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Lincolnshire Lookup Requests / Mary Walker
« on: Saturday 31 October 09 13:34 GMT (UK) »
I am unable to find a missing piece in the puzzle of Mary Walker and her husband Samuel Luff. I have had help previously through Rootschat.
Samuel Luff b 1798 married Mary Walker b 1801 in 1818, Gedney, Lincolnshire.
Samuel's parents were Francis Luff and Susannah Sparrow. Mary's parents were George Walker and Mary Wright.
Samuel and Mary had three children:
Susannah Luff b 1819 - left England in 1837 with her husband William Hobbs and went to Australia
Ezekiel Luff b 1821 - appears on the 1841 census living with Kezia Midlenton?
William Luff b 1824 appears on the 1841 census living with the Gilbert family.
It seems strange that their sons were not living with Mary.
Samuel Luff went to America and started a new life - it it thought he left England about 1835? Several other siblings and their families went at the same time. Were Samuel and Mary living apart before he left - the story handed down from his American descendants is that Mary refused to go to America and so Samuel left her behind?
Samuel remarried in America in 1845 and had another 4 children.
What happened to Mary Walker?
A Mary Walker died in 1855 - Gedney but this Mary Walker appears on various family trees and I do not know if she belongs to my family.
Did Mary remarry? I hope someone can help me solve this mystery.
Aileen
Samuel Luff b 1798 married Mary Walker b 1801 in 1818, Gedney, Lincolnshire.
Samuel's parents were Francis Luff and Susannah Sparrow. Mary's parents were George Walker and Mary Wright.
Samuel and Mary had three children:
Susannah Luff b 1819 - left England in 1837 with her husband William Hobbs and went to Australia
Ezekiel Luff b 1821 - appears on the 1841 census living with Kezia Midlenton?
William Luff b 1824 appears on the 1841 census living with the Gilbert family.
It seems strange that their sons were not living with Mary.
Samuel Luff went to America and started a new life - it it thought he left England about 1835? Several other siblings and their families went at the same time. Were Samuel and Mary living apart before he left - the story handed down from his American descendants is that Mary refused to go to America and so Samuel left her behind?
Samuel remarried in America in 1845 and had another 4 children.
What happened to Mary Walker?
A Mary Walker died in 1855 - Gedney but this Mary Walker appears on various family trees and I do not know if she belongs to my family.
Did Mary remarry? I hope someone can help me solve this mystery.
Aileen