Maria Baker

   Cause of her death was Syncope and Acute Bronchitis.

  General Notes:

General Post Office,
Sydney 1st October, 1856
No. 19.
LIST OF UNCLMMED LETTERS FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 1856.
PARTIES applying for Unclaimed Letters at the General Post Office, are requested to give the correct number of the Letter, as also the date and number of the List in which they may have observed their names, as such reference will materially facilitate delivery, Parties in the country making written applications, in addition to the former particulars, are requested to state where they expect their Letters from, and any other information tending to prevent an unnecessary transmission of Letters.
35. Maria Gransden
1856 'No. 19. LIST OF UNCLAIMED LETTERS FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 1856.', New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), 14 October, p. 2681. , viewed 07 Dec 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228769010

1858
State: Victoria
Publication year: 1858
Page number: 1381
Publication title: Victoria Government Gazettes 1858
Category: Directories & Social History
Subcategory: Government
Collections from: Australia & New Zealand
Sandhurst. (Formerly and currently known as Bendigo)
83. Gransden, Mrs.
Find My Past (Accessed 20 Feb 2017)



Death Certificate shows Maria's occupation as housekeeper.

At the time of death Maria had lived in Victoria for 34 years- she arrived about 1856

Family Name: GRANSDEN Given Name(s): Maria
Sex: Female
Event: DEATH
Father's Name: Baker Geo
Mother's Name:
Age: 67
Death Place: Fitz S
Registration Year: 1890
Registration Number: 1935
Victoria BDM

Name:Maria Gransden
Death Registration Year:1890
Death Registration Place:Victoria, Australia
Condell St. Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria
Father:Baker Geo
Reference Number:1935

  Medical Notes:

Death- 43 Condell St, City of Fitzroy, County of Bourke
Name and profession: Maria Gransden, Housekeeper
Female- 67 years
Last seen by Dr. Williams 29th of March 1890- just one day before Maria died.
Father- George Baker- in the Army
Mother- not known
Informat- Henry Cole- Friend ??? Agent, 43 Condell Pl Fitroy
Registrar Marian Castle, 31st March, 49 Napia St Fitroy?
Witnesses of Burial A Apps, E. S. Apps
Married, when, where and tol whom? Sydney, New South Wales, Not known what age, Not known who Gransden. Formerly married in England (particulars not known).

Maria married Edwin Gransden, son of Robert Wood Gransden and Mary Anne Stone, on 30 Apr 1855 in St Phillips Church, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.³¹⁸ (Edwin Gransden was born on 19 Nov 1827 in Gosport Hampshire, England ^320,321, christened on 16 Mar 1828 in Alverstoke, Hampshire, England,¹²⁵ died on 15 May 1870 in Athelstane Range, Rockhampton ³²² and was buried on 16 May 1870 in Rockhampton Cemetery, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia.)

  Marriage Notes:

Married by banns, Edwin is noted as widower, Maria as spinster witnesses were John Stevens of Sydney and Emma Womesley of Sydney.

Church of England. Minister William Cowper.

Details of probable Emma Womesley/ Wormsley- wife of Joe Wormsley, proprietor of the Union Inn, South Head Road, Paddington, NSW.
http://person.ancestry.com.au/tree/406324/person/54000009520/facts (Accessed 10th Feb 2017)

Name:Maria Baker
Spouse Name:Edwin Gransden
Marriage Date:1855
Marriage Place:New South Wales
Registration Place:Sydney, New South Wales
Registration Year:1855
Volume Number:V B
Ancestry.com. Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.