Maria (Defrees) May (1862 - 1919)

Born 1862 in Penryn, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Alexander May — married 25 Dec 1890 in Chatham, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Died 1919 at about age 57 in Maidstone, Kent, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Maria was born in 1862^[1]

In the 1871 census, John Defrees (31, boot and shoe maker), wife Sarah J (31), children Maria (9) and Elizabeth H (5) are living on St Gluvias Street, St Gluvias. All were born in Penryn^[2]

In the 1881 census, John Defrees (41, shoemaker), wife Sarah Jane (40), children Maria (18, servant), Elizabeth (15) and Sarah Jane (8) are living on Gluvias Street, St Gluvias^[3]

Maria Defrees married Alexander May on 25 Dec 1890 in Chatham, Kent^[4]

In the 1911 census, Alexander May (46, shipwright/warships, wood and iron, born Cornwall), wife Maria (47 born Penryn, mother of four children, four living), children Alexander Richard May (19, shipwright apprentice born Chatham), Joseph Arthur (16, compositor apprentice born Chatham), William Gladstone (12 born Chatham) and Kathleen Maria (6 born Chatham) are living at 13 Natal Road, Chatham, Kent^[5]

Maria died aged 54 in 1919^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Registration: "England & Wales General Register Office", GRO Online Indexes - Birth (accessed 15 January 2024), Defrees, Maria (Mother's maiden name: Warmington). GRO Reference: 1862 Apr-May-Jun in Falmouth Union Volume 05C Page 216.
2. ↑ 1871 Census: "1871 Census of England, Scotland and Wales", The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey, England; Reference: RG 10; Piece: 2296; Folio: 39; Page: 17; Schedule: 89, FreeCen Transcription (accessed 15 January 2024), John Defrees (31), married, Boot & Shoe Maker, head of household on St Gluvias St, St Gluvias in Falmouth registration district in Cornwall, England. Born in Penryn, Cornwall, England.
3. ↑ 1881 Census: "1881 Census of England, Scotland and Wales", The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey, England; Reference: RG 11; Piece: 2319; Folio: 27; Page: 7; Schedule: 34, FreeCen Transcription (accessed 15 January 2024), John Defrees (41), married, Shoemaker, head of household on Gluvias Street in Penryn registration district in Cornwall, England. Born in Falmouth, Cornwall, England.
4. ↑ Marriage: "England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973", Original data: England, Marriages, 1538-1973. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 1473657, Ancestry Record 9852 #31647091 (accessed 15 January 2024), Maria Defrees (28) marriage to Alexander May on 25 Dec 1890 at St. Mary'S Church, Chatham, Kent, England.
5. ↑ 1911 Census: "1911 England Census", The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911; ED, institution, or vessel: 37; Registration District Number: 47; Piece: 3921, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2352 #50368246 (accessed 15 January 2024), Maria May (47), wife, in household of Alexander May (46) at 13 Natal Road, Chatham, Kent, Chatham, Kent, England. Born in Penryn, Cornwall.
6. ↑ Death Registration: "England & Wales Death Index", FreeBMD Entry Information (accessed 29 March 2024), May, Maria (Age at death: 54). GRO Reference: 1919 Jan-Feb-Mar in Maidstone Volume 2a Page 1535.