Birth: 21 November 1870 Sydenham, Lewisham, Kent, UK
Father: James Luff 1845-1915
Mother: Mary Lester 1847-1928
Christening: 19 February 1871 St Batholomew, Sydenham, Kent, UK
Marriage: July-September 1893 Lewisham, London, UK
Wife: Edith Hannah Jackson 1868-1923
Marriage: Unknown
Wife: Ada Elizabeth ? 1857-1954
Death: 20 December 1939 Lewisham Hospital, Lewisham, London, UK
Burial: 23 December 1939 Lewisham, London, UK
Harry Thomas Luff 1894-1915
Edith Maud Mary Luff [Macklem, Maclean, Westaway] 1897-1988
Kathleen Ida Luff [Sigward] 1904-1995
There are two entries in FreeBMD for the birth of Henry George Luff in October-December 1870 in Lewisham (1D 810 and 840 - only one on the typed original but it could be either).
Three entries in Ancestry All England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Henry George Luff baptised on 19 February 1871 at St. Bartholomew, Sydenham, Kent in two and Sydenham, Kent in one, parents James and Mary Luff.
Entry in Ancestry All London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 for Henry George Luff baptised on 19 February 1871 at Sydenham St Bartholomew, Lewisham, parents James and Mary Luff. "Page 47 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of St Batholomew, Sydenham in the County of Kent in the year One thousand eight hundred and seventy one [...] 1871 February 19 No. 372 Henry George [parents] James [a] Gasfitter & Mary Luff [of] Sydenham Born Nov 21 1870."
In the 1871 census as Henry G Luff aged 4 months, born in Lewisham, Kent, and living with his parents (James and Mary), and three lodgers (George Goodwin aged 25, born in Lewisham, Kent, widowed and a bricklayer, A H Easley aged 75, born in Clerkenwell, Middlesex, widowed and no stated employment, and M A Easley aged 44, born in Clerkenwell, Middlesex and no stated employment) at Blunden House, Hill Road, Sydenham. Another two families were living at the same address.
In the 1881 census as Henry Luff aged 10, born in Sydenham, Kent and living with his parents (James and Mary), two brothers (James and Thomas), three sisters (Emily, Harriet and Maud) and a lodger (Elizabeth Buck aged 60, born in Shoreditch, Middlesex, widowed and no stated employment) at 6 Roland Grove, Sydenham, Kent.
In the 1891 census as H G (sic - on the orginal) Luff aged 10 born in Sydenham, Kent, no stated employment and living with his parents (James and Mary), brother (Arthur ), and three sisters (Harriett A, Mary L and Maud F) at 11 Roland Grove, Sydenham, Lewisham, London.
There are two entries in FreeBMD for the marriage of Henry George Luff and Edith Hannah Jackson in July-September 1893 in Lewisham (1D 1832 and 7832 - the latter is not on the typed original ).
His son and daughter were registered in Sydenham in 1894 and 1897.
In the 1901 census as Henry G Lutt (sic - in the index, Luff on the original) aged 70 (sic - in the index, I believe this refers to the previous entry, and the one below, 30, written on the line is correct), born in Sydenham, Kent, a plumber and decorator working at home, and living with his wife (Edith), son ( Harry T), daughter (Edith M), two brothers (William and Arthur Jackson) and a visitor (Emily Roberts aged 21, born in Clophill, Bedfordshire, single and a palourmaid) in four rooms at 50 Willow Walk, Lewisham, London.
His daughter was registered in Sydenham in 1904.
In the 1911 census as Henry George Luff aged 40, a plumber working on his own account, and living with his wife (Edith Hannah), son (Harry Thomas) and two daughters (Edith Maud and Kathleen Ida) in five rooms at 14 Pearcefield Avenue, Forest Hill, Sydenham, Lewisham, London.
There are three entries in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Henry George Luff from 1918 to 1922 address 14 Peacefield Avenue, Forest Hill, Lewisham, other occupants Edith Luff (wife?) from 1918 to 1920, and James and Ada Westaway (father of the husband of his daughter Edith?) from 1918 to 1920, and Alfred William Westaway (son-in-law, husband of Edith?) in 1922.
In the 1921 census as Henry George Luff born in Lewisham, Kent in 1870, and living with Edith Hannah Luff (wife?), Kathleen Ida Luff (daughter) and Frederick George Harlow (born in Marylebone, Middlesex in 1905) in Lewisham, London, Kent.
His wife died on 13 February 1923 in Lewisham Hospital - her address is given as Standstead Road, Forest Hill, Kent and she left £50 to Henry George Luff builder.
Entry in Ancestry UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 for Henry G Luff of 26 Standstead Road, Forest Hill, SE 23 aged 54 departing on the Jarvis Bay, Australian Commonwealth Line, from London on 24th February 1925 for Melbourne, Australia.
There are eight entries in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Henry George Luff Luff frpm 1930 to 1939 address 75 St Germans Road, Forest Hill, Lewisham, SE23 other occupants Ada Luff (wife?) in 1930, 147 Como Road, Forest Hill, Lewisham 23 from 1932 to 1933, other occupant Ada Elizabeth Luff (wife?) and two other families, and 75 Devonshire Road, Honor Oak Park, Lewisham from 1934 to 1939, other occupant Ada Luff (wife?) plus three other families.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Henry S (sic) Luff born 21 November 1870, married, a plumber, and livig with Ada Luff (wife?) at 75 Devonshire Road, Lewisham, London.
Death of Henry G Luff in FreeBMD in October-December 1939 aged 69 in Lewisham (1d 1254).
Entry in Deceased Online for Henry George Luff buried 23 December 1939 in Lewisham, London.
Entry in Ancestry All England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 results for Henry George Luff died 20 December 1939 in Kent, probate 24 January 1940 in London. "Luff Henry George of 75 Devonshire-road Forest Hill Kent died 20 December 1939 at Lewisham Hospital Lewisham Kent Administration London 24 January to Ada Luff widow. Effects £26 3s."
Thirty two entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Henry George Luff.
I cannot find any information regarding his second wife except that from the 1939 register she was born on 6 October 1867 and was a nurse, the entries in the Electoral Registers and Probate, and her death in October-December 1954 in Bromley.
A bible rescued from a house clearance contains the following in the front cover:
Sydenham and Lewisham were transfered from Kent to London in 1889.
Henry George Luff was my half second cousin once removed.
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