Flora Luff (buried 1920)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Luff
First name: 
Flora
Other Christian names: 
Caroline
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
Yes
Burial number: 
974
Born: 
0/0/1890
Died: 
30/12/1919
Buried: 
03/01/1920
Occupation: 
Wife of Archibald Percy Luff
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
EB
Cemetery row: 
3
Cemetery plot: 
3
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of Flora Caroline Luff fell asleep 30th Dec. 1919 aged 29 years. A devoted wife and mother.

Life story

Life story

Flora was born in the village of Tortington, Sussex, daughter of George and Caroline. She was baptised there on 27 Apr 1890. Her father was a railway signalman based at Ford Junction. In 1910, Flora married Archibald Percy Luff at New Fishbourne on 4 Oct. The following year they had a son Edward but sadly he died the same year. The couple were living in Worthing by then in a cottage on the north side of the railway line in Tarring. By 1915, they had moved to 2 Elm Grove where their daughter Doris Flora was born on 19 Dec. The same year, Percy enlisted in the Royal Garrison Army, serving in France in 1916. He was discharged in 1919. Flora died on 30 Dec 1919 of pulmonary tuberculosis. No probate. Archibald remarried in 1921.

Burial researcher: 
Carol Sullivan

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1890
Address at birth: 
Tortington, Sussex, England
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Peskett
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Archibald Percy
Spouse one last name: 
Luff
Marriage one date: 
04/10/1910
Marriage one address: 
New Fishbourne, Sussex, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
30/12/1919
Cause of death: 
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Address at time of death: 
2 Elm Grove, Worthing, Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1891 census: 

Ford Junction, Ford, Sussex George aged 49, railway signalman. Caroline aged 42. Nellie aged 11. Ernest Charles aged 10. Reginald Walter aged 6. Mabel Clara aged 4. Flora Caroline aged 1.

1901 census: 

Railway Cottages, Ford Junction, Ford, Sussex George aged 59, railway signalman. Caroline aged 50. Ernest aged 20, railway parcels clerk. Flora aged 11.

1911 census: 

4 Brighton Terrace, Tarring, Worthing. (South Street Tarring, right of the railway line) Archibald aged 23, gardener. Flora aged 21.