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Isobel "Belle" Osbourne Strong Field (September 18, 1858 – June 26, 1953) was a writer and the daughter of Fanny Stevenson and sister of Lloyd Osbourne. Through her mother's second marriage, she was a stepdaughter of Robert Louis Stevenson .
Isobel Osbourne (strong) field (1858-1953) The first child of Fanny and Samuel, Isobel “Belle” Stewart Osbourne, was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on September 18, 1858. At the age of five she accompanied her mother to the Nevada silver mines to live with her prospector father.
An educated woman, Fanny was married at 17 to Samuel Osbourne, an officer in the Union Army. They had a daughter, Isobel “Belle”, a year later. Their lives changed when Samuel went to serve in the Civil War.
Isobel (Belle) Osbourne (1858-1953) was RLS’s step-daughter. She was born in Indianapolis to Samuel and Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne. Both Belle and her mother were interested in art and became art students in Paris.
Mar 13, 2018 · He recalls a habit of drawing alongside his 12-year-old stepson Lloyd (Sam). He had married Lloyd’s mother, the American Fanny Osbourne, the year before. The pair had met years earlier in France, where Fanny was on an artist’s retreat while separated from her first husband.
Robert Louis Stevenson’s Family. Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson (wife) Thomas Stevenson (father) Margaret Isabella Balfour Stevenson (mother) Lloyd Osbourne (step-son) Isobel Osbourne (step-daughter)
Isobel "Belle" Osbourne Strong Field (September 18, 1858 – June 26, 1953) was an author and the daughter of Fanny Stevenson and sister of Lloyd Osbourne. Through her mother's second marriage, she was a stepdaughter of Robert Louis Stevenson.
