Maria Perriam (buried 1912)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Perriam
First name: 
Maria
Other Christian names: 
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
682
Born: 
0/0/1839
Died: 
10/10/1912
Buried: 
14/10/1912
Occupation: 
Domestic Servant
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
SES
Cemetery row: 
9
Cemetery plot: 
11
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https://what3words.com/sleepy.sums.dent
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone description: 
None Found - Not listed in Heene Cemetery Index of Graves
Headstone inscription: 
None Found - Not listed in Heene Cemetery Index of Graves

Life story

Life story

Maria Perriam was born in early  1839 in Thrupp, Stroud, Gloucester, she was the daughter of Elkanah Perriam, 35yrs, Woolsorter, and Rebeckah, 29yrs, nee Baker, Straw Bonnet Maker. She had 4 siblings, Mary Ann b.1835, Peninah b.1836, Albert b.1842, and Sarah b.1850.

Maria went into domestic service and at 31yrs old in 1871 she was 1 of 3 servants in the household of Frederick Eycott, a landowner and partner in a brewery, in Stroud. She was still in service with this family in 1881.Twenty years later in 1901, Maria was living with her widowed sister, Sarah, in Uckfield, Sussex.

On 10th October 1912 Maria died at St. Vincent, Wordsworth Road, Worthing, Sussex, aged 74.

Her address at the time of her death was 158, Rosendale Road, Dulwich, Surrey. Probate was granted to her sister, Sarah Ann Isbister Smith, widow, effects £991 13s 0d. Value 2023 - £144,800.

Burial researcher: 
Maggi Martin

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1839

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
10/10/1912
Age (at time of death): 
74
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
158 Rosendale Road, Dulwich, Surrey, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1841 census: 

Living in Thrupp, Gloucestershire. Elkanah Perriam, Hd. 37yrs, Sorter, wife, Rebeckah, 31yrs, 2 daughters, Mary, 6yrs, and Maria, 2yrs.

1851 census: 

Living in Thrupp, Gloucestershire. Elkanah Perriam, Hd. 47yrs, Sorter, wife, Rebeckah, 41yrs, 4 children, Maria, 11yrs, Albert, 9yrs, John, 6yrs, and Sarah, 1yr.

1901 census: 

Living at Mountfield, Uckfield, Sussex. Sarah Ann I. Smith, Hd. 51yrs, widow, living on own means, daughter, Dorothy, sister, Maria Perriam, 62yrs, single, living on own means, plus 1 domestic servant.