Birth: 23 September 1812 Byworth, Petworth, Sussex, UK
Father: James Luff c1771-1863
Mother: Sarah Netley 1775-1864
Marriage: 26 November 1839 St Mary the Virgin, Frensham, Surrey, UK
Wife: Ann (Anne) Croucher 1817-1890
Death: 10 May 1887 Pitch Place, Elstead, Surrey, UK
Burial: 14 May 1887 St Michael and All Angels, Thursley, Surrey, UK
Mary Luff [New] 1840-1918
Ann Luff [Lester] 1841-1925
Thomas Luff 1843-1885
James Luff 1845-1915
Sarah Luff 1846-a1871
Charles Luff 1848-1938
Alfred Luff 1852-1914
Henry Luff 1854-1871
Edwin Luff 1857-1930
Kate Luff [Wilkins] 1860-1902
Amy Luff [Jordan] 1862-1959
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Thomas Luff born 23 September 1812 baptised 25 October 1812 in Petworth, Sussex, parents Thomas and Sarah Luff.
Entry in Ancestry West Sussex, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 for Thomas Luff born 23 September 1812 baptised 25 October 1812 in Petworth, Sussex, parents Thomas and Sarah Luff. "Page 152 The Year 1812 [...] [No.] 73 Thomas Son of James & Sarah Luff was Born September 23rd and Chriftened October 25th ".
His sister was baptised in Petworth in 1815.
Marriage of Thomas Luff and Ann Croucher in FreeBMD in October-December 1839 in Farnham (4 113).
Marriage of Thomas Luff and Ann Croucher in the IGI on 26 November 1839 at Frensham, Surrey. The same information is in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973.
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for the Banns of Thomas Lupp (sic - in the index) and Ann Croucher on 26 November 1839 in Frensham, Surrey. "Marriages solemnized in the Parish of Frensham in the County of Surrey in the Year 1839 [...] Thomas Luff of the Parish of Frensham and Ann Croucher of the Parish of Frensham were married in this Church by Banns this twenty sixth Day of November in the Year One Thousand eight hundred and thirty nine in the Presence of Edward Luff and Mary Luff".
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937 for the marriage of Thomas Luff of full age, father James Luff, and Ann Croucherf on 26 November 1839 at Frensham, St Mary. "Page 15 Marriages solemnized in the Parish of Frensham in the County of Surrey in the Year 1839 [No.] 29 Thomas Luff of full age [a] Bachelor [and] Cattle Dealer [of] Elsted [father] James Luff [a] Labourer, and Ann Croucher of full age [a] Spinster [of] Frensham [father] Charles Croucher [a] Potter. Married in the Church of Frensham according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England [... he made ghis mark, she signed her name] in the Presence of us Edward Luff [and] Mary Luff [who made her mark]".
His daughter was baptised on 27 September 1840 at St Mary the Virgin, Frensham when he was a pig dealer living in Frensham.
In the 1841 census as Thomas Luff aged 25 (rounded down to a multiple of 5), born in Surrey, a dealer in cattle, and living with Ann (wife?) and Mary (daughter?) in Lower Churt, Farnham at the same address as Charles Croucher (father-in-law?), Charlotte Croucher (stepmother-in-law?), Charles, Mary and Elizabeth Croucher (brother-in-law? and sisters-in-law?).
His daughter was registered in January-March 1842 in Farnham and baptised on 26 December 1841 at St Mary the Virgin, Frensham when he was living in Frensham.
His son was baptised on 20 April 1845 at St Michael and All Angels, Thursley when he was a labourer living in Pitchplace, Elstead.
In the 1851 Census as Thomas Luff aged 37, born in Petworth, Sussex a dealer, and living with his wife (Ann), three sons (Charles, James and Thomas) and three daughters (Ann, Mary and Sarah) in Pitch Place, Elstead, Surrey.
His son was registered in January-March 1852 in Hambledon and baptised on 25 January 1852 at St Michael and All Angels, Thursley when he was a farmer living in Elstead.
His son was registered in January-March 1854 in Hambledon and baptised on 19 February 1854 at St Michael and All Angels, Thursley when he was a farmer living in Elstead.
His son was registered in October-December 1857 in Hambledon and baptised on 31 January 1858 at St Michael and All Angels, Thursley when he was a cattle dealer living in Elstead.
His daughter was registered in April-June 1860 in Hambledon, and baptised on 27 May 1860 at St Michael and All Angels, Thursley when he was a cattle dealer living in Elstead.
In the 1861 census as Thomas Luff aged 47, born in Byworth, Sussex, a cattle dealer, and living with his wife (Ann), five sons (Charles, Edwin, Henry, James and Thomas) and two daughters (Kate and Sarah). This address was shared with George May (aged 44, born in Elstead, a widower and employed as a labourer), and a housekeeper (Mary Voller aged 40, born in Witley, and single).
His daughter was registered in October-December 1862 and baptised on 22 February 1863 St Michael and All Angels, Thursley when he was a cattle dealer living in Elstead.
In the 1871 census as Thomas Luff aged 67 (sic), born in Bagworth, Sussex, a cattle dealer, and living with his wife (Anne), two sons (Alfred and Edwin) and two daughters (Amy and Kate) at Pitch Place, Elstead, Surrey.
There are eight entries in Ancestry Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Thomas Luff occupier as tenant of house and land at Pitch Place, Elstead, Farnham changing to Godalming in in 1874, Western from 1872 to 1879.
In the 1881 census as Thomas Luff aged 67, born in Byeworth, Sussex, and living with his son (Edwin) and daughter (Amy) at New House, Elstead, Surrey. The New House is between Pitch Place and Houndown, and Pitch Place is on the border of Elstead, Thursley and Churt.
There are six entries in Ancestry Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Thomas Luff occupation of tenement, Pitch Place, Thursley, Elstead, Godalming, Western from 1882 to 1887.
Death of Thomas Luff in FreeBMD in April-June 1887 aged 73 in Farnham (2A 73).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1997 for Thomas Luff on 14 May 1887 aged 73 at St Michael & All Angels, Thursley. "Page 20 Burials in the Parish of Thursley in the County of Surrey in the year One thousand eight hundred and eighty seven & eight [...] Thomas Luff No. 155 [of] Pitch Place Elstead [on] May 14 [aged] 73."
Entry in FindaGrave for Thomas Luff, spouse Ann Luff, children Henry and Thomas Luff, died May 1887 and buried St Michael and All Angels, Thursley, Waverley, Surrey.
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Thomas Luff died 10 May 1887 in Surrey, probate 12 July 1887 "Luff Thomas Personal Estate £419 1s. 3d. 12 July. Administration of the Personal Estate of Thomas Luff late of Thursley in the County of Surrey Farmer who died 10 May 1887 at Farnham in the said County was granted at the Principal Registry to Ann Luff of Thursley Widow the Relict."
There are ninety three entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Thomas Luff.
Entry in Geneanet for Thomas Luff.
Byworth is just over a mile SE of Petworth.
Thomas Luff was the husband of Ann Croucher, my half great grandaunt.
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