Birth: October-December 1868 Forest Hill, Kent, UK
Father: William Jackson 1835-1916
Mother: Mary Ann Canham 1838-1915
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: July-September 1893 Lewisham, London, UK
Husband: Henry George Luff 1870-1939
Death: 13 February 1923 Lewisham Hospital, Lewisham, London, UK
Harry Thomas Luff 1894-1915
Edith Maud Mary Luff [Macklem, Maclean, Westaway] 1897-1988
Kathleen Ida Luff [Sigward] 1904-1995
Birth of Edith Hannah Jackson in FreeBMD in October-December 1868 in Lewisham (1d 829).
In the 1871 census as Edith H Jackson aged 2, born in Forest Hill, Kent, and living with her parents (William and Maryann), three brothers (Harry, Thomas R and William C) and sister (Ada M) at 21 Clyde Terrace, Forest Hill, Lewisham, Kent.
In the 1881 census as Edith Jackson aged 12, born in Sydenham, Kent and living with her parents (William and Mary), three brothers (Alfred, Harry and Thomas), and three sisters (Alice, Clara and Jessie) at 22 Hurst Road, East Molesey, Surrey.
In the 1891 census as Edith H Jackson aged 22, born in Sydenham, Kent, single and a servant living with Alfred Bevis (aged 40, born in the Isle of Wight, and a clerk at a gas company), his wife (Louisa A aged 39 and born in Southwold, Surrey), two sons (Alfred H aged 6 and born in Chelsea, Middlesex, and George B aged 3 and born in Surbiton, Surrey), and two daughters (Nelly L aged 5 and born in Chelsea, Middlesex, and Edith C aged 9 months and born in Surbiton, Surrey) at Somerset Villa, Paragon Grove, Surbiton, Kingston, Surrey.
Marriage of Edith Hannah Jackson and Henry George Luff in FreeBMD in July-September 1893 in Lewisham (1d 1832).
Her son and daughter were born in Sydenham in 1894 and 1897.
In the 1901 census as Edith Lutt (sic - in the index, Luff on the original) aged 32, born in Forest Hill, Kent, and living with her husband (Henry G), son (Harry T), daughter (Edith M), two brothers (William and Arthur Jackson) and a visitor (Emily Roberts aged 21, born in Clophill, Bedfordshire, single and a palourmaid) in four rooms at 50 Willow Walk, Lewisham, London.
Her daughter was born in Sydenham in 1904.
In the 1911 census as Edith Hannah Luff aged 42, married for 18 years and three children all living, and living with her husband (Henry George), son (Harry Thomas) and two daughters (Edith Maud and Kathleen Ida) in five rooms at 14 Pearcefield Avenue, Forest Hill, Sydenham, Lewisham, London.
Two entries in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Edith Luff address 14 Peacefield Avenue, Forest Hill, Lewisham in 1918 and 1920, other occupants Henry George Luff (husband?), and James and Ada Westaway (father of the husband of her daughter Edith and his second wife?) in 1920.
Death of Edith H Luff in FreeBMD in January-March 1923 aged 54 in Lewisham (1d 1076).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 for Edith Hannah Luff died on 13 February 1923 in Kent, probate 21 February 1925 in London. "Luff Edith Hannah of 26 Standstead-road Forest Hill Kent (wife of Henry George Luff) died 13 February 1923 at Lewisham Hospital Lewisham Kent Administration London 21 February to said Henry George Luff builder. Effects £50."
There are three entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Edith H Jackson born in 1869, parents William and Maryann Jackson. There are also three entries for Edith Hannah Jackson born in 1869 in Forest Hill, Kent, parents William and Maryann Jackson, her marriage to Henry George Luff in 1893, and her three children, and Alex Thomas adds her death on 13 February 1923 in Lewisham, London, England.
Edith Hannah Jackson was the wife of Henry George Luff, my half second cousin once removed.
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