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GOLDSMITH, Maria
1837 - Yes, date unknown Has 4 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1809 - 1880 (70 years)-
Name GOLDSMITH, Maria Birth 1837 Happisburgh, Norfolk, England 
Gender Female Death Yes, date unknown Person ID I6290 Edgoose Last Modified 2 Feb 2026
Father GOLDSMITH, James, b. 2 Jan 1809, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England d. 1880, Blean, Kent, England (Age 70 years) Mother WATTS, Elizabeth, b. 16 Dec 1809, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England d. 1887, Blean, Kent, England (Age 77 years) Marriage 27 Dec 1832 Trimingham, Norfolk, England Family ID F2405 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family CUTTING, Robert Walker, b. 1839, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England d. 1869, Erpingham, Norfolk, England (Age 30 years) Marriage 1863 Plomesgate, Suffolk, England Family ID F2408 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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MARIA GOLDSMITH 1837-
Maria, daughter of James and Elizabeth GOLDSMITH, was baptised at Happisburgh, Norfolk, on 24 December 1837. James GOLDSMITH worked for the Preventive Service.
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From the 1851 census of the Island, Seasalter, Kent:
James GOLDSMITH, head, aged 41, chief boatman Coast Guard, born at Lowestoft, Suffolk;
Elizabeth GOLDSMITH, wife, aged 41, born at Lowestoft, Suffolk;
James GOLDSMITH, son, aged 17, shipwright's apprentice, born at Trimingham, Norfolk;
Charles GOLDSMITH, son, aged 14, born at Trimingham, Norfolk;
*Maria GOLDSMITH, daughter, aged 13, born at Hasbro, Norfolk.
(HO107/1625/500/7)
From the 1861 census of High Street, Aldeburgh, Suffolk:
James GOLDSMITH, head, aged 52, chief boatman Coast Guard, born at Lowestoft, Suffolk;
Elizabeth GOLDSMITH, wife, aged 51, coast guard's wife, born at Lowestoft, Suffolk;
Charles GOLDSMITH, son, aged 24, unmarried, ship carpenter, born at Trimingham, Norfolk;
*Maria GOLDSMITH, daughter, aged 22, dressmaker, born at Hasbro, Norfolk.
(RG9/1176/87/22)
The marriage between a Robert Walker CUTTING and a Maria GOLDSMITH was registered in 1863.
(GRO March Q 1863 Plomesgate [which includes Aldeburgh] 4a 831)
From the 1871 census of 1 Providence Cottages, Oxford Street, Whitstable, Kent:
*Maria CUTTING, widow, aged 33, seamstress, born at Hasbro, Norfolk;
Henry CUTTING, son, aged 7, scholar, born at Aldeburgh, Suffolk;
Annie CUTTING, daughter, aged 3, born at Whitstable, Kent;
John REVIES, boarder, aged 26, commercial clerk, born in Mexico (British Subject).
(RG10/974/77/18)
NOTES & QUERIES:
No further trace of her has been found in any census after 1871, but the births of the two children who were staying with their grandmother Elizabeth GOLDSMITH in 1881 were registered in 1863 and 1868:
Henry CUTTING (GRO September Q 1863 Plomesgate 4a 599)
Annie CUTTING (GRO June Q 1868 Blean 2a 715)
(revised 05.08.2017)