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Maria Kett

Maria Kett

Female Abt 1815 - 1889  (~ 74 years)

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  • Name Maria Kett 
    Born Abt 1815  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died 10 Dec 1889  Brackley, Northampton, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Person ID I101  Family
    Last Modified 12 Feb 2013 

    Family Robert Weston,   b. 1786, Aynho, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1872, Brackley St Peter, Northampton, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)  [5, 6, 7
    Married 19 Dec 1849  St Dunstan in the West, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Children 
     1. Mary Woodhouse Weston,   b. 7 Nov 1850,   d. July 1919  (Age 68 years)
     2. Jane Elizabeth Weston,   b. 31 Dec 1851,   d. 6 Oct 1933  (Age 81 years)
     3. Emma Weston,   b. 8 Mar 1853,   d. 26 Sep 1853  (Age 0 years)
     4. Sydney Egbert Weston,   b. 10 Jan 1855
     5. Fanny Margaret Weston,   b. 19 Feb 1856
    +6. Robert Woodhouse Weston,   b. 13 Jun 1858,   d. 1942  (Age 83 years)
    Photos
    21 to 27 High Street, Brackley, Northants, England
    21 to 27 High Street, Brackley, Northants, England
    Robert lived here with his second wife, Marie
    Kett, in 1861
    19 Market Square, Brackley, Northants, England
    19 Market Square, Brackley, Northants, England
    Robert Weston lived here in 1851 with his second wife
    Marie Kett, and their daughter Mary Woodhouse Weston.
    Robert and Augustus, children from his first marriage
    also lived here with them.
    Last Modified 14 May 2012 
    Family ID F65  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Marriage
    Marriage of Robert Weston and Maria Kett
    Marriage of Robert Weston and Maria Kett
    Scan of the Marriage Allegation. I also found their entries in the marriages index, last quarter 1849, W London, though no date is given. The volume is (in roman nuerals) 2, but Robert is on page 288, Maria p301, which is odd.

    Burial/Death
    Death of Maria Weston
    Death of Maria Weston
    Scanned from the official certificate

  • Notes 
    • The Maria Ketts I can find in the 1841 census are all married, and she was a spinster when she married Robert. Three are in Norfolk, which is where her daughter retired to.
    • Charles Newton Weston (Robert's great grandson) wrote in his book (relevant chapter in Documents) that he visited Brackley in 1936. He saw a gravestone 'Sacred to the memory of Mary, the beloved wife of Robert Weston of this town, Solicitor, who died on 6th day of January 1876 and of Robert Weston who died on 14th December 1889 aged 64 years.'
      This could not have been the grave of his great grandmother since she died in 1844. Robert's second wife Maria died in 1889. And Robert himself died in 1872. So this gravestone is problematical - could there have been two solicitors in Brackley called Robert Weston?

  • Sources 
    1. [S98] Leonard Family Tree.
      Gives her birth as between 1809 and 1815 in the hamlet of Thorpe, Norwich.

    2. [S19] BMD - ancestry websites, vol 3b p1.

    3. [S5] BMD - FindMyPast, entry 8b/1 or possibly 3b/1, aged 74.

    4. [S1] Certificate, Death.
      Aged 74, widow of Robert Weston, Solicitor. Died of Scirrhus of Breast Exhaustion. Informant Mary Woodhouse Weston, Dughter Present at the death Brackley. Registered 24 Jan 1890.

    5. [S54] Other Researchers - Marion Carson, Family Bible.

    6. [S11] Personal Knowledge, Letter from Robert's sister Anna Dawson.
      She mentions that she saw Robert's death in a Brackley newspaper, and says she is sorry Mrs Weston is so badly off. This would be Robert's widow Marie Kett - NB the numbers of servants went steadily down in the censuses even though they had a large family.

    7. [S18] 1881 British Census - LDS.
      In the 1881 census entry, Maria Weston is the right age and she would be a widow since Robert died 1872. She would have moved ('appartment' was put in then crossed out) to lodgings in the same street.
      This confirms Jane Elizabeth's comment about her being badly off after Robert died.

    8. [S28] BMD - EnglishOrigins.
      Marriage allegation. Have a paper copy. Date on the allegation 04 Dec 1849. This is application for a license to the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It was the alternative to calling the Banns for 3 Sundays, and somewhat classier.Several churches might have been named. St Dunstans in the West is in Fleet St, London.

  • Censuses 
    1. [17]   British Census - 1851, 19 Market Square, Brackley St James, England - Maria Weston, aged 36

    2. [18]   British Census - 1861, 21 High Street, Brackley St Peter, England - Maria Weston, aged 45

    3. [223]   British Census - 1871, High Street, Brackley St Peter, England - Maria Weston, aged 55

    4. [71]   British Census - 1881, 99 High Street, Brackley, England - Maria Weston, aged 65