On April 2, 1836, Charles John Huffam Dickens February 7, 1812-June 9, 1870] and Catherine ka Kate Thomson Hogarth [May 19, 1815-November 22, 1879] were married in St. Luke's Church, Chelsea, in southwest London, England. They honeymooned in Chalk, near Chatham, Kent. This was an area that the author favored, for having spent youthful years there. The couple had 10 children. The author felt considerable financial stress over such a large family, and criticized what he perceived as his wife's lack of skill in childraising and housekeeping. The couple separated in May 1858, and never reconciled. The author kept the house. With sister-in-law Georgina Thomson Hogarth [1827-1917] as housekeeper, he raised 9 of the children. Catherine had to move out, and eldest child Charles Culiford Boz Dickens [January 6, 1837-1896] left with her.
Charles Dickens was 25 years old when he had his first child, Charles Culliford Boz Dickens, with his wife Catherine.
Charles Dickens was 45 years old when he separated from his wife Catherine in 1858. Their marriage was annulled in 1870.
Dickens was 9 yrs. old.
Charles Dickens was 12 when they moved to London
Charles Dickens was 58 when he died of a stroke on the 9th June 1870.
Charles Dickens never married Queen Victoria. Dickens married Catherine Hogarth in 1836 when he was 24 years old, and they had 10 children together. Queen Victoria married Prince Albert in 1840.
Maria Beadnell was the first love of Charles Dickens. They met when Dickens was 18 years old, but their relationship ended when her parents disapproved of him. Dickens later immortalized her as the inspiration for characters such as Dora Spenlow in "David Copperfield."
he was 18
Charles Dickens' father, John Dickens, died at the age of 63 and his mother, Elizabeth Dickens, died at the age of 76.
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Great Expectations was written by Charles Dickens in 1861 when he was 49 years old.