She was regarded as married to Augustus Newnham Dickens, a younger brother of the English author Charles Dickens. Augustus Dickens left his first wife Harriet in England and moved to America with Bertha Phillips, so it is unknown if they were ever legally married. They had three children, Bertram, Adrian, and Amy Bertha Dickens, who appear to have lived to adulthood. The two-sided gravestone at her and Augustus' graves also lists "Their Infants, Lincoln, Violet, Ophelia, Died 1865". These three infants were triplets who probably died at or soon after birth, and are in addition to the three children who grew to adulthood.
Bertha died of an overdose of morphine or laudanum, two years after Augustus Dickens' death.
Bio by Ronald Decker, a Chicago researcher.
Links to parents and death location provided by contributor G47 #47281148.
Bertha died of an overdose of morphine or laudanum, two years after Augustus Dickens' death.
Bio by Ronald Decker, a Chicago researcher.
Links to parents and death location provided by contributor G47 #47281148.
She was regarded as married to Augustus Newnham Dickens, a younger brother of the English author Charles Dickens. Augustus Dickens left his first wife Harriet in England and moved to America with Bertha Phillips, so it is unknown if they were ever legally married. They had three children, Bertram, Adrian, and Amy Bertha Dickens, who appear to have lived to adulthood. The two-sided gravestone at her and Augustus' graves also lists "Their Infants, Lincoln, Violet, Ophelia, Died 1865". These three infants were triplets who probably died at or soon after birth, and are in addition to the three children who grew to adulthood.
Bertha died of an overdose of morphine or laudanum, two years after Augustus Dickens' death.
Bio by Ronald Decker, a Chicago researcher.
Links to parents and death location provided by contributor G47 #47281148.
Bertha died of an overdose of morphine or laudanum, two years after Augustus Dickens' death.
Bio by Ronald Decker, a Chicago researcher.
Links to parents and death location provided by contributor G47 #47281148.
Inscription
front side:
IN MEMORY OF
Augustus Newnham Dickens
1827-1866
Brother of
Charles Dickens
The English Author
reverse side:
IN MEMORY OF
DICKENS
Bertha Phillips
1829-1868
Their Infants
Lincoln
Violet
Ophelia
Died 1865
Family Members
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