Birth: 6 June 1872 Briningham, Norfolk, UK
Father: William Bunting 1842-1916
Mother: Mary Ann Riches 1845-1914
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 15 May 1898 All Hallows, Tottenham, Haringey, Middlesex, UK
Husband: Albert Levi Luff 1869-1937
Death: January-March 1971 Merton, Greater London, UK
Albert William Luff 1900-1964
Katherine Mary Luff [Chambers] 1904-1983
Birth of Anna Maria Bunting in FreeBMD in April-June 1872 in Walsingham (4b 300) which included Briningham.
In the 1881 census as Anna Maria Bunting aged 8, born in Briningham, and living with her parents (William and Mary Ann), brother (John Robert) and two sisters (Sarah Elizh and Helen Emma) at Doughton, Norfolk, UK.
In the 1891 census as Anna M Bunting aged 18, born in Briningham, employed as a housemaid and living with Edward W Dowell (aged 67, born in Docking, Somerset (sic - on the original)), his wife (Mary aged 66 and born in Holt, Norfolk), two daughters (Edith E Dowell aged 31 and Mary aged 20, both born in Blakeney, Norfolk, unmarried and no stated employment), two visitors (John W Mansfield aged 33, born in Warsaw, Poland but a British Subject, and employed as a barrister at law and his wife Edith M aged 28 and born in Liverpool) and two other servants (Emma Potter aged 29, born in Snettisham, Norfolk, single and employed as a cook, and Edith E Kirby aged 26, born in Ingham, Norfolk and employed as a parlourmaid) at the Vicarage, Dunton cum Doughton, Norfolk.
Marriage of Anna Maria Bunting and Albert Levi (Lovi - sic in the index, not on the typed origin) Luff in FreeBMD in April-June 1898 in Edmonton (3a 633).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for Anna Maria Bunting aged 25, father William Bunting married to Albert Levi Luff aged 29, father William Luff at Tottenham All Hallows, Haringey on 15 May 1898. "Entry of 258 in 1898 at The Parish Church of Tottenham in the County of Middlesex May 15 1898 Albert Levi Luff aged 29, a bachelor employed as a coachman living in Virginia Water, Surrey, father William Luff (deceased), a potter and Anna Maria Bunting aged 25, a spinster of 9 Mosells Street, father William Bunting, a shepherd, by banns witnessed by John Bunting and Mary Ann Bunting".
Her son was born in Virginia Water in 1900.
In the 1901 census as Anna Luff, aged 28, born in Briningham, Norfolk, and living with her husband (Albert) and son (William) and five servants who all worked in the stables (Henry Ferris aged 24 and born in Wantage, Walter Kerrison aged 23 and born in Lowestoft, Henry Knight aged 28 and born in Southampton, William Lodge aged 22 and born in Godalming, and Henry Mitchell aged 24 and born in Billingshurst) at The Stables, Wentworth, Egham, Berkshire.
Her daughter was born in Windsor in 1904.
In the 1911 census as Anna Luff aged 38, born in Briningham, Norfolk, married for 12 years with two children both living, and living with her husband (Albert), son (William) and daughter (Katherine) in five rooms at Wentworth Stables, Virginia Water, Surrey.
Her husband died in Mid Eastern Surrey in 1937.
Two entries in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Anna Maria Luff address 30 Bronson Road, Merton and Morden in 1964 and 1965, other occupants Katherine Mary Chambers (daughter?) and Alfred John Chambers.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Anna Maria Luff, born on 6 June 1872, in in January-March 1971 in Merton (5d 1049).
There are two entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Anna Maria Bunting born in 1873 in Norfolk and married to Albert Levi Luff. Ruth Bilton adds her birth on 6 June 1872 in Briningham, Norfolk, her parents as William Bunting and Mary Anne Riches, and two children and her death in Wimbledon in 1970 or 1971.
Briningham is 9 miles east of Fakenham, Norfolk and Doughton and Duncton are 4 miles west.
Anna Maria Bunting was the wife of Albert Levi Luff, my half second cousin once removed.
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