Peerage Record – 33848

     Harriet Le Fanu was born in 1796.¹ She was the daughter of Henry Le Fanu and Anne Elizabeth Sheridan.² She died on 8 February 1818, unmarried.²

     Reverend Peter Le Fanu was born on 12 September 1749.¹ He was the son of Guillaume Philippe Le Fanu and Henriette Raboteau de Puygibaud.² He married Frances Knowles, daughter of John Knowles and Hester Sheridan.¹ He died in 1825.¹
     He was a playwright.¹ He wrote the book Smock Alley Secrets, published 1778, a play produced at Dublin.¹

     John Knowles married Hester Sheridan, daughter of Rev. Dr. Thomas Sheridan and Elizabeth MacFadden.¹
     He lived at Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G.¹

     Frances Knowles is the daughter of John Knowles and Hester Sheridan.² She married Reverend Peter Le Fanu, son of Guillaume Philippe Le Fanu and Henriette Raboteau de Puygibaud.¹
     Her married name became Le Fanu.

     Reverend William Joseph Henry Le Fanu was born in 1790.¹ He was the son of Reverend Peter Le Fanu and Frances Knowles.² He married Charlotte Mary Purdon, daughter of Edward Purdon, on 10 September 1822.¹ He died on 19 September 1879.¹
     He was the Rector at St. Paul’s, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G.¹

     Edward Purdon lived at Curristown, County Westmeath, Ireland^G.¹

     Charlotte Mary Purdon was the daughter of Edward Purdon.² She married Reverend William Joseph Henry Le Fanu, son of Reverend Peter Le Fanu and Frances Knowles, on 10 September 1822.¹ She died in 1868.¹
     From 10 September 1822, her married name became Le Fanu.

     Peter Le Fanu was born in 1827.¹ He was the son of Reverend William Joseph Henry Le Fanu and Charlotte Mary Purdon.² He married Maria Alexandrina Cruikshank.¹ He died on 11 June 1903.¹

     Maria Alexandrina Cruikshank married Peter Le Fanu, son of Reverend William Joseph Henry Le Fanu and Charlotte Mary Purdon.¹
     She lived at Keithock, Forfarshire, Scotland^G.¹ Her married name became Le Fanu.

     Henry James Edward Le Fanu was born on 11 November 1859.¹ He was the son of Peter Le Fanu and Maria Alexandrina Cruikshank.² He died in May 1861 at age 1.¹