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Who were Edgar allan poes parents and what happened to them?
Edgar Allan Poe's birth parents were David Poe, Jr and Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe. David Poe, Jr abandoned the family probably sometime in 1810, and Elizabeth Poe died in 1811 from an unknown lung ailment while David Poe, Jr died at around the same time, cause unknown.
How did Edgar Allan Poe's mother become a widow?
Poe's mother became a widow when her first husband, Charles Hopkins died on October 26, 1805. Later she married David Poe, Edgar's natural father thereby becoming Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe. She died a few days before her second husband David, therefore she did not become a widow for a second time. Although David Poe died after his wife, he did abandon the family not too long after Poe's younger sister Rosalie was born.
Who were Edgar Allan Poe's birth parents and what happened to them?
No, Poe was raised by foster parents John and Frances Allan of Richmond Virginia, who took him in after his natural mother and father died in December 1811. Poe took his middle name Allan from the last name of his foster parents.
What year did Elizabeth Cairnes Poe die?
Edgar Allan Poe's paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Cairnes Poe, died on July 7, 1835.
How old were Edgar Allan Poe's parents when they died?
David Poe, Jr was 27 years old, and Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe was probably 24 years old.
Who were Elizabeth Arnold Poe and David Poe Edgar Allan Poe's parents?
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Who were Edgar Allan Poe's grandparents?
Edgar Allan Poe's grandparents were David, Sr. & Elizabeth Cairnes Poe & Henry & Elizabeth Arnold. For the record Poe's parents were David Poe, Jr. & Elizabeth "Eliza" Arnold Hopkins Poe.
When did Edgar Allan Poe's natural father die?
Edgar Allan Poe's natural father, David Poe Jr., died when Poe was almost 3 years old around the same time as his natural mother, Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe (who died on December 8, 1811), but there is no exact date known for his death.
What tragedy befell Edgar Allan Poe's natural mother?
Some time after Poe's natural mother, Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe, gave birth to young Edgar Poe on January 19, 1809, her husband, David, abandoned the family (likely the latter half of 1810). She died on December 8, 1811 in Richmond, Virginia at the age of 24 when Poe was almost 3 years old. Assumptions that she died of tuberculosis are unfounded as there is no history of her having that disease. In 1890, a Mrs. Byrd, daughter of the people who took Poe's sister Rosalie in after Poe's parents died, stated that Mrs. Poe was ill with pneumonia when she died. David Poe died at around the same time of unknown causes in Norfolk, Virginia.
How did Edgar Allan Poe's natural parents die?
Poe's mother, Elizabeth, died on December 8,1811 of an unspecified illness, which was probably pneumonia. In 1890 a family member stated that Mrs. Poe died when she was sick with pneumonia. There is some speculation that she died of tuberculosis, however this is most likely incorrect since there is no medical history showing that she ever had that disease. Poe's natural father, David Poe, died a few days later of unknown cause.
How old was Poe when Elizabeth died?
Poe was 2 years eleven months old when Eliza, his natural mother, died.
When did Edgar Allan Poe's family take him to Baltimore Maryland to live with his grandparents David Sr and Elizabeth Cairnes Poe?
Edgar Allan Poe's family did not take him to Baltimore, Maryland to live with his grandparents. Poe's older brother, William Henry Leonard Poe was taken to Baltimore, but Edgar went to Richmond, Virginia to live with the Allan family. Both of Poe's parents, David Poe, Jr. and Eliza Arnold Hopkins Poe, died in late 1811.
