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Maria NORTHMORE
1837 - 1924 (~ 87 years)
Has 25 ancestors and 4 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Maria NORTHMORE Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 16 Apr 1837 St. Andrew’s Church, Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England 
- Maria NORTHMORE, parents Jacob and Sarah, father shown as yeoman of Blowiscombe, Buckland Monachorum (Dartmoor Press info, DFHS Tamerton Deanery CD agrees)
Gender Female Occupation Whitchurch, Devon, England [1] Grocer - Maria is shown as grocer and / or shopkeeper in every census 1881-1911. Aged 74 in 1911, with a 36 year old single son living with her one might have expected him to have taken over, but he was shown as "grocer's assistant".
She is mentioned in the book "Tavistock" in the Archive Photographs Series, where the general stores is shown, though in 1920, after it had been taken over by Mr S. J. Toye.
Buried 29 May 1924 St. Andrew’s Church, Whitchurch, Devon, England - Gravestone inscription
"In
Loving Memory
of
Walter K Creber
(late of Crowndale) who died suddenly
April 17th 1880
aged 55 years
also
Ernest John
son of the above
who died August 12th 1892
aged 15 years
asleep in Jesus
also Maria wife of the above
who died May 29th 1924
aged 87 years
sweet rest at last"
Siblings4 brothers and 5 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
William NARRAMORE, d. Yes, date unknown (6 x Great Grandfather)
Sarah Atwill WILLCOCKS, b. Abt 1807, d. 2 Mar 1879 (Age ~ 72 years) (Mother)Person ID I11225 All Last Modified 15 Nov 2013
Father Jacob NORTHMORE, bap. 2 May 1803, St. Peter’s Church, Meavy, Devon, England , d. 25 Mar 1851, Blowiscombe, Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England (Age ~ 47 years) Mother Sarah Atwill WILLCOCKS, b. Abt 1807, d. 2 Mar 1879 (Age ~ 72 years) Married 12 Feb 1828 St. Peter’s Church, Meavy, Devon, England - From DP info
Of Buckland Monachorum, with consent of friends
Family ID F5154 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Walter King CREBER, b. Abt 1824, d. 17 Apr 1880 (Age ~ 56 years) Married 26 Nov 1873 St. Peter’s Church, Meavy, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 21 Nov 2012)
By licence, Bachelor and spinster, Walter Creber, Farmer, abode Whitchurch, father John Creber, Farmer; Maria Northmore, no occ, abode Meavy, father Jacob Northmore, Yeoman. Witnesses Jacob Northmore and Henry Creber. (All 4 signed)
Children2 children Last Modified 21 Nov 2012 Family ID F5329 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Sources - [S185] Book: Tavistock (The Archive Photographs Series), Gerry Woodcock, (Stroud, Glos.: Chalford, 1997.), 38. (Reliability: 3).
"This general stores occupied a corner-site in Whitchurch at the junction of Horrabridge Road and Anderton Lane. In the early part of the century it was run by Maria Creber, grandmother of Norman Creber, the long-time head of the Duke Street business."
- [S185] Book: Tavistock (The Archive Photographs Series), Gerry Woodcock, (Stroud, Glos.: Chalford, 1997.), 38. (Reliability: 3).