Maria Furzer

Brief Life History of Maria

Maria Furzer was born about 1805, in Crewkerne, Somerset, England, United Kingdom as the daughter of Charity Furzer. She married William Pitman on 10 October 1826, in Crewkerne, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Warmwell, Dorset, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. She died after 1861.

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Family Time Line

William Pitman
1807–after 1861
Maria Furzer
1805–after 1861
Marriage: 10 October 1826
Elizabeth Pitman
1823–
Robert Pitman
1831–1890
Rebecca Pitman
about 1842–
James Pitman
about 1847–
William Pitman
1824–1883
Mary Ann Pitman
1827–
Anna Maria Pitman
1828–
William Pitman
1832–1835
Charles Pitman
1834–1836
George Pitman
1836–
Ann Cottle Pitman
1837–
Elizabeth Jane Pitman
1840–
Charles Pitman
1844–
Sarah Pitman
1849–
William Pitman
1851–

Sources (44)

  • Maria Potman in household of William Potman, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
  • Marie in entry for James Pitman, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Maria Pitman, "England and Wales Census, 1871"

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World Events (6)

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name from Middle English furs, firs ‘furze’ (Old English fyrs) + heuere ‘hewer, cutter’ ( compare Hewer ).

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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