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.

The Maybury Sisters

As we learned last week, the Maybury family lost both of their parents within a year of each other.  I have often thought of how hard life would have been for Carrie and Lizzie trying to keep a roof over their heads with three younger siblings to care for. They were such young women to have such responsibilities.  They both are listed on the 1881 census as pencil makers. 


Their maternal grandmother came to live with them as well.  Sarah Blakemore Maybury Coleman's husband died in 1874. At the time of her son's death in 1878, Sarah would have been 76 years old.  I wonder if the girls were supporting her as well.


Excerpt from a Letter from Sue Riley to her niece,  Mary Jane Lacke in 1982:


              I never had the pleasure of seeing any grandparents.  My Mother's Mother
             and   Father both died when she was very young.  Her grandmother took 
             care of the kids.  They were very poor, but very proud.


I have a feeling that the grandmother may have cared for the younger children while Carrie and Lizzie worked.

Sarah Caroline Maybury

Elizabeth Ann Maybury