Life History

26th July 1802	Born in Suriname
1879	Died in Kensington

Notes

From Lutheran Church Baptism Records, in Surinam:

18 Aug 1802, the castice (2 degrees away from white) child Maria Elizabeth Buschman,
born 26 July to Majorin Elizabeth Bijval.
Father's name not listed.
Witness: Jacob Matroos.

In the 1851 census at 2, Addison Road, Kensington:

James, Mary	Head	Unm.	60	School Proprietress	b. London, Middlesex
James, Anne	Sister	Unm.	58	School Proprietress	b. London, Middlesex
Buschman, Maria		Unm.	48	Governess	b. Surinam British Subject
Leach, Frances		Unm.	24	Governess	b. Turnham Green, Middlesex
plus 5 servants and 24 female pupils

In the 1871 census, at Victoria Grove Terrace, Paddington, Marylebone:

Maria E Buschman

Lodger

68

Annuitant

b. Surinam (Brit. Subj.)

from freeBMD

Death: Sep 1879, Buschman Maria Elizabeth, 77, Kensington, 1a 54 [& 1a 31 - entered twice]S