Maria PETERS 2 3 4 5 6 7
- Born: 1865, Stonham Parva, Suffolk 2 3 4 5 6 7
- Marriage: James Philip BRETT in 1885 1
 Events
• Her birth was registered during the quarter ended Dec 1865 at the Bosmere registration district, with GRO reference Vol 4a, page 512. 2
• On 2 Apr 1871 Maria appeared on the census in Stonham Parva, Suffolk as a 5-year-old scholar. 3
• On 3 Apr 1881 she appeared on the census at a Farm House near Earl Stonham, Suffolk as a 16-year-old general domestic servant in the home of Samuel Catt, a farmer of 22 acres. 4
• On 5 Apr 1891 Maria appeared on the census at Mill Street, St. Osyth, Essex as a 25-year-old married woman living with her husband and one child. 5
• On 31 Mar 1901 she appeared on the census at Mill Street, St. Osyth, Essex as a 35-year-old. 6
• On 2 Apr 1911 Maria appeared on the census at Mill Street, St. Osyth, Essex as a 45-year-old who had been married for 22 years with no children. This is strange since she had actually been married for 26 years with two children. There is no evidence that the first Maria (Peters) died and another Maria of the same age also born in Stonham Parva appeared on the scene. 7
Maria married James Philip BRETT in 1885.1 (James Philip BRETT was born about 1865 in Saint Osyth, Essex 5 6 7.)
• Their marriage was registered during the quarter ended Dec 1885 at the Tendring registration district, with GRO reference vol 4a, page 465. 1
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Sources
1
FreeBMD, "Marriage indices," database(http://www.freebmd.org.uk : accessed 16 Oct 2012), entry for James Philip Brett and Maria Peters, volume 4a, page 465, Dec quarter 1885, Tendring district; citing the General Register Office's England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes.
2
database(http://www.freebmd.org.uk : accessed 29 May 2013), entry for Maria Peters, volume 4a, page 512, Dec quarter 1865, Bosmere district; citing the General Register Office's England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes.
3
1871 Census of England, Stonham Parva, Suffolk, folio 113, page 4, John Peters; digital images(www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 19 Dec 2009); citing PRO RG 10/1745.
4
1881 Census of England, Earl Stonham, folio 101, page 3, Samuel Catt; digital images(www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 16 Oct 2012); citing PRO RG 11/1863.
5
1891 Census of England, St. Osyth, folio 7, page 7, James P. Brett; digital images(www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 16 Oct 2012); citing PRO RG 12/1401.
6
1901 Census of England, St. Osyth, folio 89, page 12, James Brett; digital images(www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 16 Oct 2012); citing PRO RG 13/1694.
7
1911 Census of England and Wales, Mill Street, James Brett; digital images(www.findmypast.co.uk/ : accessed 16 Oct 2012); citing RG 78 PN 538, RG 14 PN 10223, registration district (RD) 197 (Tendring), sub district (SD) 1 (Clacton), enumeration district (ED) 2, schedule number (SN) 76.