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Marian Fawcett Wightman (1848 - 1902), c.1890

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Marian Fawcett Wightman (1848 - 1902), c.1890
Sheffield
1851-1899

Marian Fawcett Wightman was born in Sheffield in 1848, daughter of Benjamin Wightman (c. 1816 - 1867), a highly regarded solicitor who established a successful practice in Sheffield in partnership with John William Pye Smith (1809 - 1865).

Marian Fawcett Wightman was a longstanding associate of the Sheffield branch of the Church of England Girls' Friendly Society (established in Sheffield in 1879) and took an active role in the work of the Girls' Friendly Society Lodge based on Havelock Street, Sheffield. She was a sister of the respected Sheffield solicitor Arthur Wightman (1842 - 1924).

Marian Fawcett Wightman latterly lived at 70 Clarkegrove Road, Sheffield and she died in Sheffield on 6 April 1902, aged 53.

Original at Sheffield City Archives: X814/1/1/10b.

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