Maria (5 August 1848 in Scarborough – 3 March 1941 in Scalby), the youngest daughter of Quaker John Rowntree, a grocer in Scarborough, and Jane Priestman.
In 1867, she married John Ellis in the Friends Meeting House in Scarborough.
Maria had 5 children: John Rowntree Ellis, born 1868, died 1889 of rheumatic fever Arthur Edward Ellis born 1870, committed suicide in 1891 Harold Thornton Ellis, born 1875 twin daughters, Marian Emily and Edith Ellis, born 1878.
Wrea Head Hall in Scalby was built during 1881-2 and the family moved there from Nottingham in April 1883.Bassett, p51
Maria died on 3 March 1941 in Scalby.
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