Maria Rowntree

Maria was born on 5 August 1846 in Scarborough, 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:
Wrea Head Hall in Scalby was built during 1881-2 and the family moved there from Nottingham in April 1883.
Maria died on 3 March 1941 in Scalby.