Birth: 18 November 1862 Pitch Place, Elstead, Surrey, UK
Father: Thomas Luff 1812-1887
Mother: Ann (Anne) Croucher 1817-1890
Christening: 22 February 1863 St Michael and All Angels, Thursley, Surrey, UK
Marriage: October-December 1892 Bromley, Kent, UK
Husband: Edgar Jordan 1857-1934
Death: 4 May 1959 Sopwell House, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK
Francis Harold Jordan 1893-a1911
Birth of Amy Luff in FreeBMD in October-December 1862 in Hambledon (2A 107) I guess she was born at Pitch Place from the 1861 census.
Christening of Amy Luff in the IGI on 22 February 1863 in Thursley, Surrey, parents Thomas and Ann Luff. The same information is in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Baptisms, 1813-1912 for Amy Luff on 22 February 1863 at Thursley, St Michael and All Angels, parents Thomas and Ann Luff. "Page 37 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Thursley in the County of Surrey in the Year 1863 [....] Feby 22nd No. 290 Amy [parents] Thomas [a] Cattle Dealer [and] Ann Luff [of] Elstead". (Thursley Church is much closer to Pitch Place than Elstead Church).
In the 1871 census as Amy Luff aged 8, born in Elstead, and living with her parents (Thomas and Ann, but no relationship given for Amy in the census), two brothers (Alfred and Edwin), and sister (Kate) at Pitch Place, Elstead, Surrey.
In the 1881 census as Amy Luff aged 18, born in Elstead, Surrey, single, a farmer's daughter and living with her parents (Thomas and Anne) and brother (Edwin) at New House, Elstead, Surrey (between Pitch Place and Houndown).
Amy Luff was a witness at the marriage of Kate Luff and John Frederic Wilkins on 24 December 1884 at St James, Elstead.
Her father died on 10 May 1887 at Pitch Place, Elstead, and was buried on 14 May 1887 at St Michael and All Angels, Thursley,
Her mother died in Milford and was buried on 30 July 1890 at St Michael and All Angels, Thursley.
In the 1891 census as Amy Lester (sic - in the index, Luff on the original) aged 28, born in Elstead, single, no stated employment, and living with her brother-in-law (husband in the index) John Lester, sister (Ann), and their four children (Ada, Florence, Harry, and Lilly), Harry's aunt (Amy Lester (sic - in the index, Luff on the original)), and her nephew (Harry - son of Thomas) and two neices (Annie and Florence - daughters of Alfred) at the High Street, Chislehurst, Kent.
Marriage of Amy Luff and Edgar Jordan in FreeBMD in October-December 1892 in Bromley (2A 754a).
Her son was registered in July-September 1893 in Paddington and baptised on 20 July 1894 at Saint Jude, Lancefield Street, Kensal Green. Westminster when they were living at 12 Macroom Road.
In the 1901 census as Amy Goodan (sic - in the index, Jordan on the original) aged 39, born in Thursley, Surrey, and living with her husband (Edgar), son (Francis), neice (Freda Wilkins aged 10 and born in Bretford, Warwickshire) and a boarder (George Turpin aged 27, born in Raddington, London, single and a railway engine driver) at 12 Macroom Road, Paddington, London. This address was shared with two other families.
In the 1911 census as Amy Jordan aged 49, born in Pitch Place, Surrey, a nurse working from home, married for 18 years with one child still living, and living with her husband (Edgare), son (Francis Harold), a visitor (Mary Gothard aged 21, born in Oakfield Road, Croydon, single and independent) and a boarder (Doborah Elkan aged 75, born in London, a jewess, married, independent and insane at 70 years of age) in seven rooms at 11 Dundonald Road, Kensal Rise, Willesden NW, Middlesex.
I cannot locate her in the 1921 census, but she was not living with her husband who was living at 129 Buchaman Gardens NW10, Willesden, and I cannot locate her son.
She was not living with her husband according to the Electoral Rolls after 1923, and when he died in 1959 he left his estate to Grace Elizabeth Whurr spinster who he was living with.
There are two entries in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Amy Jordan address 33 Bathurst Gardens, Willesden in 1930 and 1931 which may refer to her - two other familes were living at the same address.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Amy Jordan born 18 November 1862, widowed and living with George H and Ellen B Tinson at 33 Willesden, Middlesex, Reginald amnd Alice P Cotterill were also living at the same address.
Two entries in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Amy Jordan address 33 Bathurst Gardens, Manor, Willesden in 1953 and 1956 with two others, but not there in other years including 1954 while Ellen B Tinson was living there from 1934 to 1962.
Death of Amy Jordan in FreeBMD in April-June 1959 aged 96 in St Albans (4B 175).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 for Amy Jordan died on 4 May 1959 in Hertfordshire, probate 19 June 1959 Winchester. "Jordan, Amy of Sopwell House St Alban's Hertfordshire widow died 4 May 1959 Probate Winchester 19 June to the reverend Harold Wardle clerk. Effects £324 9s. 11d."
Erika Clark has an entry in RootsWeb WorldConnect for Amy Luff born about December 1862 in Hambledon, Surrey, her marriage to Edgar Jordan in about December 1892 in Bromley, and a son Francis.
There are forty one entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Amy Luff.
Amy Luff was my half first cousin twice removed.
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