Luff family from early 18th Century

Some South Australian Families

Oliver LUFF

• Birth: St Briavels, Gloucs.
• Death: 1797, Trellech, Mon

Spouse: Mary EDMONDS Birth: 1719 Death: 1780, Trellech, Mon

Marriage: 21 Dec 1740, Trellech, Mon

Children:

1. John (1743-)
2. Samuel (1746-1812)
3. William (1751-)
4. Oliver (1752-1798)
5. Jane (1753-)
6. Philip (1757-)
7. Benjamin (1763-)
8. Jeremiah (?-1835)

William LUFF

• Birth: 1751, Trellech, Monmouthshire
• Occ: Saddler

Spouse: Not known

Marriage:not known

Children:

1. William (1783-1862)

William LUFF

• Occupation: Saddler (daughter's Marriage Certificate, 1841 census and various directories)
• Birth: about 1783 (1841 census), London (1851 and 1861 censuses)
• Death: 19 November 1862 (4th quarter, Chepstow, 11a, 4) - Source: Chepstow Weekly Advertiser, 22 November 1862, Vol V111, No 378 (courtesy Jean Smith)

Father: William LUFF
Mother: Not known

Family: (probably) Ann DAVIES (died 21 Feb 1853, Chepstow)

Marriage: 18 Aug 1808, St Marylebone, London

Children (possibly others - to be revised with new information from Jean Smith):

1. William Henry LUFF baptised 21 May 1809, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales (BT)
2. John James LUFF baptised 20 December 1812, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales (BT)
3. Mary Ann LUFF baptised 20 December 1812, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales (twins?) (BT)
4. Henry LUFF b about 1821 (1841 census: occupation "carpenter")
5. Oliver LUFF b about 1827 (1841 census: occupation "grocer")
6. Anne LUFF b about 1829 (1841 census)

Mary Ann LUFF

• Birth: 1809
• Christening: 20 December 1812, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales (BT)
• Arrival (in South Australia): 3 April 1849 on the ship Mary Anne with husband and 6 children (recorded in The Register newspaper)
• Death: about 8 September 1852
• Buried: 10 September 1852, Lease 17, Alberton Cemetery, South Australia

Father: William LUFF
Mother: Ann DAVIES?

Family: John HARRIS

Marriage: 12 July 1838, Tidenham, Gloucestershire, England

Children (not necessarily in correct order of birth - see note below):

1. Elizabeth (Bessie) HARRIS (b 1838/9, Wales)
2. Ida HARRIS (b 1841, Wales)
3. Jane HARRIS (b 18 January 1844, Wales - full details below)
4. Annie HARRIS (b 18 January 1844, Wales - twin)
5. Godfrey HARRIS (b 1846, Wales; d 29 August 1914, 68y, at New Parkside, SA)
6. Oliver HARRIS (b 1847, Wales)
7. Mary Ann HARRIS (b 13 February 1850, Port Adelaide, South Australia)

• Chepstow Baptism Records (Bishop's Transcripts)
• Marjorie Childs (collector) Notebooks and Records (about 1930 - 1987) see note in "Sources" on Childs family page.
• AL Cobiac (editor) South Australian Deaths - Index of Registrations 1842-1915 South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society Inc (2000)
• AL Cobiac (editor) South Australian Marriages - Index of Registrations 1842-1916 (South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society Inc) 2000
• National Library of Wales (Family History) Marriage Bonds
• GR Ross Alberton Cemetery Records 1846 - 1930
• Jean Smith The Smith - Frost Family Tree
• Jill Statton (editor) Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885 South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society Inc (1986)
• Jan Thomas (editor) South Australians 1836-1885 South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society Inc (1990)
• Jan Thomas (editor) South Australian Births - Index of Registrations 1842-1906 South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society Inc (2000)
• State Library of SA Immigration Records 1836 - 1845

Some South Australian Families

Introduced 10 April 2003
Updated 11 December 2006