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'''Susan Mary Yeats''' (née '''Pollexfen''') (13 July 1841-3 January 1900) of [[Sligo]], [[Ireland]],<ref name="auto">O'Donnell and Archibald (1999), p. 427</ref><ref>Murphy (2001), p. 587</ref> was the wife of [[John Butler Yeats]] and the mother of [[William Butler Yeats]], [[Jack Butler Yeats]], [[Elizabeth Yeats]] and [[Lily Yeats]]. |
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She was born in 1841 to William Pollexfen (1811-1892) and his wife Elizabeth (née Middleton) (1819-1892).<ref>O'Donnell and Archibald (1999), p. 419</ref> She came from a family of [[Protestant]]<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hPchfJyQElgC&pg=PA15&dq=susan+pollexfen&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dozCUoS3BpKShgeu-4DgCQ&ved=0CGAQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=susan%20pollexfen&f=false ''Orthodoxy to Heterodoxy: William Butler Yeats's Spiritual Transformation as...'', p.15]</ref> merchants. Yeats was a schoolfriend of her brother's.<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3NlHEbnP_AYC&pg=PA327&dq=susan+pollexfen&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dozCUoS3BpKShgeu-4DgCQ&ved=0CE8Q6wEwBQ#v=onepage&q=susan%20pollexfen&f=false ''The Geography of the Imagination: Forty Essays'', Guy Davenport, p.327]</ref> |
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She married John Butler Yeats on 10 September 1863, at St.John's Church, Sligo. Susan Yeats was dismayed when her husband abandoned the study of law to become an artist.<ref>O'Donnell and Archibald (1999), p. 424</ref> |
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Susan is described as a 'shadowy figure' who went 'quietly, pitifully, mad'.<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3NlHEbnP_AYC&pg=PA327&dq=susan+pollexfen&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dozCUoS3BpKShgeu-4DgCQ&ved=0CE8Q6wEwBQ#v=onepage&q=susan%20pollexfen&f=false ''The Geography of the Imagination: Forty Essays'', Guy Davenport, p.327]</ref> |
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They had six children: |
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* [[William Butler Yeats|William Butler (June 13, 1865 - January 28, 1939)]] |
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* [[Lily Yeats|Susan Mary (Lily) (August 25, 1866 - January 5, 1949)]] |
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* [[Elizabeth Yeats|Elizabeth Corbet (Lolly)(March 11, 1868– January 16, 1940)]] |
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* Robert Corbet Yeats March 27, 1870- March 3, 1873 |
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* [[Jack Butler Yeats|Jack Butler (August 29, 1871 - March 28, 1957)]] |
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* Jane Grace Yeats (August 29, 1875 - June 6, 1876) |
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She died 3 January 1900 after a long illness. |
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==Notes== |
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==References== |
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*{{cite book|title=Prodigal Father: The Life of John Butler Yeats (1839-1922)|first= William Michael|last=Murphy|publisher=Syracuse University Press|year=2001|ISBN=0-8156-0725-3|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=orrgEXRRREAC}} |
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*{{cite book|title=Autobiographies (Volume 3 of Collected Works of W. B. Yeats)|editors=O'Donnell, William H., and Douglas N. Archibald|publisher =Simon and Schuster|year=1999|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=nQ6A_QpI4YwC}} |
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{{W. B. Yeats}} |
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| NAME = Pollexfen, Susan |
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