Birth: July-September 1879 Frensham, Surrey, UK
Father: William Luff 1844-1882
Mother: Sarah Moore 1846-1882
Christening: 26 October 1879 St Mary the Virgin, Frensham, Surrey, UK
Marriage: October-December 1905 Wandsworth, Surrey, UK
Husband: Arthur Percy Kirk 1884-1939
Death: April-May 1941/61 Chelsea, London, UK
Harry Dentzelow Kirk 1906-1911
Robert W Kirk 1910-a1934
Arthur J Kirk 1914-a1940
Edward Kirk 1920-2000
Christening of Rose Luff in the IGI on 26 October 1879 in Frensham, Surrey, parents William and Sarah Luff.
In the 1881 census as Rose Luff aged 11, born in Frensham and living with her parents (William and Sarah), four brothers (Earnest, Herbert, Levi and Mark) at Hillside, Frensham, Surrey.
Both her parents died in 1882.
In the 1891 census as Bose (sic - in the index, Rose on the original) Luff, aged 11, born in Frensham and living with her widowed grandmother (Harriet) at Shortfield Common, Frensham.
Her grandmother died in 1893.
In the 1901 census as Rose Luff aged 22, born in Frensham, Surrey, single, employed as a domestic servant and a visitor to (probably employed by) William Mace (aged 24, born in Brighton, Sussex and employed as a carpenter), his wife (Ellen aged 22), and two children (William aged 2 and Esther aged 3, both born in Battersea, London) in 3 rooms at 32 Pentney Road (just north of Tooting Bec Common), Clapham, London.
Marriage of Rose Luff and Arthur Percy Kirk in FreeBMD in October-December 1905 in Wandsworth (1d 1339).
Her first son was born in Wandsworth in 1906, but Robert was born in Richmond upon Thames in 1909.
In the 1911 census as Rose Kirk, aged 30, born in Frensham, and living with Arthur (husband?), Harry and Robert (sons?) in Richmond, Surrey.
Her two sons were born in Richmond upon Thames in 1914 and 1920.
Her husband died in Wandsworth in 1939.
There are two possible entries in FreeBMD for the death of Rose Kirk in April-June 1941 aged 61 in Chelsea (1a 443) and in April-June 1961 aged 81 in Chelsea (5c 310).
David Hornblow has an entry for Rose Luff born in 1879 in Farnham, Surrey, daughter of William Luff and Sarah Moore.
Heather Galerpt and C Dawson have entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Rose Luff born in 1880 in Frensham, Surrey.
Rose Luff was my half second cousin once removed.
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