Person:Maria Edwards (7)

Maria Edwards was baptised on 1st November 1835 at North Mundham in Sussex, daughter of Fanny Edwards, formerly Johnson, and her husband James Edwards, a labourer. Maria was the eighth of the couple's nine children. Her baptism records that the family lived in the hamlet of Runcton. The 1841 census finds Maria living with her parents and siblings at Marsh Farm in the parish of North Mundham.

By 1851 Maria had left home and was working as a house servant for an elderly banker and his family in the nearby city of Chichester. Maria has yet to be traced after 1851.

1. ↑ Baptisms 1557-1928, in Parish Register Transcription Society. North Mundham Parish Register Transcript.

   ch. 1 Nov 1835: Maria daughter of James & Fanny EDWARDS, Labourer from Runkton

2. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1100; Book 10; Folio 5; Page 8, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Marsh Farm, North Mundham, Sussex
   James Edwards, male, 45 [1791-6], Ag Lab, born in county
   Fanny Edwards, female, 40 [1796-1801], born in county
   Elizabeth Edwards, female, 10 [1830/1], born in county
   Fanny Edwards, female, 8 [1832/3], born in county
   Maria Edwards, female, 5 [1835/6], born in county
   Frederick Edwards, male, 2 [1838/9], born in county

3. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1653; Folio 362; Page 25, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Little London, Chichester (St Andrew), Sussex
   Harry Comper, head, widower, male, 88 [1762/3], Banker, b. Pulborough, Sussex
   George Draper, son in law, married, male, 53 [1797/8], Architect, b. Maldon, Essex
   Amelia Draper, daughter, married, female, 40 [1810/11], b. Chichester, Sussex
   Eliza Draper, granddaughter, unmarried, female, 17 [1833/4], b. Chichester, Sussex
   Mary Wadey, servant, widow, female, 62 [1788/9], Nurse, b. Patching, Sussex
   Elizabeth Martin, servant, unmarried, female, 60 [1790/1], Cook, b. Heyshott, Sussex
   Charlotte Ayling, servant, unmarried, female, 35 [1815/16], Housemaid, b. Elsted, Sussex
   Maria Edwards, servant, unmarried, female, 15 [1835/6], House servant, b. Mundham, Sussex
   Jane Bagshall, servant, widow, female, 48 [1802/3], Nurse, b. Patching, Sussex