Birth: 1841 Frensham, Surrey, UK
Father: Thomas Luff 1812-1887
Mother: Ann (Anne) Croucher 1817-1890
Christening: 26 December 1841 St Mary the Virgin, Frensham, Surrey, UK
Marriage: 6 May 1866 at St George the Martyr, Southwark, Surrey, UK
Husband: John Lester 1845-1912
Death: January-March 1925 Bromley, Kent, UK
Florence Annie Lester 1867-1960
Ada Mary Lester 1869-1948
Harry Lester 1874-1970
Lilian Lester 1877-1961
Birth of Ann Luff in FreeBMD in January-March 1842 in Farnham (4 136).
Christening of Ann Luff in the IGI on 26 December 1841 in Frensham, Surrey, parents Thomas and Ann. The same information is in Ancestry All England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Baptisms, 1813-1912 for Anne Luff on 26 December 1841 at Frensham, St Mary, parents Thomas and Ann Luff. "Page 148 Baptisms folemnized in the Parifh of Frensham in the County of Surrey in the Year 1841 & 1842 [...] Dec 26 No.1178 Ann, parents Thomas [occupation illegible] and Ann Luff of Frensham".
Her brother was baptised on 20 April 1845 at St Michael and All Angels, Thursley when they were living in Pitchplace, Elstead.
In the 1851 Census as Ann Luff aged 9, born in Frensham, Surry and living with her parents (Thomas and Ann), three brothers (Charles, James and Thomas) and two sisters (Mary and Sarah) at Pitch Place, Elstead, Surrey.
Her brother was registered in January-March 1852 in Hambledon and baptised on 25 January 1852 at St Michael and All Angels, Thursley when they were living in Elstead.
Her brother was registered in January-March 1854 in Hambledon and baptised on 19 February 1854 at St Michael and All Angels, Thursley when they were living in Elstead.
Her brother was registered in October-December 1857 in Hambledon and baptised on 31 January 1858 at St Michael and All Angels, Thursley when they were living in Elstead.
Her sister was registered in April-June 1860 in Hambledon, and baptised on 27 May 1860 at St Michael and All Angels, Thursley when they were living in Elstead.
Marriage of Ann Luff and John Lester in FreeBMD in April-June 1866 in St. George S. (1d 149).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for the marriage of Ann Luff, father Thomas Luff, and John Lester, father John Lester, on 6 May 1866 at St George the Martyr, Southwark. "1866 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of St George the Martyr, Southwark in the County of Surrey No. 238 May 6 John Lester of full age, a Bachelor and Plumber of Great Suffolk Street, Sydenham, Kent, father John Lester, an Engineer, and Ann Luff of full age, a Spinster of Great Suffolk Street, Sydenham, Kent, father Thomas Luff, a Cattle Dealer. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after banns in the Presence of us James Luff and Sarah Luff." Her brother and sister?
In the 1871 census as Ann Lester aged 29, born in Churt, Surrey, and living with her husband (John), two daughters (Ada M and Florence), and two visitors (Benjamin W Nicholl aged 24, born in Bushey, Hertfordshire, and George Chamberlin aged 24, born in Peckham, Surrey, both single and painters), at 4 Melrose Cottage, Wells Road, Sydenham, Lewisham, Kent.
In the 1881 census as Ann Lester aged 39, born in Churt, Surrey, and living with her husband (John), son (Harry) and three daughters (Ada, Florence and Selina) at White Horse Hill, Chislehurst, Kent.
In the 1891 census as Ann Lester aged 49, born in Church (sic - on the original), Surrey, and living with her husband (John), son (Harry), three daughters (Ada, Florence, and Lilly), her sister (Amy Lester (sic - in the index, Luff on the original)), nephew (Harry), and two neices (Annie Luff and Florence Luff) at the High Street, Chislehurst, Kent.
In the 1901 census as Ann Lester aged 59, born in Surrey, and living with her husband (John), son (Harry), two daughters (Ada and Lilian), and a boarder (James H Pender aged 21, born in Scilly Isles, St Mary, single and a school teacher) at 2 Scadbury Villas, High Street, Chislehurst, Kent.
In the 1911 census as Ann Lester aged 69, born in Surrey, married for 45 years with four children all living, and living with her husband (John), two daughters (Ada Mary and Lilian), and a boarder (Ethel Mary Sole aged 25, born in Debden Saffron Walden, Essex, single and a teacher in a church school) in eight rooms at Westbourne, West Chislehurst, Kent.
Her husband died on 24 February 1912 in Westbourne High Street, Chislehurst.
Death of Ann Lester in FreeBMD in January-March 1925 aged 83 in Bromley (2a 804).
Mark J Fraser has an entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Ann Luff born 1841 in Fransham, parents Thomas Luff and Anne Croucher - another four entries spell her mother's name Ann, and one of which locates Frensham in Hampshire. Another entry gives her birth in Church, Surrey in 1842, her marriage to John Lester at St George Southwark, London in 1866, her four children, and her death in Bromley, Kent in 1925.
Ann Luff was my half first cousin twice removed. Her husband was the brother of the wife of her brother James.
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