Fanny Stevenson
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Frances Matilda Van de Grift Osbourne Stevenson was an American magazine writer. She became a supporter and later the wife of Robert Louis Stevenson, and the mother of Isobel Osbourne, Samuel Lloyd Os
Portrait of Fanny Stevenson. Bournemouth, 1885
Robert Louis Stevenson, 1885
Lloyd Osbourne
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Samuel Lloyd Osbourne was an American writer and the stepson of the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson, with whom he wrote three books, including The Wrecker. He also provided input and ideas on o
Fanny Stevenson
…1914) was an American magazine writer. She became a supporter and later the wife of Robert Louis Stevenson, and the mother of Isobel Osbourne, Samuel Lloyd Osbourne, and Hervey Stewart Osbourne. Fanny Vandegrift was born in Indianapolis, the daughter of builder Jacob Vandegrift and homemaker Esther Thomas Keen. She…
Osbourne (left) and his stepfather, Robert Louis Stevenson (right), attending a Royal Luau thrown by King Kalākaua, Honolulu, Hawaii, c. 1889
Stevenson in Vailima. Lloyd Osbourne is sitting on the left.