Amy Johnson Crow, on her blog No Story Too Small, has challenged her fellow bloggers to post 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. This is week thirty-six, in my attempt to catch up before the end of the year!
My great-great-great grandfather, Charles Lusty, was born in 1836 in King’s Stanley, Glouchestershire, England. His parents were John and Mary (Brinkworth) Lusty.
The 1841 English census finds the family in King’s Stanley. John (30) and Mary (25) are there along with John (9), Thomas (7) and Charles (5). John is listed as an agricultural labourer and Mary is a laundress.
The 1851 census finds the family in Cheltenham, Glouchestershire in Cottage H Lane. John (43) and Mary (39) were there along with John (19), Thomas (17) and Charles (14). Along with John, all three sons were listed as all agricultural labourers. Mary was still a laundress. Margaret (9), Elizabeth (7), Sarah (5), Louisa (2) and Harriet (4 months) were also in the home along with Martha Chew (18), a servant, and William Lusty (17), a visitor.
On November 22, 1857, Charles married Ellen Jeffries in Plumstead, Kent, following the publication of banns. They were married in St Nicholas Church. Twenty-one year old Charles is shown as a bachelor and labourer and his father, John, is listed as a labourer. Twenty-three year old Ellen is a spinster and her father, William, is a metal refiner.
By the 1861 census, the family is living in Greenwich East, Kent at 14 Bowater Terrace. John (54) and Mary (49) are in the home along with Charles (24) and Ellen (26) and their daughter Mary (2) and three week old son Charles. Also still at home are Sarah Ann (15), Louisa (13), Harriet (11), and George (8). John is still a labourer, Mary is still a laundress. Charles is now a brickmaker and Ellen is a dressmaker.
By the 1871 census, Charles (34) and Ellen (35) are on their own in Croydon, Surrey. With them are children Mary Elizabeth (12), Charles (7), Ellen Louisa (9), Rebecca (5) and Arthur (1). Charles is listed as an excavator and Ellen is a laundress. The family appears to have moved around frequently, as Mary Elizabeth was born in Woolwich, Kent; Charles in Peckham, Kent; Ellen in Blackheath, Kent, and Rebecca and Arthur in Croydon.
By the 1881 census, the family has moved again, this time to 3 Maybank Cottages in Lewisham. The family consists of Charles (44), Ellen (45) and children Charles (18), Rebecca (16) and Arthur (14). Charles at listed again as a brick maker; Ellen a dress maker. Charles Jr. was a general labourer, Rebecca was a domestic servant and Arthur was an errand boy.
In 1888, Charles and Ellen are found on the passenger list for the SS Lake Ontario, which sailed from Liverpool to Boston in January of that year. They were destined for Toronto, Ontario, where several of their children had already settled. Charles (60) and Ellen (62) are listed on the 1891 Canadian census living in St Paul’s Ward in York East. Charles is a stone cutter.
Ellen died on February 11, 1899.
Charles died on April 29, 1907 of pneumonia at Toronto General Hospital. He lived at 18 Wilton Avenue.
