Elisabeth Harper

## Elisabeth Bonham (née Harper)

**Elisabeth Bonham** (née **Harper**) (18 March, 1850 - 23 November, 1922) was an English pure-blood witch and member of the Bonham family by marriage. She attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1 September, 1861 to June of 1868. She was a member of Slytherin House.

Elisabeth Harper married Holden Bonham in 1870. They had three children together, Octavia, Sophronia, and Walden. Through her daughter Octavia, who later married Nigellus Brown, she was the maternal grandmother of Wendellin Brown II. Through her son, Walden, who married Lucilia Warrington, she was the paternal grandmother of Horace Bonham and Nigel Bonham.

She was the great-grandmother of Octavius Brown and Augusta Longbottom (née Brown). Through her grandson Horace, she was the paternal great-grandmother of Eloise Fudge (née Bonham), wife of Hardwin Fudge. Through her grandson, Nigel, she was the paternal great-grandmother of Chester Bonham and Delphine Bonham.

Most notably, she was the second great-grandmother Cornelius Fudge, Minister for Magic from 1990 to 1996. She was also the second great-grandmother of Arthur and Nigel Brown as well as Frank Longbottom. She was the third great-grandmother of sisters Lavender and Ophelia Brown, Neville Longbottom, and Daisy, Helena, and Owen Fudge.

## Biography

### Early life

Elisabeth Harper was born into the Harper family on 18 March, 1850, in Barnton, Cheshire, England. Barnton is a half-magical dwelling, with a wizarding community established in secret alongside the Muggle one soon after the signature of the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy in the 17th century. According to historian Bathilda Bagshot, Barnton was one of a handful of villages that were "notable homes to knots of wizarding families who lived alongside tolerant and sometimes Confunded Muggles."

#### Hogwarts years

She received her Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1861. That same summer, she visited Diagon Alley, located in London, and purchased a wand made of poplar and dragon heartstring from Ollivander's Wand Shop. She began attending Hogwarts on 1 September, 1861, where she was sorted into Slytherin House.

### Later life

Elisabeth Harper married Holden Bonham in 1870. They had three children together, Octavia, Sophronia, and Walden. Through her daughter Octavia, who later married Nigellus Brown, she was the maternal grandmother of Wendellin Brown II. Through her son, Walden, who married Lucilia Warrington, she was the paternal grandmother of Horace Bonham and Nigel Bonham.

#### Death

Elisabeth Bonham (née Harper) died on 23 November, 1922, at the age of 72 in Tinworth, Cornwall, England.

#### Legacy

She was the great-grandmother of Octavius Brown and Augusta Longbottom (née Brown). Through her grandson Horace, she was the paternal great-grandmother of Eloise Fudge (née Bonham), wife of Hardwin Fudge. Through her grandson, Nigel, she was the paternal great-grandmother of Chester Bonham and Delphine Bonham.

Most notably, she was the second great-grandmother Cornelius Fudge, Minister for Magic from 1990 to 1996. She was also the second great-grandmother of Arthur and Nigel Brown as well as Frank Longbottom. She was the third great-grandmother of sisters Lavender and Ophelia Brown, Neville Longbottom, and Daisy, Helena, and Owen Fudge.

## Etymology

The name Elisabeth is the German and Dutch form of ELIZABETH. It is also a variant English form, reflecting the spelling used in the Authorized Version of the New Testament, meaning "my God is an oath."

In some cases, the surname Harper originated from an occupational name, and is derived from the Middle English *harper*, *harpere* ("harper"). In other cases, the surname is derived from the Norman *le Harpur*. The surname can also be derived from the Gaelic *Mac Chruiteir* ("son of the harper").