The latter held her Power of Attorney along with her maternal uncle Marmaduke Jeffreys. 3. The letter description is taken from the Bleek-Lloyd Scott Family Archive Catalog 2007. [See Resources on this website.] 4. There are photographs of Tante Lotte and the Forstners. [See Photographs and Portraits on this website.]