She was born in 1858 at 38 Lower Kenning ton Lane in Kenning ton, Surrey (now part of Greater London), the daughter of a schoolteacher, John Collins Nesbit, who died in March 1862, before her fourth birthday. Her sister Mary's ill health meant that the family moved around constantly for some years, living variously in Brighton, Buckingham shire, France (Dipped, Rowen, Paris
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