William Charles Luxton m. Elizabeth Ellen Newbury

William Charles Luxton
Born 4 Feb 1836 at Taunton, Somerset
Baptism 22 May 1836 at Taunton
Died 15 Jul 1912 at 6 Kentwood Road, Nottingham
Parents Charles Luxton & Charlotte Townsend
Married Elizabeth Ellen Newbury on 18 Feb 1854 at Chard, SomersetAccording to the details in the 'Nottingham Photographic Studios in Victorian Times' by Bernard & Pauline Heathcote. Robert Evans had a studio at 8 Toll Street, Derby Road between the years 1883 - 1889.

Elizabeth Ellen Newbury
Born 30 Jun 1836 at Bridport, Dorset
Died 2/20 Aug 1919 at Stetchford, Warwickshire of 12 Aspley Place, Peverel Street, Nottingham
Parents William Newbury & Louisa Aplin

Children
Ellen Matilda Luxton born 2 Sep 1855 died 16 Oct 1858
Eliza Jane Luxton* born 3 Jul 1857 in Chard, Somerset died 22 Jul 1952 at St.Margaret's Hospital, Swindon
William James Luxton born 5 Feb 1859 in Chard died 29 Dec 1929 at Nottingham
Matilda Luxton born 10 Mar 1861 in Chard
Eunice Ellen Luxton born 17 Jan 1863 in Chard
Lois Ann Luxton born 13 Jan 1865 in Chard died 30 Mar 1920 at Blythe Bridge
Alfred Charles Luxton born 16 Nov 1866 in Chard died 1 Jun 1869 at Chard
Henrietta Luxton born 13 May 1869 in Chard 29 Oct 1955 at Ealing, London Fredrick Newbury Luxton born 22 Dec 1870 in Chard died 9 Jun 1937 at Nottingham
Walter Henry Luxton born 1 Jan 1873 in Chard died 15 Oct 1898 at Nottingham
Alfred William Luxton born 10 Nov 1875 in Chard died 27 Feb 1922 at Rotherham WR
Elizabeth Emily Luxton born 26 Oct 1877 in Chard This photo was taken on 29 July 1894 according to the late Alf Luxton. From left to right Walter Henry, Frederick Newberry, Alfred William, Eunice Ellen, Eliza, Father, Mother, William James, Matilda, Henrietta, Elizabeth 'Bessie' Emily, Lois Ann. We know William's date of birth from his father's book. It has been confirmaed by dates written on a piece of paper found in my grandmother's effects. These names & dates look as if they have been copied from a family bible or something similar. The above reads ...

Parents & Children

William Charles Luxton was born February 4th 1836
Elizabeth Ellen Luxton was born June 30th 1836
Married Feb 18th 1854
Ellen Matilda Luxton was born September 2nd 1855
Eliza Luxton was born July 3rd 1857
William James Luxton born February 5th 1859
Matilda Luxton born March 10th 1861
Eunice Ellen Luxton born January 17th 1863
Lois Ann Luxton born January 13th 1865
Ellen Matilda Luxton died October 16th 1858
Alfred Charles Luxton born November 11th 1861
Henrietta Luxton born May 13th 1864
Frederick Newbury Luxton born Dec 22nd 1870
Walter Henry Luxton born January 1st 1873
Alfred William Luxton born November 10th 1875
Elizabeth Emily born October 26th 1877
Alfred Charles Luxton died June 1st 1869
Ellen Matilda Luxton died October 16th 1858

In 1851 Charles was a 15 year old lacehand and in the 1861 census for 10 Margaret's Hill South Chard he was still a lacehand. By 1871 he was a lacemaker but by 1881 he and most of his family had moved to 5 Belvoir Terrace, Derby Rd, Nottingham, another centre of the lace trade, where he was still working as a lacemaker. His wife was a lace mender and his daughter Matilda was a lace winder.

His marriage certificate does not give either his or his wife's second christian names: it is witnessed by a Mary Newberry, probably a sister of Elizabeth Ellen. His wife came from Bridport & was the daughter of William Newberry, a lacehand & Louisa Newberry nee Aplin, who had been married on 12 Oct 1828.

After William Newberry's death in 1842, Louisa and four of her children (Elizabeth Ellen, Matilda, Joseph & William) were removed from the Parish of Chard back to Beaminster in Dorset where Louisa was born. They were receiving parish relief in Chard at a time when parish funds were low and the Churchwardens & Overseers of the Poor therefore had removed from Chard any recipients of relief who did not have a legal settlement there.

We have copies of the documents relating to this removal, dated January 1849. The ages given for the children on these documents are two & three years below their true ages in all cases - possibly to ensure that they stayed with their mother. There were two older children not named in the removal: William who may have died before these events took place, and Thomas James whose great grand daughter Mary Quinney nee Newberry gave us this information. Two other children of the Newberry family died in infancy, John Earle Newberry & William Earle Newberry, both named after their paternal grand mother Eleanor Earle. Louisa herself was the base born daughter of Elizabeth Aplin born 11 Jul 1808 & baptised 10 Jun 1810 at Beaminster.

Ellen Matilda Luxton: was born 2 Sep 1855 & died 16 Oct 1858. She was buried at St Mary's Church, Chard, Somerset on 19 Oct 1858 (aged 3). The entry in the burial register states the family living at Perry Street.

Eliza Jane Luxton* Eliza married James Notley on 22 Dec 1883 at St Mark's Church New Swindon. James Notley was a machine-man & Eliza was the resident nurse for the Great Western Railway at Swindon, having trained at Bristol Infirmary. We are in contact with their great grand daughter Lois Brown of Fordingbridge.

William James Luxton: William was born in Chard on 5 Feb 1859. He was a 2 year old living with his parents at 10 Margarets Hill Chard in 1861 & by 1871 he was 12 year old scholar. He married Lydia Hayball in 1878 at Chard. Banns of marriage were read at Chard in 1878 - James Luxton of this parish, bachelor & Lydia Hayball of this parish, spinster ~ November 24th, December 1st & December 8th - CH Norwood.

1881 Census - 7 Mill Street, Lenton, Nottingham

William J Luxton - Head - M - 22 - Lace Maker - Somerset, Chard ... Lydia Luxton - Wife - M - 21 - Somerset, Chard ... William W Hutchings - Boarder - Um - 21 - Carriage & ??? Maker - Somerset, Chard ... Henry Barnes - Boarder - Um - 17 - Lace Maker - Somerset, Chard

1891 Census - 87 Norton Street, Radford, Nottingham

William J Luxton - Head - M - 32 - Lace Maker - Somerset Chard ... Lydia Luxton - Wife - M - 31 - Somerset, Chard ... Rosa ?Lettby? - Neice - S - 17 - Dressmaker - Somerset, Chard

1901 Census - 6 Alice Lane, Nottingham

William J Luxton - Head - M - 42 - Lace Maker - Somerset, Chard ... Lydia Luxton - Wife - M - 41 - Somerset, Chard

In Jun 1918 Lydia died & in 1919 he married a Susan Wilkinson in Nottingham. They were living at 23 Beckenham Road, Nottingham at the time of their deaths. William died 20 Dec 1929 at 7 Hucknall Rd and left £269.13.11 Susan died 5 Dec 1926 leaving £215.14.9

Matilda Luxton: Matilda was born on 10 Mar 1861 at Chard, Somerset. In 1871 she was a 10 year old scholar & by the 1881 census she was described as a 21 year old Lace Cotton Winder. She married George Jeffard on 18 Sep 1887 at Nottingham.

1891 Census - 55 Liddington Street, Basford, Nottingham

George S Jefford - Head - M - 32 - Lace Maker - Notts Radford ... Matilda Jefford - Wife - M -30 - Somerset, Chard ... Albert Jefforson - Son - Um - 10 - Scholar - Notts ??? ... Beatrice Jefforson - Daur - Um - 1 - Notts, Basford

Matilda Jefford died in 1895 aged 34

Eunice Ellen Luxton: Eunice Ellen was born 17 Jan 1863 at Chard, Somerset. On the 1871 census she was described as an 8 year old lace hand living with her parents in Chard. In 1881 she was working as a general servant, aged 1, in the house of Martha Parnell at Westbury On Trym in Gloucestershire. Four years later she married Willie James Charlesworth in 1885. They were married at the Parish Church in Radford on Christmas Eve 1885 after Banns. Willie James Charlesworth was a 21 year old bachelor living at 26 Prince Street and was a mechanic. His father, George Charlesworth, was a frame work knitter. Eunice Ellen Luxton was a 22 year old spinster living at 5 Addington Rd. Her father, William Charles Luxton, was a lace hand. Both signed the register & Jesse Charlesworth & Matilda Luxton were witnesses (Matilda being Eunice Ellen's sister). They had nine children, Eunice Ellen born 1886, Lillian born 1887, Ernest born 1889, Louisa born 1891, William born 1895, Arnold born 1899 Percy born 1902, Leslie born 1903 and May born 1905.

1891 Census - Springheath Cottage, Saltley, Aston, Warwickshire

William J Charlesworth - Head - M - 26 - Ammunition Toolmaker - Radford, Notts ... Eunice Ellen Charlesworth - Wife - M - 28 - Somerset ... Eunice Ellen Charlesworth - Daur - 5 - Woolwich, Kent ... Lillian Beatrice Charlesworth - Daur - 3 - Radford, Notts ... Ernest C L Charlesworth - Son - 2 - Grantham, Lincolnshire ... Louisa Charlesworth - Daur - 3 weeks - Saltley, Birmingham ... Elizabeth E Luxton - Wife's sister - Um - 13 - Somerset

1901 Census - 20 Bowyer Road, Saltley, Aston, Warwickshire

Eunice Ellen Charlesworth - Head - M - 38 - Somerset, Chard ... Eunice E Charlesworth - Daur - 15 - Milliners Apprentice - Kent, Woolwich ... Lillian B Charlesworth - Daur - 13 - Radford, Notts ... Ernest C Charlesworth - 12 - Grantham, Lincoln ... Lois M Charlesworth - Daur - 10 - Warwick, Birmingham ... William J Charlesworth - Son - 5 - Warwick, Birmingham ... Arnold B Charlesworth - Son - 2 - Warwick, Birmingham

The four girls never married. Ernest married 'Flossie' and had a son Bob. May Charlesworth who still lives at Malvern has a funeral card of her Uncle Fred, where the name is spelled Frederick Newbury. Alf Luxtn has a bible presented to Eunice Ellen from a friend dated Thursday 17th January 1884 ~ almost certainly a 21st birthday present.

Lois Ann Luxton: Lois was born on 13 Jan 1865 at Chard, Somerset. In 1871 she was living with her family at Chilson Common in Chard. On the 1881 census Lois is recorded at 2 Pritchard Street, St Pauls, Bristol as an unmarried servant, aged 16. We have been unable to find her in the 1891 Census although we do have a reference found in my great, great Grandmother's papers dated 7 April 1881 from Bristol Royal Infirmary for an Ann Luxton, a nurse who had trained there from 10 July 1878. We do not know to whom this refers but the possibility exists that it was Lois Ann. It would seem, from Rice family legend that at some stage Lois Ann must have moved to Cullen near Banff, because she met John Henry Rice there, and as late as the early 1980's there were still Luxtons living in Cullen.

Lois Ann was a nurse, and we believe she came to Stoke to nurse Alice Mary, John Henry's first wife. At Christmas 1897 she was living at 121 London Road Stoke, as we have been shown a Christmas card she sent to John Henry in that year.

She married John Henry Rice at Stoke on 15 Aug 1898.

1901 Census - Linton Ville, Regent Street, Stoke on Trent - John H Rice - Head - M - 61 - Railway Manager - Cheshire, Prestbury ... Lois A Rice - Wife - M - 36 - Somerset, Petworth ... Henry R Rice - Son - 1 - Staffs, Stoke on Trent

We think she may have nursed in India at some stage, and the family has a christening gown of silk that she bought back from India. This was made for Henry Richard's christening and has been used for all their descendents since.

She died 30 Mar 1920 leaving £1,297.11.3, probate being granted to her husband and son.

Alfred Charles Luxton:

Alfred Charles was born 16 Nov 1866 in Chard & died 1 Jun 1869 at Chard. His death is registered just as Alfred Luxton.

Henrietta Luxton: Henrietta was born in Chard on 13 May 1869.

On the 1871 & 1881 census she is described as a scholar & in 1891, still living at home with her family in Radford, she is described as a 21 year old lace mender.

Henrietta married Thomas Charles Phasey on 13 Mar 1897 in Radford Nottingham.

1901 Census - 8 Edith Terrace, Radford

Thos C Pheasey - Head - M - 34 - Gas Fitter - Salop, Shrewsbury ... Henrietta Pheasey - Wife - M - 31 - Lace mender ?Levers? - Somerset, Chard ... Ernest Pheasey - Nephew - 13 - Barbers Apprentice - London, Middlesex

Not much is known about the family apart from them living in London in the years following the Second World War. Lois Brown remembers her as having 'snow white hair and jet black eyebrows. She was very jolly and made a joke about an Italian ancestor, but her husband said she was related to the monkey on the music box played by an Italian.' Henrietta died 29 Oct 1955 at 1 Swanscombe Road, Chiswick, leaving £2,082.12.2.

Frederick Newberry Luxton: Fredrick Newbury Luxton was born on 22 Dec 1870 in Chard. On the 1871 census he was 3 months old & by the time he was 10, in 1881, he was a scholar. The 1891 census describes him as a 21 year old Lace Threader living with his parents at 34 Burkin Ave, Radford.

He married Mary Jane Dykes in Nottingham on 5 Aug 1893.

1901 Census - 17 Denison Street, Old Radford, Nottingham

Fred Luxton - Head - M - 30 - Lacemaker - Chard, Somerset ... Jane Luxton - Wife - M - 30 - Nottingham ... Clarice Luxton - Daur - 6 - Nottingham

He died 9 Jun 1937 at 27 Belper Rd, Nottingham, leaving £1,685.1.8. Mary Jane died 12 Aug 1939 leaving £37.16.8. She was known to the family as Polly. They had two children, Clarice & Ivy.

Walter Henry Luxton: Walter Henry Luxton was born on 1 Jan 1873 in Chard & died 15 Oct 1898 at Nottingham. He married Elsie May in Nottingham in 1893. As far as we know he had one son, Sidney. We are told that he enlisted in the Durham Light Infantry in 1891 aged 18, and died 15 Oct 1898. He is commemorated on his father's tombstone in Nottingham. As we have been given this information further research is needed to find out if both father & son died on the same day?

Alfred William Luxton: Alfred William Luxton was born on 10 Nov 1875 in Chard. In 1881 he is described as a 5 year old scholar & in 1891 he is a 15 year old General Labourer.

He had a son called Harry born 5 Dec 1897 prior to his marriage, by a Hannah Mary Ann Wright in Leicester. This son called himself Harry Wright and died in 1974 in Canada.

Alfred married Ada Mather 21 Jul 1902 and stood as a Labour candidate in the Rotherham municipal elections three times, losing to the liberal candidate each time. He joined the Yorks. & Lancs. Regiment in 1915. He had a large family of eight of whom our informant Alf Luxton was the youngest.

Elizabeth Emily Luxton: was known as Bessie. She married a George Henry Pinkstone in Nottingham in 1904: Alf Luxton had a photograph of the couple.

1841 CENSUS
Taunton St James Tancred Street, Concord Place

Charles Luxton - 25 - Lace maker - yes
Charlotte Luxton - 25 - lace maker - no
Eliza Luxton - 7 - yes
William Luxton - 5 - yes
James Luxton - 5 months - yes

1851 CENSUS
Viney Court, Tiverton, Devon

Charles Luxton - Head - Mar - 37 - Lace Hand - Somerset Taunton
Charlotte Luxton - Wife - Mar - 37 - Devon Tiverton
William C Luxton - Son - Um - 16 - Lace Hand - Somerset Taunton
James Luxton - Son - Um - 10 - Lace Hand - Somerset Taunton
Alfred Luxton - Son - Um - 7 - Scholar - Somerset Taunton
Elizabeth Luxton - Daur - Um - 1 - Devon Tiverton
Mary Townsend - MinL - Wid - 73 - Pauper - Devon Tiverton

1861 CENSUS
10 Margarets Hill, Chard, Somerset

William C Luxton - Head - Mar - 25 - Lacehand - Somerset Taunton
Elizabeth E Luxton - Wife - Mar - 25 - Dorset Bridport
Eliza Luxton - Daur - Um - 3 - Scholar - Somerset Chard
William J Luxton - Son - Um - 2 - Somerset Chard
Matilda Luxton - Daur - Um - 1mth - Somerset Chard

1871 CENSUS
Chilson Common, Chard, Somerset

William C Luxton - Head - Mar - 35 - Lace hand - Somerset Taunton
Elizabeth E Luxton - Wife - Mar - 34 - Lace mender - Dorset Bridport
Eliza Luxton - Daur - Um - 13 - Scholar - Somerset Chard
William J Luxton - Son - Um - 12 - Scholar - Somerset Chard
Matilda Luxton - Daur - Um - 10 - Scholar - Somerset Chard
Eunice E Luxton - Daur - Um - 8 - Lace hand - Somerset Taunton
Lois A Luxton - Daur - Um - 6 - Scholar - Somerset Chard
Henrietta Luxton - Daur - Um - 1 - Somerset Chard
Fredrick N Luxton - Son - Um - 3mth - Somerset Chard

1881 CENSUS
5 Belvoir Terrace, St Mary's, Nottingham

William C Luxton - Head - Mar - 45 - Lace Maker - Somerset Taunton
Elizabeth E Luxton - Wife - Mar - 44 - Lace Mender - Dorset Bridport
Matilda Luxton - Daur - Um - 21 - Lace cotton winder - Somerset Chard
Henrietta Luxton - Daur - Um - 11 - Scholar - Somerset Chard
Fredrick N Luxton - Son - Um - 10 - Scholar - Somerset Chard
Walter H Luxton - Son - Um - 8 - Scholar - Somerset Chard
Alfred W Luxton - Son - Um - 5 - Scholar - Somerset Chard
Elizabeth E Luxton - Daur - Um - 3 - Scholar - Somerset Chard

1891 CENSUS
34 Burkin Ave, Radford, Nottingham

William C Luxton - Head - Mar - 55 - Lace Maker - Somerset Taunton
Elizabeth E Luxton - Wife - Mar - 54 - Lace Mender - Dorset Bridport
Henrietta Luxton - Daur - Um - 21 - Lace Mender - Somerset Chard
Fredrick N Luxton - Son - Um - 20 - Lace Threader - Somerset Chard
Walter H Luxton - Son - Um - 18 (can't read) Somerset Chard
Alfred W Luxton - Son - Um - 15 - General Labourer - Somerset Chard

1901 CENSUS
2 Bramcote Terrace, Bramcote Street, Part of Old Radford, Nottingham

William C Luxton - Head - Mar - 65 - Lace Maker - Somerset Taunton
Elizabeth E Luxton - Wife - Mar - 64 - Dorset Bridport
Henry Wright - Nurse Child - 3 - Leicester

William Charles himself died at 6 Kentwood Road, Nottingham, leaving £258.19.2. We have a picture of his grave in Nottingham - though we do not know at which cemetery. His wife Elizabeth Ellen is not named on the stone, but his son Walter Henry is. She was living at 12 Aspley Place, Peverill Street, Nottingham but died on 20 Aug 1919 at the home of her daughter Eunice Charlesworth, 148 Albert Road, Stetchford, Warwickshire, leaving £450.18.9.