William Luxford (1797 - 1870)

Born 3 Feb 1797 in Hellingly, Sussex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Jasper (Nicholas) Luxford — married 14 Feb 1825 in St Mary Church, Eastbourne, Sussex, England

Descendants

Died 7 Apr 1870 at age 73 in Berhampore, Wellington, New Zealand

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Biography

William Luxford was the son of William Luxford and Fanny (Habgood) Luxford.

He was born at Hellingly, Sussex in 1797, worked as a corn merchant (lit. Corn Chandler) from at least 1829-31, then sailed with some of his siblings for New Zealand in 1839 on the Adelaide, arriving in Wellington March 1840.

William became a butcher on Lambton Quay, Wellington.

He died at age 74 at his home, Berhampore Farm in April 1870, and was buried in the Bolton Street Cemetery, Wellington.

In Business

Luxford & Ling (Firm): Wellington butchers firm from 1850s-1860s. Those involved included William, a Mr Benjamin Ling^[1], and William's sons George, Charles, Jabez, and William Nicholas Luxford.^[2][3]

Obituary

"We regret to notice in our obituary of today, the demise of an old and respected settler, Mr William Luxford, who died at Berhampore Farm on the 7th inst., at the advanced age of 74. Mr Luxford arrived in the Adelaide in the year 1840, and has since that time been a resident in the city of Wellington."[1] Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 15, Issue 780, 21 April 1870, Page 2.

Sources

1. ↑ http://niddfamily.blogspot.com/2012/06/isabella-sutherland-and-benjamin-ling.html
2. ↑ https://natlib.govt.nz/items/22501577
3. ↑ C E Luxford is Charles Edward, http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc01Cycl-t1-body-d4-d52.html

• https://www.geni.com/family-tree/index/6000000009719214623
• https://natlib.govt.nz/items/22501577
• Death: https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua, Death Registration. Accessed 29 February 2024: 1870/6212 - Luxford William aged 74 years
• Burial:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 September 2020), memorial page for William Luxford (3 Feb 1797–7 Apr 1870), Find a Grave Memorial no. 81587663, citing Bolton Street Cemetery, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand ; Maintained by John Shuck (contributor 46798527) .
  • Wellington Cemetery Search: Plot number 113.O. Record number 98367.

Find A Grave: Memorial #81587663