Researching Maria Beale
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3801 people with the Beale surname? In that year Beale was ranked number 1122 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Maria means "form of MARY -- bitter" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Maria Beale on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Maria Beale and the Beale Family Tree
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Some Famous People called Maria Beale
Maria Taylor Beale
Maria Parker Taylor Beale (January 30, 1849 – January 21, 1929) was an American author. She published Jack O'Doon: A Novel, a novel about the North Carolina coast, in 1895, and The White Horse In The Tree Top, as well as a number of short stories.
She was born Maria Taylor in Richmond, Virginia, in 1894, and studied art in Paris. She married Charles Willing Beale, who was also an author, on January 25, 1872, and lived in Arden, North Carolina (which they helped found and which her husband named after the woods in William Shakespeare's As You Like It).
She died in Arden on January 21, 1929, and is buried with her husband at Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery in Fletcher, North Carolina.
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