Martha Maria MURRELL

1827 - 1867  (40 years)

• Name	Martha Maria MURRELL
  Birth	1827	Newent, Gloucestershire   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Christening	03 Mar 1827	Newent, Gloucestershire   [5]
  	Register gives name as Martha, but she is referred to as Maria in census. Death certificate gives BOTH names. Privately baptized daughter of William & Anne.
  Gender	Female
  Census	7 Jun 1841	Church Street, Newent, Gloucestershire   [2]
  	Female Servant in household of John Camm[?], a joiner.
  	Age: 14
  		1841 Church Street, Newent
  Census	30 Mar 1851	2 Priory Buildings, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire   [3]
  	Servant in household of Walter Casey[?], a surgeon.
  	Age: 22
  		1851 Priory Buildings, Cheltenham
  Census	7 Apr 1861	High Street, Little Dean, Gloucestershire   [4]
  	Dressmaker
  	Age: 34
  		1861 High Street, Little Dean
  Death	7 Dec 1867	Woodside, East Dean, Gloucestershire   [1]
  	Age: 40
  	Cause: Disease of Viscera. Jaundice.
  	This was the home of her brother Charles. Death certificate states that she was the daughter of William MURRELL, farm labourer.
  Burial	15 Dec 1867	Little Dean, Gloucestershire
  	Transcript gives age at death as 15. Assumed to be an error, as death certificate clearly gives age as 40.
  Person ID	I9936	Gadd
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2009

  
  

  Father	William MURRELL,   c. 18 Mar 1792, Newent, Gloucestershire d. 16 Nov 1836, Newent, Gloucestershire (Age ~ 44 years)
  Mother	Ann JONES,   b. 1794, Dinedor, Herefordshire d. Abt Dec 1870, Newent Reg'n District (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	24 Apr 1819	Newent, Gloucestershire   [6]
  Family ID	F4061	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William COOPER,   b. Between 30 Mar 1823 and 7 Jun 1823, Little Dean, Gloucestershire d. Q3 1902, Westbury on Severn Reg'n District (Age 78 years)  [7]
  Notes	William is shown as married in 1851 census, while Maria was still a servant in Cheltenham - her marital status is not given. Both are listed as unmarried (he in prison) in 1861, by which time he and Maria had 3 daughters. William is listed as a widower in each census after Maria's death.
  Children	1. Emily MURRELL,   b. Abt 1851   2. Jane MURRELL COOPER,   b. Abt 1853, Little Dean, Gloucestershire + 3. Charlotte MURRELL COOPER,   b. 10 Sep 1855, Little Dean, Gloucestershire d. 02 Dec 1937 (Age 82 years)   4. Eliza Murrell COOPER,   b. Abt 1863   d. 1865 (Age 2 years)   5. James COOPER,   b. Abt 1866, East Dean, Gloucestershire
  Family ID	F5728	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2007

  
  

• Sources

  [S409] MURRELL, Martha Maria - Death Certificate, (15 December 1867). [S377] 1841 Census, (7th June 1841). [S46] 1851 Census, (30 March 1851). [S361] 1861 Census, (7 April 1861). [S434] www.forest-of-dean.net, FDFH Web Site. [S4] LDS, IGI. [S343] Searched GRO registers 5/1853-1861 without success. No corresponding wife.