Daniel was born in Notting Hill, son of Daniel Ludgate Flack and Ann, nee Mawson. Daniel and Ann, both Londoners, were married in Marylebone in 1841. Daniel (Sr)'s mother was Elizabeth Ludgate. In 1841 Daniel (Sr) was a Plasterer.
Daniel (Jr) was married twice. To Louisa Dadds, in 1865 in Maidstone, and to Laura Ellen Lidwell in 1882, in Hammersmith and Fulham. Daniel and Louisa had six children before Louisa died in Chepstow in 1879.
In 1851 Daniel was living with his mother Ann, Annuitant, and brother Frederick,
in Sussex Terrace, Hammersmith. Father Daniel died in 1844.
Between 1859 and 1864, Daniel was registered as a Clerk with the Great Western Railway, based at Paddington.
In 1861, still with Ann (a property Owner) and Frederick, Daniel was in High St., St Pancras. He was a Railway Clerk and Frederick a Lawyer's Clerk.
When he married Louisa Dadds, in Maidstone, he was described as late of Varna, Turkey. At the time the British were investing in railway development in Turkey. Varna is in modern Bulgaria, on the Black Sea in the 1860s it was still part of the Ottoman Empire.
Daniel was a Lodger in St Austell, Cornwall, in 1871, employed as a Colliery Agent.
Louisa, with children Bertha, aged 3, born Surrey, Herbert Ludgate, aged 2, and Alice Mary aged 1 (both born in Monmouthshire), was in Christchurch, Monmouthshire Louisa described as wife of Colliery Agent and Head of Household. Louisa's sister Fanny and two Servants completed the household.
By 1881 Daniel was a widower, living in Chepstow with, Herbert, Frederick William, 9, Reginald, 7, and Ida, 5 all born in Chepstow. Laura Lidwell was also there a 23-year-old Lady Housekeeper. There were also a Cook, Housemaid and Coachman.
Laura was born in Westminster, daughter of Joseph Lidwell, a Chemist, and Mary Ann.
Laura and Daniel returned to London for their wedding in 1882.
The family had moved to Penarth before 1891, Daniel described as a Merchant Shipper. Daughter Bertha was with them, plus Mary Laura 6, Dorothy Victoria 4 and Charlotte Augusta, 2, all born in Penarth. There were also a Cook, Nurse, Parlour Maid and Housemaid.
During the 1890s, Daniel was listed as an Elector in the City of London by virtue of owning 2 properties in Leadenhall St. Hed had a Coal Merchants Business there with Tom Armstrong, dissolved in1879.
By 1901 they were back in England, at Mayford House, Sutton, Surrey. Daniel was a Merchant Shipper, coal, fuel, etc. The family was Bertha, single, son Frederick William with no occupation, Ida, Mary, Dorothy, Charlotte, son Hugh, 9, born Penarth plus Laura's widowed mother Mary Lidwell, a Governess, Nurse and 4 other Domestic Servants.
By 1911 Daniel had moved his family to West Worthing, to Airedale, Boundary Road. He was then an Export Merchant, dealing in coal, fuel, and general goods.
Daughters Mary Laura, Dorothy, Charlotte Augusta, were there, plus Frederick William, a Grazier. Also a Lady's Maid, Parlour Maid, Cook and Kitchenmaid.
Daniel and Laura had had 5 children by 1911.
Still a Property Owner, Daniel was on the Register of Electors in 1919 and 1920, with Laura, for St Helens Place Bishopsgate in the City of London address Airedale, Boundary Road.....
When Daniel died in 1920, he left his considerable estate to Laura. When she died, still living at Airedale, her son Frederick William Flack, Farmer, was her Executor.