Biography:
Edward Lucas
1820 –1865
Edward Lucas
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Unmarked grave Edward Burr Lucas (1820-1865)
Edward was born in 1820 Ashwell, Herts, to William and Ann Lucas.
On 12 April 1841 he married Anne Walduck in Ashwell. She was a local girl whose father was an agricultural labourer. At that point Edward was a rat catcher and they lived in Back Lane, Ashwell.
Edward John was born 1843 and Egbert William in 1845 but they were left motherless when Anne died in early 1846.
In 1847 Edward married Ann Bird from Berkhamsted.
In the 1851 census the family are recorded at Rose Cottage, Northchurch and Edward had become a railway policeman.
In 1861 he was running a beer house in Ravens Lane. Egbert, an apprentice hoop maker (for barrel making) was still at home and they had three lodgers.
2 September 1862 Edward applied for a licence for The Boat Inn, Gravel Path which was granted.
He died November 1865 aged 45. Ann took over the pub and is listed as licensee in the 1866 Post Office Directory.
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Unmarked grave Edward Burr Lucas (1820-1865)
Edward was born in 1820 Ashwell, Herts, to William and Ann Lucas.
On 12 April 1841 he married Anne Walduck in Ashwell. She was a local girl whose father was an agricultural labourer. At that point Edward was a rat catcher and they lived in Back Lane, Ashwell.
Edward John was born 1843 and Egbert William in 1845 but they were left motherless when Anne died in early 1846.
In 1847 Edward married Ann Bird from Berkhamsted.
In the 1851 census the family are recorded at Rose Cottage, Northchurch and Edward had become a railway policeman.
In 1861 he was running a beer house in Ravens Lane. Egbert, an apprentice hoop maker (for barrel making) was still at home and they had three lodgers.
2 September 1862 Edward applied for a licence for The Boat Inn, Gravel Path which was granted.
He died November 1865 aged 45. Ann took over the pub and is listed as licensee in the 1866 Post Office Directory.
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