Birth: 8 September 1879 1 Edward Street, St John's Wood, Marylebone, Middlesex, UK
Father: Alfred Luff 1852-1914
Mother: Elizabeth Pusey 1848-1890
Christening: 30 November 1879 St Mary, Bryanston Square, Marylebone, Middlesex, UK
Marriage: July-September 1909 Amersham, Buckinghamshire, UK
Husband: Edwin James Elkins 1878-1957
Death: April-June 1933 Paddington, London, UK
Hilda Evelyn Elkins 1915-2007
Jack Elkins 1915-1915
Birth of Florence Clara Luff in FreeBMD in October-December 1879 in Marylebone (1a 619).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 for Florence Clara Luff baptised on 30 November 1879 at Bryanston Square St Mary, Westminster, parents Alfred and Elizabeth Luff. "Page 149 Baptisms solemnized at St. Marys Church in the Parish of St Marylebone in the County of Middlesex in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy Nine 1879 Nov 30 No. 422 Florence Clara, parents Alfred, a Plumber, and Elizabeth Luff of Edward Street 8 Septr 1879".
In the 1881 census as Florence C Luff, no age in the index, 12 months on the original, born in Marylebone, Middlesex and living with her parents (Alfred and Elizabeth) and sister (Annie) at 1 Edward Street, Marylebone, Middlesex.
Her mother died in 1890.
In the 1891 census as Florence Luff aged 11, 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 (Annie) and cousin (Harry Luff - son of Thomas and Tryphena) at the High Street, Chislehurst, Kent.
In the 1901 census as Florence Luff aged 21, born in St Johns W, Middlesex, single, no stated employment, and living with her brother-in-law and sister (Henry J and Caroline Hooper) in four rooms at 3 Essex Road, Willesden, Middlesex. However Caroline was Caroline Maria Pye born in Pancras in April-June 1875 and no relation and neither was Henry Hooper as far as I can tell.
Marriage of Florence Clara Luff and Edwin James Elkins in FreeBMD in July-September 1909 in Amersham (3a 1751).
In the 1911 census as Florence Elkins aged 31, born in St John's Wood, London, married for one year with no children, and living with her husband (Edwin) and uncle (Isaac Armatage aged 57, born in Higham, Kent, widowed and a waiter) in six rooms at 73 Salisbury Road, Wealdstone, Middlesex.
Both children, probably twins as on the same page, were born in Hendon.
There are twelve entries in Ancestry All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Florence Clara Elkins - address 73 Salisbury Road, Wealdstone, Harrow from 1918 to 1926, other occupants Edwin James Elkins (husband?), and John Longworth from 1920 to 1923, and 112 Roxborough Road, Harrow on the Hill in 1930 and 1931, other occupants Edwin James Elkins (husband?), and Dorothy May Grocock (relative of her sister's husband?).
Death of Florence Clara Elkins in FreeBMD in April-June 1933 aged 53 in Paddington (1a 619).
There is an entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Florence C Luff born in 1881 in Marylebone, London, daughter of Alfred Luff and Elizabeth Pussey.
Florence Clara Luff was my half second cousin once removed.
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