Person:Ann Luff (3)

Ann Luff was baptised on 16th September 1797 at Fernhurst in Sussex, daughter of John Luff and his wife Hannah Goodner.

When Ann was 35 years old she married a gardener named Henry Edwards. They married at Portsea, the parish which surrounded the town of Portsmouth in Hampshire. After their marriage they moved to Chichester, where their first son, Walter Henry, was baptised in 1835. They then moved to Runcton in the parish of North Mundham, a little way south of Chichester, where they had twins, George and William, in 1836. Sadly the twins died as babies, both being buried on Christmas Day 1836.

Ann and Henry had one further son, Alfred, baptised at North Mundham in 1840.

The 1841 census finds Henry living in Runcton alone, whilst Ann and her two surviving sons Walter and Alfred were staying with Ann's widowed sister, Hannah Child, who ran an inn in Chichester. The 1851 census finds Ann, Henry, their son Alfred and Ann's sister Hannah Child living at Chilgrove in the parish of West Dean. They had moved again by 1861, with Ann, Henry and Ann's sister Hannah Child living at Cocking.

Ann died aged 65, being buried at West Lavington on 15th May 1863. Her final abode was given as Cocking Causeway, a hamlet which straddled the parishes of Cocking and West Lavington. Henry survived her by about 21 years.

1. ↑ Fernhurst, Sussex, England. Parish Registers (West Sussex County Council, Chichester).

   1797 / Ann Daughter of John & Hannah Luff late Goodner Sept[embe]r 16

   This baptism has been linked to the Ann Luff who married Henry Edwards on the basis that in the censuses she consistently claimed to have been born around 1797 in Fernhurst, whilst in each census she was living with a widow named Hannah Child, who was also from Fernhurst and can be shown to be sister of the Ann Luff baptised in 1797:
   ch. 8 Oct 1785, Farnhurst, Sussex: Hanah daughter of Jno. Luff (England Births & Christenings)
   m. 24 Mar 1818, Lurgashall, Sussex: Anthony Child & Hannah Luff (England Marriages)
   bur. 1 Jun 1834, Chichester, Sussex: Anthony Child (England Deaths and Burials)

2. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1119; Book 11; Folio 22; Page 3, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Chapel Street, Chichester (Subdeanery), Sussex
   Harriet Childs, female, 40 [1796-1801], Innkeeper, born in county
   Elizabeth Bunaish?, female, 15 [1821-6], born in county
   Hannah Backster, female, 40 [1796-1801] born in county
   Ann Edwards, female, 35 [1801-6], born in county
   Walter Edwards, male, 6 [1834/5], born in county
   Alfred Edwards, 8mo [1840], born in county
   Susan Taylor, female, 24 [1816/7], not born in county
   Bonaro Machailo, male, 20 [1816-21], Musician, born foreign parts
   Daniel Donaker, male, 40 [1796-1801], Army, born foreign parts
   Sarah Donaker, female, 20 [1816-21], born foreign parts

3. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1655; Folio 5; Page 2, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Chilgrove, West Dean, Sussex
   Henry Edwards, head, married, male, 51 [1799/1800], Gardener, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Ann Edwards, wife, married, female, 54 [1796/7], b. Fernhurst, Sussex
   Alfred Edwards, son, male, 10 [1840/1], Scholar, b. Mundham, Sussex
   Hannah Child, lodger, widow, female, 60 [1790/1], b. Fernhurst, Sussex

4. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 626; Folio 11; Page 16, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Cocking, Sussex
   Henry Edwards, head, married, male, 61 [1799/1800], Gardener, b. Lagnes, Sussex
   Ann Edwards, wife, married, female, 64 [1796/7], b. Fernhurst, Sussex
   Hannah Childs, visitor, widow, female, 74 [1786/7], b. Fernhurst, Sussex

5.   Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Ann EDWARDS, June Quarter 1863, Midhurst Registration District, Volume 2b, page 223, aged 67 [1795/6]

6. ↑ Burials register, in West Lavington, Sussex, England. Parish Registers (West Sussex County Council, Chichester).

   BURIALS in the Parish of West Lavington in the County of Sussex in the Year 1863
   No	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   29	Ann Edwards	Cocking Causeway	May 15	67 [1795/6]	James Currie