Person:Rosina Luff (1)

Rosina Eleanor Luff was the first teacher at Norton St Nicholas school when it opened in 1873.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Female LUFF, June Quarter 1843, Royston Registration District, Vol. 6, page 551

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Registers of Ashwell, Hertfordshire. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Ashwell in the County of Hertford in the Year 1843
   No. 268
   When Born: April 19th 1843
   When Baptized: July 27th
   Child's Christian Name: Rosina Eleanor, Daughter of
   Parents Name - Christian: Edward & Martha
   Parents Name - Surname: Luff
   Abode: Ashwell
   Quality, Trade, or Profession: Servant
   By whom the Ceremony was performed: Henry Morice, Vicar

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 1707; Folio 506; Page 4, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: High Street, Ashwell, Hertfordshire
   Martha Luff, head, widow, female, 39 [1811/2], School Assistant, b. Ashwell, Hertfordshire
   Edward Luff, son, male, 10 [1840/1], Scholar, b. Ashwell, Hertfordshire
   Rosina Luff, daughter, female, 7 [1843/4], Scholar, b. Ashwell, Hertfordshire
   Sophia Luff, daughter, female, 5 [1845/6], Scholar, b. Ashwell, Hertfordshire
   Mary Luff, daughter, female, 3 [1847/8], b. Ashwell, Hertfordshire

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 822; Folio 101; Page 12, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Watton, Hertfordshire [next door to the National School]
   Eliza Robinson, head, unmarried, female, 20 [1840/1], Schoolmistress (National), b. London, Middlesex
   Rosina Eleanor Luff, boarder, unmarried, female, 17 [1843/4], Pupil Teacher (National), b. Ashwell, Hertfordshire

5. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 1555; Folio 101; Page 10, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: National Schools, Steppingley, Bedfordshire
   Rosina Eleanor Luff, head, unmarried, female, 26 [1844/5], School Mistress, b. Ashwell, Hertfordshire
   Mary Ann Johnson, boarder, unmarried, female, 17 [1853/4], Pupil Teacher, b. Carlton, Bedfordshire

6. ↑ England. 1881 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 RG11; Piece 1416; Folio 128; Page 8, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Norton Village, Norton, Hertfordshire
   Rosina Luff, head, unmarried, female, 36 [1844/5], School Mistress, b. Ashwell, Hertfordshire
   Martha Luff, mother, widow, female, 68 [1812/3], b. Ashwell, Hertfordshire

7. ↑ England. 1891 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 RG12; Piece 1105; Folio 109; Page 5, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Norton Village, Norton, Hertfordshire
   5 or more rooms occupied
   Martha Luff, head, widow, female, 79 [1811/12], neither employer nor employed, b. Ashwell, Hertfordshire
   Rosina Eleanor Luff, daughter, single, female, 45 [1845/6], Teacher of Elementary School, employed, b. Ashwell, Hertfordshire
   Mary Heath Luff, daughter, single, female, 41 [1849/50], b. Ashwell, Hertfordshire

8. ↑ England. England. 1901 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 RG13; Piece 1520; Folio 10; Page 11, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: Great Gransden, Huntingdonshire
   5 or more rooms occupied
   Martha S. Webb, head, widow, 74 [1826/7], Living on own means, b. Alconbury, Huntingdonshire
   Rosina E. Luff, cousin, single, female, 55 [1845/6], Living on own means, b. Ashwell, Hertfordshire
   Mary H. Luff, cousin, single, female, 50 [1850/1], Living on own means, b. Ashwell, Hertfordshire
   Hephzibah E. Lunnie, servant, single, female, 18 [1882/3], Cook Domestic, b. Great Gransden, Huntingdonshire
   Lily M. Frankham, servant, single, female, 17 [1883/4], House maid Domestic, b. Longstowe, Cambridgeshire

9. ↑ England. 1911 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 RG14; Piece 9028; Schedule 83, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: Great Gransden, Huntingdonshire
   Six rooms occupied
   Rosina E. Luff, head, female, 66 [1844/5], single, Private means, b. Ashwell, Hertfordshire
   Mary H. Luff, sister, female, 62 [1848/9], single, Private means, b. Ashwell, Hertfordshire

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

    d. Rosina E. LUFF, September Quarter 1936, St Albans Registration District, Vol. 3a, page 867, aged 93 [1842/3]

11. ↑ England. National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858 onwards. (Ancestry.com).

    1936
    LUFF Rosina Eleanor of The Ferns Upper Lattimore-road St. Albans Hertfordshire spinster died 5 September 1936 at Brooklands Upper Lattimore-road Probate London 8 December to George James Webb timber merchant. Effects £2019 14s. 5d.