Jane Austen. She had one older sister Cassandra. Austen was the rector of the Anglican parish from 1765 until 1801.
She had one older sister Cassandra. Having spent the first part of her life in Southampton Jane Austen moved to Chawton with her mother and sister in 1809 three years after the death of her father. Jane Austens brief life and writing career overlapped with one of the most transformative eras in British history marked by revolution abroad and unrest at home.
She had six brothersJames George Charles Francis Henry and Edward and a beloved older sister Cassandra.
George Austen and Cassandra Leigh Jane Austens parents lived in Steventon Hampshire where Rev. Jane Austen was born December 16 1775 the fifth child of George Austen a gentleman curate and Cassandra Leigh the daughter of landed gentry. Jane Austen born December 16 1775 Steventon Hampshire Englanddied July 18 1817 Winchester Hampshire English writer who first gave the novel its distinctly modern character through her treatment of ordinary people in everyday life. The seventh child and second daughter of Cassandra and George Austen Jane Austen was born on December 16 1775 in Steventon Hampshire England.