Birth: 9 June 1888 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK
Father: Edward Luff 1852-1921
Mother: Jessie Maria Letton (Litton) 1858-1919
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: April-June 1919 Kingston, Surrey, UK
Husband: Albert Alfred Cross 1893-1981
Death: 1 December 1968 Salisbury Road, Walmer, Kent, UK
Buried: Garden Of Remembrance, Hamilton Road Cemetery, Deal, Kent, UK
Philip Dudley Cross 1922-2006
Birth of Florence Violet Luff in FreeBMD in July-September 1888 in Tonbridge (2a 627) which included Tunbridge Wells.
In the 1891 census as Florence V Luff aged 2, born in Tunbridge Wells and living with her parents (Edward and Jessie M) and sister (Daisy H) at 11 Waterdown Cottages, Frant, Kent (north of Frant and may now be part of Tunbridge Wells).
In the 1901 census as Florence V Tuff (sic - in the index, Luff on the original), aged 12, born in Tunbridge Wells and and living with her parents (Edward and Jessie M) and sister (Daisy H) at 16 Broadwater Down, Broadwater Down, Kent (southern part of Tunbridge Wells between A26 and A267). The address was shared with another family.
In the 1911 census as Florence Violet Suff (sic - in the index, Luff on the original) aged 22, single, a practical milliner, and boarding with Alfred James Hodgskin (aged 49, born in Maidstone, Kent and a verger at Canterbury Cathedral), his wife (Emily Victoria aged 49 and born in Canterbury, Kent), two sons (Archibald Francis aged 13 and Harold Ralph aged 10, both born in Canterbury, Kent), daughter (Emily Rhoda aged 14 and born in Canterbury, Kent), and over 20 other boarders at 2 & 3 Alphege Lane, Canterbury, Kent.
Marriage of Florence V Luff and Albert A Cross in FreeBMD in April-June 1919 in Kingston (2a 1308).
Her son was born in Kingston on Thames in 1922.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Florence V Cross born 9 June 1888, married, and living with Albert A Cross (husband?) and one other (son?) at 21 Herne Road, Surbiton, Surrey.
Florence & Albert spent their retirement in Salisbury Rd, Walmer, Kent.Death of Florence V Cross in FreeBMD in October-December 1968 aged 80 in Dover (5f? 413).
There are sixteen entries in in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Florence Violet Luff.
Entry in FindaGrave for Florence V Cross died 1 December 1968 and buried in Garden Of Remembrance, Hamilton Road Cemetery, Deal, Dover, Kent.
David Hornblow has an entry for Florence Violet Luff born in 1889 in in Tonbridge Wells, Kent, parents Edward Luff and Jessie Maria Litton, her marriage to Albert Alfred Cross in 1919, her son and her death in 1968 in Dover, Kent.
Florence Violet Luff was my half second cousin once removed.
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