Maria was born in 1842 in Combe, Oxfordshire[1] She was the daughter of Robert Beckley and his wife Mary (nee Eaton).
Marriage
Levi Long and Maria Beckley were married in Church Hanborough, Oxfordshire on 3rd October 1871[2]. They were bachelor and spinster, both of full age and living in Hanborough. Levi was a labourer and the son of Mark Long who was a carpenter. Maria was a gloveress and only stated of her father that he was deceased. Levi signed his own name on the register whilst Maria could only make her mark with a cross. The witnesses to the marriage were William Long and Ann Long[3].
↑ Register of Marriages, General Register Office of England and Wales, GRO Reference: 1871 D Quarter in Witney Volume 03A Page 1257 https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
↑ Church Hanborough Marriage Register, Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: PAR120/1/R3/4 Link to marriage register image on Ancestry
↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), ED 3 Class: HO107; Piece: 1730; Folio: 314; Page: 22; GSU roll: 193639 Sharing Link to census image on Ancestry
↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), ED 4 Class: RG11; Piece: 1513; Folio: 59; Page: 4; GSU roll: 1341365 Link to census image on Ancestry
↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO) ED 4 Class: RG12; Piece: 1174; Folio: 54; Page: 15; GSU roll: 6096284 Link to census image on Ancestry
↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives, ED 4 Class: RG13; Piece: 1393; Folio: 52; Page: 13 Link to census image on Ancestry
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