Born in Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire, she was the wife of Edward Lawrence Peterson. He died when she was just 47.
In 1911 we see Maria, now widowed, as a servant to a William Herzfeld (see 708) They are at Powis Place which is just around the corner from Dombey Street.
In 1921 we see Maria living as a servant in Hastings (see 1006 ), which is what my mother Kitty told me - See Kitty's page where I quote her words.