Jane Frances”Fanny” Gibson was born in Manchester on 12 July 1819, the third daughter of Michael and Elizabeth Gibson. They moved to Eaton House West Derby, a village on the outskirts of Liverpool, when Fanny was about five. The Gibsons were a solid and wealthy Lancashire catholic family, and were connected to other well-known English catholic families such as the Hardmans in Birmingham....

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