On 3rd August 1837 [his father] Augustus de Morgan [aged 31] and [his mother] Sophia Elizabeth Frend [aged 27] were married.
On 16th November 1839 William Frend De Morgan was born to Augustus de Morgan [aged 33] and Sophia Elizabeth Frend [aged 30].
In December 1854 Henry Holiday [aged 15] entered the Royal Academy Schools as a probationer. His fellow students included Simeon Solomon [aged 14], Albert Moore [aged 13], William Blake Richmond [aged 12], William De Morgan [aged 15], Frederick Walker, and Marcus Stone [aged 14].
On 18th March 1871 [his father] Augustus de Morgan [aged 64] died.
On 5th March 1887 William Frend De Morgan [aged 47] and Evelyn de Morgan aka Mary Evelyn Pickering [aged 31] were married.
On 5th January 1892 [his mother] Sophia Elizabeth Frend [aged 82] died.
1893. [his wife] Evelyn de Morgan aka Mary Evelyn Pickering [aged 37]. Portrait of the artist's husband William Frend De Morgan [aged 53].
1909. [his wife] Evelyn de Morgan aka Mary Evelyn Pickering [aged 53]. Portrait of the artist's husband William Frend De Morgan [aged 69].
On 15th January 1917 William Frend De Morgan [aged 77] died. He was buried at Brookwood Cemetery, Woking.
On 2nd May 1919 [his former wife] Evelyn de Morgan aka Mary Evelyn Pickering [aged 63] died. She was buried in the same grave of her husband William Frend De Morgan at Brookwood Cemetery, Woking. Her headstone, which depicts 'an angel with outstretched arms, pleading with a female figure of Death, with inverted torch, who turns her back', was carved by George Frampton [aged 58].
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St Michael's Church, Rocester [Map]. East Window, and two windows in the chancel, by William Frend De Morgan restored 1991. One of the windows signed "DM".
father: Augustus de Morgan
Grandfather: William Frend
mother: Sophia Elizabeth Frend