Maria May BAKER^[1]

1851 - 1932  (80 years)

• Name	Maria May BAKER
  Birth	Sep 1851	Virginia   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	19 Apr 1932  [3]
  	Maria died on 19 April 1932. She was 80 years old at the time of her death.
  Burial	Norfolk City, VA   [3]
  	Her body was interred at Elmwood Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia.
  Person ID	I62610	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Richard Henry BAKER, II,   b. 18 Dec 1826, Suffolk, Nansemond Co, VA d. 1 Feb 1911, Norfolk City, VA (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Anna Maria MAY,   b. 4 Nov 1832, Virginia d. 12 Jan 1900 (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	12 Nov 1850	Petersburg City, VA   [4]
  	The couple was married in Petersburg, Virginia at the residence of David May, the bride's father, on 12 November 1850.
  Family ID	F5344	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John J. BURROUGHS,   b. Apr 1841, Virginia d. 20 Feb 1920 (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	c. 1877  [2]
  Notes	The 1900 census notes that Maria had given birth to 6 children, 4 of whom were living on 2 June 1900.
  Children	1. Richard Baker BURROUGHS,   b. 20 Aug 1877   d. 29 Nov 1877 (Age 0 years)   2. John BURROUGHS,   b. c. 1879, Virginia d. Before Jun 1900 (Age 21 years)   3. William H. BURROUGHS,   b. Jul 1881, Virginia   4. Richard Hansford BURROUGHS, Sr.,   b. 25 Jul 1882, Norfolk City, VA d. 14 Dec 1963, Richmond City, VA (Age 81 years)   5. Hugh May BURROUGHS,   b. 18 Sep 1885, Norfolk City, VA d. 16 Oct 1964 (Age 79 years)   6. Benjamin Baker BURROUGHS,   b. 6 May 1890, Norfolk City, VA d. 8 Aug 1967 (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F7062	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S2296] Lyon Gardiner Tyler, editor, Tyler, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume IV, ((New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co, 1915)), pp. 350 - 352. [S2404] 1900 US Census / Burroughs, Jno. J. [S1314] Elmwood Cemetery burial registers, Norfolk, VA. [S4968] Bernard J. Henley, compiler, Henley Marriage & Obituary Database. Richmond Whig & Public Advertiser, marriage announcement, (19 November 1850), p. 4, c. 5.