William
Henry Luxton (1850 - 1946) - age 96
William Luxton married Mary Ellen Rowland
Jones, dressmaker, (1851 - 1939) at St Marys'
Church, Birkenhead on December 6, 1874. William
went to America for a while to seek his fortune,
according to Mrs Penny Moxon who is in
possession of letters he sent home. This must
have been about 1881, when the census in that
year shows his wife and children living with
her parents in Birkenhead. Mary Ellen Rowland
Luxton of 43 Beb Nevis Road, Birkenhead,
died aged 88 on June 27 1939 and probate of
her personal estate valued at £555.18
shillings was granted in London on September
23, to her son, Thomas Luxton, accountant.
following the death of his wife William Henry
Luxton went to live with son John
in Birkenhead. He died aged 96 on August 26,
1946 and was buried at Beddinton Cemetery, Birkenhead.
1881:
Census - 84, Oxton Road, Birkenhead Cheshire
Thomas Rowland Jones - Head - Married
- age 50 (1831) - Bootmaker Employing 6 Men
- born Liverpool, Lancashire
Jane Jones - Wife - age 47 (1834) - born
Manchester, Lancashire
Mary Ellen Luxton
- Daughter - Married - age 30 (1851) - Dressmaker
- born Newcastle, Northumberland -
William's wife
Thomas Jones - Son - Single - age 27
(1854) - Carrier Unemployed - Penrith, Cumberland
Ann JaneWilson - Daughter - Married -
age 25 (1856) - born Birkenhead, Cheshire
John Joseph Jones - Son - Single - age
22 (1859) - Shopman Shoeshop - born Birkenhead,
Cheshire
William Wilkinson Jones - Son - Single
- age 20 (1861) - Shopman Shoeshop - born Birkenhead,
Cheshire
Isabella Rowland Jones - Daughter - Single
- age 18 (1863) - born Birkenhead, Cheshire
Agnes Mc Connachie Jones - Daughter age
14 (1867) - Scholar - born Birkenhead, Cheshire
William Henry Wilson - Son In Law - Married
- age 34 (1847) - Glass Stainer & Painter
- born Liverpool, Lancashire
William John Iwing - Cousin - Single
- age 31 (1850) - Mariner Chief Officer - born
Scotland
Edward Fahy - Workman - Single - age
19 (1862) - Shoemaker - born Ireland
John Luxton - Grand
Son - age 2 (1879) - born Tranmere, Cheshire
Frank Luxton - Grand Son - age 0 (1881)
- born Oxton, Cheshire
Where was William Henry
Luxton
?
Unable to find him at this time
1911:
Census - Engineer 120 Oxton Road Birkenhead
Cheshire
William Henry Luxton
- Head - Married - age 60 (1851) - Mecanichal
Engineer Metal Turner - born Ilchester Somerset
Mary E. R. Luxton - Wife - married 36
years - age 60 (1851) - Shop Keeper - born Newcastle
Northumberland
John Luxton - Son - Single - age 32 (1879)
- Clerk - born Birkenhead Cheshire
Frank Luxton - Son - Single - age 30
(1881) - Commercial Traveller - born Birkenhead
Cheshire
Jane R. Jones - Mother In Law - Widow
- age 78 (1833) - Manchester Lancashire
Ethel Brown - Servant - Widow - age 30
(1881) - General Servant Domestic - born Essex
More on Mary Ellen
Rowland Jones
Mary
Ellen Rowland Jones parents
1848: Marriage record - Thomas Roland
Jones married Sarah Hesketh at Liverpool
- Sep quarter (20 173)
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- Child of William Henry Luxton (1850)
and Mary Ellen Rowland Jones |
Thomas
Luxton (1876 - 1955) William and Marys'
eldest son born in Birkenhead on September
14, 1876 married Mary "Polly"
Pritchard at Mount Tabor Chapel, birkenhead
on August 3, 1903. The pair moved to Bradford
where Thomas initially worked for Mr Neville
a Solicitor, before becoming an accountant
and estate agent. Thomas Luxton of 20
Westcliffe Road, Shipley, Yorks died aged
78 on August 4, 1955 and probate of his
personal estate valued £1010..5..2
was granted to his widow in London on
September 13. Mary Luxton died aged 87
in Scaeton Park Hospital, Burl Ilkley,
Yorkshire on July 3, 1966 and probate
of her estate valued a £2145 was
granted in London to their son Cyril Luxton,
chartered accountant and daughter Elsie
Luxton, spinster.
1 -
Child of Thomas Luxton (1876)
and Mary Pritchard
Edith Mary Luxton
born May 13, 1904 who married Arthur
Shacklock Hyde at Bethnal Primitive
Methodist Church, Windhill, Yorkshire
on October 16, 1926. Edith who died
in Baildon, Shopley, Yorkshire on November
16, 1980 they had a son and daughter.
2 -
Child of Thomas Luxton (1876)
and Mary Pritchard
Dr Reginald William
Luxton (1905 - 1984) M.D. (Manc)
F.R.C.P. was born on August 12, 1905
in Shipley and qualified as a doctor
in Manchester and London. He died peacefully
at home in Shipley in his 79th year
on July 17, 1984 leaving and estate
valued at £194,143. A number of
articles Reginald wrote were published
in the Lancet and other medical journals.
He was interested too in family genealogy
and corresponded with the late Frances
Luxton of West Chapel, Winkleigh and
visited Brushford.
3 -
Child of Thomas Luxton (1876)
and Mary Pritchard
Thomas Edwin Luxton
born in 1907 died March 28, 1908.
4 -
Child of Thomas Luxton (1876)
and Mary Pritchard
Elsie Luxton (1909
- 1990) lived in Baildon, Shipley, Yorkshire.
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02
- Child of William Henry Luxton (1850)
and Mary Ellen Rowland Jones |
John
Luxton (1878 - 1959) born in Tranmere,
Chechire. John never married and died
at St Catherines' Hospital, Birkenhead
on May 16, 1958 leaving a personal estate
valued at £1277..77.6.
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03
- Child of William Henry Luxton (1850)
and Mary Ellen Rowland Jones |
Frank
Luxton 1880 - see left menu
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