Birth: 1807 Godalming, Surrey, UK
Father: John Sumner 1783-1858/60
Mother: Frances Taylor 1782-1847
Christening: 19 July 1807 St Peter and St Paul, Godalming, Surrey, UK
Marriage: 30 June 1828 St Peter and St Paul, Godalming, Surrey, UK
Husband: George Westby 1807-1892
Death: August 1882 Bramley, Surrey, UK
Burial: 5 August 1882 Holy Trinity, Bramley, Surrey, UK
William Westby 1829-1901
George Westby 1833-1841
Mary Westby [Shurlock] 1835-1915
Emma Westby [Baker] 1838-1917
Fanny Westby 1844-1845
Ann Westby 1847-a1851
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for the baptism of Maria Sumner on 19 July 1807 in Godalming, Surrey, parents John and Frances Sumner.
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 for Maria Sumner baptised 19 July 1907 at St Peter and St Paul, Godalming, parents John and Frances Sumner. "A Correct List of all the Baptisms Burials and Marriages in the Parifh of Godalming between January 1st 1807 and January 1st 1808 Baptisms [...] July [...] 19 Maria Sumner daugh of John and Frances Sumner".
Her three brothers and two sisters were baptised in Godalming from 1809 to 1823.
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 for Maria Sumner and George Westby on 30 June 1828 in Godalming, Surrey.
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for the marriage of Maria Sumner and George Westby on 30 June 1828 in Godalming, Surrey. "Page 140 Marriages solemnized in the Parish of Godalming in the County of Surrey in the Year 1828 George Westby of this Parish Bachelor and Maria Sumner of this Parish Spinster were married in this Church by Banns this thirtieth Day of June in the Year One Thousand eight hundred and twenty eight [... ] This Marriage was solemnized between us [He signed his name, she made her mark]. In the Presence of John Sumners and Henry Coston. No. 417".
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937 for the marriage of Maria Lawner (sic) and George Westby on 13 June 1828 in Godalming, St Peter and St Paul. "Page 140 Marriages solemnized in the Parish of Godalming in the County of Surrey in the Year 1828 George Westby of this Parifh Bachelor and Maria Sumner of this Parifh Spinster were married in this Church by Banns this thirtieth Day of June in the Year One Thoufand eight hundred and twenty eight [... ] This Marriaged was solemnized between us [He signed his name, she made her mark]. In the Presence of John Sumners and Henry Coston. No. 417".
The family were living in Hurtmore at her daughter's christening in 1838.
In the 1841 census as Maria Westby aged 30 (rounded down to a multiple of 5), born in Surrey, and living with George (husband?), William (son?) and Emma and Mary (daughters?) in Hurtmore, Godalming, Surrey.
In the 1851 census as Mary Wettley (sic - in the index, Westby on the original), aged 46 (sic - in the index, illegible on the original), born in Godalming, Surrey, and living with her husband (George), and three daughters (Ann, Emma and Mary) in Bramley, Surrey.
In the 1861 census as Maria Westby aged 54, born in Godalming, Surrey, and living with her husband (George) and daughter (Ann) in the Meeting House, Wonersh, Surrey.
In the 1871 census as Maria Westby aged 64, born in Godalming, Surrey, and living with her husband (George) in ? Cottage, Wonersh, Surrey.
In the 1881 census as Maria Westbey (sic) aged 74, born in Godalming, Surrey, and living with her husband (George), her widowed daughter (Mary Shurlock who was the head of the household), her grandson (George W Shurlock) and granddaughter (Hannah M Shurlock) in Birtley Green, Bramley, Surrey.
Death of Maria Westby in FreeBMD in July-September 1882 aged 75 in Hambledon (2A 71).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1997 for Maria Westby on 5 August 1882 aged 5 (sic - in the index) at Holy Trinity Church, Bramley. "Page 136 Burials in the Parish of Bramley in the County of Surrey in the Year 1882 [...] Maria Westby No. 1083 [of] Bramley [on] August 5th [aged] 75 years". The 7 appears to have been added later.
There are five entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Maria Sumners (sic).
Maria Sumner was the mother of Emma Westby, wife of Richard Baker, my second cousin three times removed.
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