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Sophia Caroline Musters Chaworth (1811–1823)
Sophia Caroline Musters (1823–1836)
Sophia Caroline Hamond (1836–1893)

1811–93

Daughter of John Musters and Mary Ann Chaworth. Her father took his wife’s surname, Chaworth, in 1806 after their marriage in 1805, but reverted to his surname, Musters, in 1823. Sophia Caroline married Robert Nicholas Hamond in 1836. Buried at Westacre, Norfolk.

Sources

Biography of John Musters (1777–1849) and Mary Ann Musters (1786–1832) https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscriptsandspecialcollections/collectionsindepth/family/chaworth-mustersofannesley/biographies/biographyofjohnmusters(1777-1849)andmaryannmusters(1786-1832).aspx, accessed 30 November 2022

Norfolk Record Office, Norwich, England burial register PD 361/8 (Ancestry.com, accessed 30 November 2022)

Nottinghamshire Archives, Nottingham, England register PR2828 (Ancestry.com, accessed 30 November 2022)

Nottinghamshire Archives, Nottingham, England marriage register PR5340 (Ancestry.com, accessed 30 November 2022)

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