Maria Kett

Abt 1815 - 1889  (~ 74 years)

• Name	Maria Kett
  Born	Abt 1815  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	10 Dec 1889	Brackley, Northampton, England   [2, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I101	Family
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2013

  
  

  Family	Robert Weston,   b. 1786, Aynho, Northamptonshire, England ,   d. 20 Jan 1872, Brackley St Peter, Northampton, England  (Age 86 years)  [5, 6, 7]
  Married	19 Dec 1849	St Dunstan in the West, London, England   [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 Robert lived here with his second wife, Marie Kett, in 1861
  		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 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 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

  [S98] Leonard Family Tree. Gives her birth as between 1809 and 1815 in the hamlet of Thorpe, Norwich. [S19] BMD - ancestry websites, vol 3b p1. [S5] BMD - FindMyPast, entry 8b/1 or possibly 3b/1, aged 74. [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. [S54] Other Researchers - Marion Carson, Family Bible. [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. [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. [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

  [17]   British Census - 1851, 19 Market Square, Brackley St James, England - Maria Weston, aged 36 [18]   British Census - 1861, 21 High Street, Brackley St Peter, England - Maria Weston, aged 45 [223]   British Census - 1871, High Street, Brackley St Peter, England - Maria Weston, aged 55 [71]   British Census - 1881, 99 High Street, Brackley, England - Maria Weston, aged 65