The 'Luxton' Family


 

 

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William Henry Luxton
1850 - 1946
 
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Husband:

William Henry Luxton  

Born:

1850 Yeovil - Jun quarter (10 588)
Died: August 26, 1946 Birkenhead - age 96
Liverpool S. - Sep quarter (10d 427)
Buried:   Beddinton Cemetery, Birkenhead.
Parents John Luxton (1810)
&
Mary Ann Facey
 
 
 

Wife:

Mary Ellen Rowland Jones  

Born:

1851 Newcastle upon Tyne - Mar quarter (25 371)
Died: June 27, 1939 43 Beb Nevis Road, Birkenhead - age 88
Birkenhead - Jun quarter (8a 655)
Buried:    
Parents Thomas Rowland Jones
&
Jane Hesketh
 

 

Married:

December 6, 1874 St Mary's Church, Birkenhead
Birkenhead - Dec quarter (8a 750)

 

 

Children:

Name:

Date of birth:
Birth Place:
Thomas Luxton * more below Septemer 14, 1876 Birkenhead - Dec quarter 8a / 303
John Luxton * more below Abt 1878 Birkenhead - Dec quarter 8a / 520 ?
Frank Luxton * see left menu September 11, 1880 Birkenhead - Dec quarter 8a / 468

 

 

 

File Information:

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)



01 - 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.

 
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.

 
03 - Child of William Henry Luxton (1850) and Mary Ellen Rowland Jones  

Frank Luxton 1880 - see left menu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 


 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

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