Annie Elizabeth Luff [Grocock] (1877-1931)

Dates

Birth: July-August 1877 6 Edward Street, St John's Wood, Marylebone, Middlesex, UK
Father: Alfred Luff 1852-1914
Mother: Elizabeth Pusey 1848-1890

Christening: 26 August 1877 St Mary, St Marylebone, Middlesex, UK

Marriage: April-June 1905 Camberwell, London, UK
Husband: Harold Backhouse Grocock 1876-1915

Death: 17 February 1931 Croydon, Surrey, UK

Children

Gladys Grocock [Musto] 1905-1994
Doris Grocock [Jordan] 1908-1994

Notes

Birth of Annie Elizabeth Luff in FreeBMD in July-September 1877 in Marylebone (1a 604).

Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917 for Annie Elizabeth Luff baptised 26 August 1877 at Bryanston Square St Mary, Westminster, parents Alfred and Elizabeth Luff. "Page 20 Baptisms solemnized in St Mary's Church in the Parish of St Marylebone, in the County of Middlesex in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy Seven [...] 1877 Aug 26 No. 374 Annie Elizabeth [parents] Alfred [a] Plumber & Elizabeth Luff [of] 6 Edward St St J W".

In the 1881 census as Annie Luff, aged 3, born in Marylebone, Middlesex and living with her parents (Alfred and Elizabeth) and sister (Florence C) at 1 Edward Street, Marylebone, Middlesex.

Her mother died in 1890 in Bedminster.

In the 1891 census as Annie Luff aged 13, born in St Johns Wood, London, and living with her uncle and aunt (John Lester and his wife Ann), and their four children (Ada, Florence, Harry and Lilly), Florence's aunt (Amy Lester (sic - in the index, Luff on the original)), sister (Florence) and cousin (Harry Luff - son of Thomas and Tryphena) at the High Street, Chislehurst, Kent.

In the 1901 census as Annie E Luff aged 23, born in St John's Wood, London, single, a milliner, and living with her uncle and aunt (Henry and Mary A Lansdowne), and their three children (Henry S F, John F and Christopher B) at 71 Antrobus Road, Acton, Middlesex.

Marriage of Annie Elizabeth Luff and Harold Backhouse Grocock in FreeBMD in April-June 1905 in Camberwell (1d 1483).

In the 1911 census as Annie Grocock aged 32, born in St John, married for seven years with two children, both still living, and living with her husband (Horold) in five rooms at 47 Lyndhurst Road, Peckham, London S E. I cannot find any entry for the children who later were living with her brother-in-law Horace.

Her husband was admitted to Croydon Asylum on 14 March 1912 and died on 18 May 1915 at the Croydon Mental Hospital, Chelsham, Godstone, Surrey, and left effects of £431 17s. 10d. to Nancy Grocock widow.

There are four entries in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Annie Grocock address 23 Dante Road, Newington Butts, St Mary, Southwark from 1923 to 1931 with several other occupants.

Death of Annie E Grocock in FreeBMD in January-March 1931 aged 54 in Croydon (2a 551).

There are thirteen entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Annie Elizabeth Luff.

Relationship

Annie Elizabeth Luff was my half second cousin once removed.

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