The woman's name was Maria Beadnell. She was a love interest of Charles Dickens in his youth, but their relationship did not last. Dickens later fictionalized her in some of his novels under the character names Dora Spenlow and Flora Finching.
Her name was Fan, probably from Fanny, itself a derivitive of Frances. It comes as no surprise that Dickens had an older sister named Frances, to whom he was very close in childhood.
Her name was Ellen Ternan.
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Ellen Ternan was performing in plays alongside her mother and sister when Dickens met them and became a friend to the family. His relationship with Ellen (which is still ambiguous) continued until his death.
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During this time, Charles Dickens was close to Maria Beadnell, whom he later referenced as the inspiration for some of his female characters in his novels. Their relationship ended in 1833 due to familial disapproval and Dickens' increasing literary success.
Dickens said that Boz was 'the nickname of a pet child, a younger brother, whom I had dubbed Moses, in honour of Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield, which, being pronounced Bozes, got shortened into Boz'. The real name of the brother was Augustus. Dickens' own son was christened Charles Culliford Boz Dickens. Dickens used a pen-name for his first stories because he was, at the time, a serious political columnist, and the lightweight sketches and stories he first published might have damaged his credibility.
Dickens was deeply in love with Maria Beadnell during those years, but her family disapproved and took her to the Continent as a way of ending the connection.
Charles Dickens married Catherine Thomson Hogarth on April 2, 1836. They proceeded to have ten children in their 34 years of marriage.
Alfred Allen Dickens (1813-1814) Dickens' younger brother who died in infancy.Letitia Mary Dickens (1816-1893) Dickens' younger sister, Letitia married architect and artist Henry Austin in 1837. When Henry died in 1862 Charles secured a government pension for Letitia.Harriet Dickens (1819-?) Dickens' sister who died in childhood.Frederick Dickens (1820-1868) Dickens' younger brother who lived with Charles when he moved to Furnival's Inn in 1834 and during the early years of Dickens' marriage to Catherine. Frederick married and fell into debt, using his famous brother's name to obtain credit. Fred was later imprisoned for debt and spent the last years of his life an alcoholic. When he died at age 48 Charles lamented Fred's "wasted life".Alfred Lamert Dickens (1822-1860) Dickens' younger brother, a civil engineer and sanitary inspector. When Alfred died in 1860 Charles helped support his family.Augustus Dickens (1827-1866) Dickens' youngest brother. Dickens helped Augustus get a job with a shipping merchant in London. Augustus' wife became blind and he left her and went to America with another woman with whom he lived as man and wife. He died at age 39 in Chicago and Charles gave support to both wives.