1821–1884

Introduction

Born: De­cem­ber 1821, Kel­so Manse, Scot­land.

Died: De­cem­ber 3, 1884, Ed­in­burgh, Scot­land.

Buried: Can­on­gate church­yard, Ed­in­burgh.

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Biography

Jane was the wife of hym­nist Ho­ra­ti­us Bo­nar.

After los­ing her fa­ther and mo­ther in 1832, Jane moved to a home in Ed­in­burgh. In 1835, she was sent to a school in Lon­don.

On her re­turn, she spent much time with her sis­ter Ma­ry at the manse in Cleish un­til 1840, when Ma­ry died.

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