Peter Maybury

I posted in here about Peter and Sarah Maybury (grandparents of Lizzie).  As I mentioned that he died just four years after their marriage.  I received his death certificate and he indeed was 64 years old and died on December 14, 1839.

Remember, you can click on the picture to make it larger.  He was a pastry cook and seems to have died of old age, as cause of death is listed as Decay of Nature.  Sarah (his wife) reported his death but she must not have been able to write as the registrar wrote:  Sarah Maybury's Mark X, present at the death.

The Marriage of Peter Maybury and Sarah Blakemore

Peter and Sarah were the parents of Peter Sylvanius Maybury (the father of Lizzie Maybury Riley).  They were married on this day in 1835, at least I think so.  Unfortunately, this is two years before records were require to be kept.  I am somewhat confused though, as two of his children were born before the marriage.  It may have something to do with the fact that Sarah was 30 at the time, an old maid by the standards of the day.  Peter was 60 at the time of the marriage (born in 1775).  He died only four years after the marriage.  It's too bad we'll never get this story put together.  I will order his death certificate and see what it tells us.  There must be some story there.

On this day in 1878....

Peter Silvanus Maybury died on this day in 1878 at 46. He was the father of Elizabeth Ann Maybury (mother of Sidney Riley). How sad that he died on Christmas Day.  Elizabeth was present at his death.  He died one year and three days after his wife, Amelia.  He was listed as a house painter and living at 4 Frankfort Street.  It looks like from the map that it wasn't quite back-to-back housing but does look like it was an industrial area.  He died of Brights Disease (kidney disease).  His grandson, Norman O. Riley, died of the same disease in 1920.

How sad that he and his wife died. Their daughter Carrie, became head of household at 22 and had the responsibility of four younger siblings.