Catherine Elizabeth (Dickens) Perugini (1839 - 1929)

Born 29 Oct 1839 in London, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Allston Collins — married 17 Jul 1860 (to 1873) in Hoo, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Died 9 May 1929 at age 89 in London, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Kate (Dickens) Perugini is Notable.

Catherine Elizabeth Macready Dickens was born in London, England in 1839, the daughter of Charles Dickens and Catherine Hogarth.^[1]

She was an English painter of the Victorian era

She was Dickens' youngest surviving daughter, and according to her siblings her father's favourite child;[2] he named her after his friend William Charles Macready. As a girl, she also bore the nickname "Lucifer Box" for her hot temper.

She travelled widely with her family as a child, and performed in her father's elaborate amateur theatrical productions — including the 1857 performance of Wilkie Collins's The Frozen Deep before Queen Victoria. Kate Dickens studied at Bedford College, the first institution of higher learning for women in Britain.

Her first husband was the artist and author Charles Allston Collins, younger brother of Wilkie Collins; they married in 1860.^[2][3]

In 1861, Catherine was living at 1, Clarence Terrace, St Marylebone, Marylebone, London & Middlesex, England with her husband Charles and a servant, Mary Bull.^[4]

Charles A Collins Head Married Male 33 1828 Author Journalist Hampstead, Middlesex, England

Katherine E M Collins Wife Married Female 21 1840 - Hampstead, Middlesex, England

Mary Bull Servant Unmarried Female 22 1839 House Serv Marylebone, Middlesex, England

In 1871, Catherine was living at Thurleo Place, Kensington, London & Middlesex, England with her husband Charles and two servants, Maria Crombie and Emma Pratt.^[5]

Charles Collins Head - Male 43 1828 - Middlesex, England

Katherine Collins Wife - Female 31 1840 - London, Middlesex, England

Maria Crombie Servant - Female 25 1846 - Kent, England

Emma Pratt Servant - Female 19 1852 - Kent, England

After Charles' passing from a prolonged illness in 1873, Kate married another artist, Charles Edward Perugini. She became a successful painter of portraits and genre paintings, sometimes collaborating with Perugini. She started exhibiting her works at the Royal Academy shows in 1877. The Peruginis were active in artistic society, and maintained friendships with J. M. Barrie and George Bernard Shaw among other celebrities of their era.[3] Like her first husband, she pursued literary endeavors along with her easel art.

Kate Macready Perugini passed away in Chelsea, London, England in 1929.^[6]

Sources

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} England, Middlesex - GRO Birth Indexes England & Wales General Register Office Online Index - Births > Dickens, Catherine Elizabeth Macready; Registration District: Saint Pancras; GRO Ref: 1839, December Qtr; Volume No. 01; Page No. 235; Mothers MS: Hogarth.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} England, Kent - FamilySearch Online Marriage Indexes "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLCQ-J2D : 10 February 2018), Charles Allston Collins and Catherine Elizabeth Macready Dickens, 17 Jul 1860; citing Allhallows Hoo,Kent,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 992,520. Names: Charles Allston Collins & Catherine Elizabeth Macready Dickens ; Date: 17th July 1860. Allhallows, Hoo, Kent, England.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} England, Kent - FamilySearch Online Marriage Indexes "England, Kent, Parish Registers, 1538-1911," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJD2-73FS : 10 December 2017), Charles Allston Collins and Catherine Elisabeth Macready Dickens, 17 Jul 1860; citing Marriage, Hingham, Kent, England, Kent Archives Office, Maidstone; FHL microfilm 992,520. Charles Allston Collins; age 32 yrs; s/o William Collins & Catherine Elisabeth Macready Dickins; age 20 yrs; d/o Charles Dickins; Highham Kent, England; Both single status; Date: 17 Jul 1860.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} FindMyPast 1861 Census Transcription > 2019. Findmypast.Com.Au. Accessed November 8 2019. 1861 Census
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} FindMyPast 1871 Census Transcription > 2019. Findmypast.Com.Au. Accessed November 8 2019. 1871 Census
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} England, Middlesex - GRO Death Indexes England & Wales General Register Office Online Index - Deaths > Perugini, Kate Macready; Registration District: Chelsea; GRO Ref: 1929, June Qtr; Volume No. 01A; Page No. 444; Age: 89 yrs.

See Also:

• Find A Grave, database and images  : accessed 9 November 2019), memorial page for Catherine Elizabeth Macready “Kate” Dickens Perugini (29 Oct 1839–9 May 1929), Find A Grave: Memorial #98501965, citing St Nicholas Churchyard, Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) .
• Catherine Dickens Collins Perugini