Noris MARIS family, Chester Co PA & Del
The following is a brief excerpt from an article on the Chester Co. PA death register (1893-1899) by Vincent Civiletti, edited by Jim Jones which is on-line at http://courses.wcupa.edu/jones/his480/reports/civilet.htmhttp://courses.wcupa.edu/jones/his480/reports/civilet.htm
An example of this custom [wealthy families transporting bodies across county lines to be buried] can be seen in the story of the
Maris family.The Maris' were a wealthy and prominent Quaker
family who lived in West Chester as late as 1893.(14)Noris
Maris, the patriarch of the family, died in Wilmington, Delaware
in 1893 and was brought to his son's home in West Chester to be
buried in their family plot in Rosedale Cemetery.His son,
George L.Maris, moved to Newtown, Bucks County shortly
thereafter, where he established the George School.(15)In the
following two years, he buried two daughters, Jennie Bond
Maris(16) and Lucy A. Maris,(17) a son Dr. Willis Maris,(18) his
mother Ann D. Maris,(19) and his sister Elizabeth J. West,(20)
all of whom died outside the county but were buried at their
family plot in Rosedale Cemetery.(21)
14. Daily Local News (August 12, 1893), in CCHS clippings file.
15. Daily Local News (December 12, 1893), in CCHS clippings file.
16. Daily Local News (June 19, 1895), in CCHS clippings file.
17. Daily Local News (December 12, 1893), in CCHS clippings file.
18. Daily Local News (December 11, 1895), in CCHS clippings file.
19. Daily Local News (December 23, 1895), in CCHS clippings file.
20. Daily Local News (September 6, 1895), in CCHS clippings file.
21. Jim Jones, David Flogaus, Kelly Kulp-Bosler, Mike Wolford and
Bob Gialanella, The Friends Burial Company of West Chester,
Pennsylvania (West Chester, PA: HIS480, spring 1995).