Hackney
Home Name

Loddiges, Maria

Birth date

1818

Death date

13 Jan 1871

Biography

Maria Loddiges was from a notable family of horticulturalists. She was the daughter of William Loddiges (1776-1849) and granddaughter of Conrad Loddiges (c.1738-1826) who were both nurserymen in Hackney.

On 12 Oct 1837 Maria married Edward Hughes from Holywell in Wales at St John at Hackney church. Maria and Edward lived much of their lives in a house in Loddiges Buildings or Loddiges Terrace on Church Street / Mare Street and had two children, Ernest (1841), Alice (1846). When she died, she was noted as living at 214 Mare Street.
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