Read Part One HERE
In this post I continue to focus on a woman named Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna. She lived from 1790 - 1846.
In 1837 Charlotte's husband died in Dublin. Despite his abuse and their separation, after his death she took care of his mother and sister,which spoke volumes of her benevolence and Christian principle.
While in Ireland, Charlotte began to write tracts for various religious societies. Her tracts became popular because of their deliberate simplicity. She was the subject of continued persecution, and because of the claims made against her, she was obliged to publish her work under her baptismal name of "Charlotte Elizabeth."
In 1841 Charlotte married Lewis Hippolytus Joseph Tonna. By that time she was living in London. Her second marriage was a much happier one, he being an excellent husband. He wrote a memoir entitled "The life of Charlotte Elizabeth" after the death of his wife in celebration of his late wife's life.
As a woman in active publice service, Charlotte began a Sunday School in her cottage, did charity work in the Irish ghetto in London, and established a Protestant Church in St Giles in the early 1830s.
In early 1844, Charlotte developed cancer and she died in July 1846.
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