On 26th April 1859 [her father] William Morris [aged 25] and [her mother] Jane Morris nee Burden [aged 19] were married at St Michael at the Northgate Church, Oxford after which they moved to the Red House.
Memorials of Edward Burne-Jones 1861. On the day little Jane Alice Morris was christened many friends went down to Red House for the christening feast, and beds were made up for their accommodation at night in the true Red Lion Square spirit of hospitality, the drawing-room being turned into a big dormitory for the men. At dinner I sat next to Rossetti [aged 32], and noticed that even amidst such merry company he fell silent occasionally and seemed absent in mind. He drank water only, and, after he had helped himself, I asked him if he would give me some, which he did with an instant return to the scene before him, saying at the same time with grave humour in his sonorous voice, "I beg your pardon, Georgie: I had forgotten that you, like myself, are a temperate person."
1861. The Census records [her father] William Morris [aged 26], [her mother] Jane Morris nee Burden [aged 21], Algernon Charles Swinburne [aged 23], Visitor, four servants and Jane Alicia Morris at Red House.
On 17th January 1861 Jane Alicia Morris was born to William Morris [aged 26] and Jane Morris nee Burden [aged 21] at the Red House.
Around 1864. Unknown Photographer. [her mother] Jane Morris nee Burden [aged 24] and Jane Alicia Morris [aged 2].
Around 1865. Unknown Photographer. [her mother] Jane Morris nee Burden [aged 25] and Jane Alicia Morris [aged 3].
1871. Dante Gabriel Rossetti [aged 42]. "Jenny Morris" i.e. Jane Alicia Morris [aged 9].
1871. The census records [her father] William Morris [aged 36], [her mother] Jane Morris nee Burden [aged 31], Elizabeth Burden, sister-in-law, Jane Alicia Morris [aged 9], Mary "May" Morris [aged 8] and three servants living at 21 Queen Square, Bloomsbury.
On 3rd October 1896 [her father] William Morris [aged 62] died after several months of "general organic degeneration", at Kelmscott House, Hammersmith. He died, Mackail says, 'quietly and without visible suffering' (II, 335)'
1901. The Census records [her mother] Jane Morris nee Burden [aged 61], Jane Alicia Morris [aged 39], Louisa C Strong, companion, and three servants living at Kelmscott Manor, Oxfordshire.
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In 1906 Wilfrid Scawen Blunt [aged 65] and Anne King-Noel 15th Baroness Wentworth [aged 68] were legally separated as a consequence of the numerous mistresses he had taken which included Jane Morris nee Burden [aged 66], Catherine Walters aka "Skittles", his cousin Mary Wyndham [aged 43] and, possibly, her mother Madeline Caroline Frances Eden Campbell.
On 26th January 1914 [her mother] Jane Morris nee Burden [aged 74] died at 5 Brock Street, Bath. On 29th January 1914 she was buried at St George's Church, Kelmscott [Map] in the same grave as her husband [her father] William Morris. Her body was driven in a 'motor' from Bath to the manor house just before the service. Her coffin was 17th century style and in oak with brass furniture and a simple inscription of her name and date of death, and was carried into the church by six village men. The church was well attended by the villagers as well as familiar names from the world of art and literature including Marie Stillman [aged 69] whose wreath was noted in the papers. The hymn 'Now the labourer's task is o'er' was sung and the organist played the Dead March as the coffin was carried out to where William was already buried.
On 11th July 1935 Jane Alicia Morris [aged 74] died at Over Stowey, Somerset.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Unamed Morris
Grandfather: William Morris
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Stanley
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stanley
Father: William Morris
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Shelton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Joseph Shelton
Grandmother: Emma Shelton