See also

John Henry Sleep Luscombe (1851-1871?)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • Jan 1851

  • Stoke Damerel, Devon2 3

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  • Address: 14 Marlborough Street

    His date and place of birth was determined from his age (3 months) and the address given in the 1851 Census which took place on 30 March and the CRI(E&W) entry for his birth.

  • Census (living with parents):

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 0)

  • 1851 Census - living with parents

  • Present (sibling):

  • 4 Jan 1859 (age 7-8)

  • Present at Baptism of his sister Clara Amelia

  • Occupation:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 10)

  • Scholar; Stoke Damerel, Devon4

  • Census (living with parents):

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 10)

  • 1861 Census - living with parents

  • Death:

  • 5 Jan 1871 (est) (age 19)

  • Stoke Damerel, Devon5 6 7

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  • Address: 23 Marlborough Street

    John's death was estimated from the date of his burial which is known to be 12 January 1871. Without a Death Certificate it is not possible to be certain about the exact date or cause of his death. It is assumed that he died at home.

  • Burial:

  • 12 Jan 1871 (age 19)

  • Ford Park Cemetary7

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  • Address: Plymouth, Devon

    John was buried in Ford Park Cemetery because the graveyard of his Parish Church was full. The distance between his home and the cemetery was 2 miles. How his body was transported is not known but it would have been accompanied by his parents and perhaps a few friends. The burial service was non-denominational which probable means that the chapel was not used and there was short graveside committal service. The use of a common grave to bury John indicated that his parents did not have the means to pay for a plot with private burial rights although they would have paid burial itself. Common grave plots were used to bury the bodies of unrelated individuals who had died over the course of a few days and were not marked with any kind of headstone so John would not have been formally commemorated.

Sources

1.

General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of John Henry Sleep Luscombe, (FMP website). Custom Id: Births 1851 Q1 Stoke Damerel, Vol. 9 Page 516; Quarter and Year Jan-Mar 1851Surname LuscombeGiven NamesJohn Henry Sleep. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.

2.

1851 England Census for Household of John Luscombe in Stoke Damerel, Devon, (FMP website). Custom Id: HO/107/1882, Folio 182, Page 26, Schedule 128; John Henry S. Luscombe age 3 months son of John & Amelia Luscombe born in Devonport, Devon. National Archives. Call Number: HO107/1882.

3.

General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of John Henry Sleep Luscombe, (FMP website). Custom Id: Births 1851 Q1 Stoke Damerel, Vol. 9 Page 516; Cit. Date: Q1 1851. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.

4.

1861 Census for Household of John Luscombe in Stoke Damerel, Devon, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG9/1452, Folio 28, Page 49, Schedule 336; National Archives. Call Number: RG9/1452.

5.

General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Death of John Henry S. Luscombe, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: Deaths 1871 Q1 Vol. 5b, Page 257; Cit. Date: Q1 1871. General Register Office. Call Number: Deaths.

6.

1871 England Census for Household of John Luscombe in Stoke Damerel, Devon, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG10/2134, Folio 7, Page 9, Schedule 57; Address: 23, Marlborough Street, Stoke Damerel, Devonport. National Archives. Call Number: RG10/2134.

7.

Burial of John Henry S Luscombe, Ford Park Cemetary, Plymouth, Devon, 12 January 1871, Plymouth and West Devon Record Office