- Her best known novel is The Awakening.
- Six children with Chopin: Jean Baptiste, Oscar Charles, George Francis, Frederick, Felix Andrew, and Lelia.
- Husband, Oscar Chopin, was of French descent and ran a cotton farm and general store. He died of malaria in 1882.
- Spoke English and French.
- Father, Thomas O'Flaherty, was born in Ireland and died in 1855 in a railroad accident. Mother, Eliza Faris, was born in St. Louis, Missouri and was of French descent.
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