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Her younger sister Lydia (1827–1878), known as "Lizzie", lived with Mary and Engels. She continued to live with Engels after Mary's death, and married him on 11 September 1878, shortly before her own death.
Aug 1, 2013 · Mary Burns’ younger sister, Lizzie, c.1865. Lizzie lived with Engels after her sister died, and married him a day before she herself died. No image of Mary is known to exist. Public Domain
Nov 4, 2020 · There he met and fell in love with Mary Burns, with whom he covertly lived for the rest of her life.
Feb 3, 2016 · Lizzie Burns, an illiterate Irish woman who married Engels shortly before her death. Arminta Wallace. Wed Feb 03 2016 - 10:00. Four words in a newspaper review of a 400-page biography. That was...
- Arminta Wallace
Friedrich Engels maintained close relations with two Irish women; Mary Burns (c.1822-1863), Engels’ common law wife, and then her sister Lydia ‘Lizzie’ Burns (1827-1878), who formally married Engels just before her death.
- Aidan Beatty
Nov 25, 2020 · No photo is known to exist of his partner Mary Burns. | Public Domain Friedrich Engels, whose 200th birthday falls on November 28, 2020, had a very personal connection with Ireland.
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May 11, 2022 · What we do know is that Mary Burns – who was either a worker at his mill in Salford or an orange seller at one of the great meeting halls in Manchester – copped off with Engels and lived with him for around twenty years at secret locations all over the city.