Maria Leat Edwards

1859-1861

Maria was born in Newbury she was the daughter of William and Mary Ann Edwards (nee Smith) who married in Alverstoke in 1855. William was a Grocer’s Assistant/Grocer and was born c1828 in Lyme Regis Dorset and Mary Ann was born c1831 in Newbury.

William and Mary Ann also had the following children:

Ellen Batt 1857 (died aged 2 buried in the NRC 10^th February 1860)

Charlie Farr 1860

Percival Spencer 1862

Minnie Carson c1864 (died aged 2 buried in the NRC 30^th May 1866)

Ada Mabel 1865

Belinda Ann c1867

Emily Grey c1868

William Herbert 1869 (died aged 0 buried in the NRC 7^th September 1869)

Katie Pennicotte c1871

Harry Aubrey 1872

Mary Lissette 1874

The family were recorded living in Bartholomew Street Newbury from 1861-1901

Maria died aged 2 in 1861 she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road cemetery on the 4^th October

Maria’s mother died aged 48 on the 3^rd March 1878 she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 6^th March.

Her father remarried later that year, his 2^nd wife was Ada Alice Milsom (born 1849 in Woodhay Hampshire)

Maria’s father died aged 80 on the 20^th April 1907 he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 24^th April.

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