Ernest Edwin Luff
Ernest Edwin Luff is best known as co-founder of the Pilgrim Preachers, a band of 12 young men that traversed tens of thousands of miles all over the U.K. with the Gospel from 1919-1938.
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Birth
Ernest was born on Dec. 30, 1874 in Salisbury, Alderbury, Wiltshire, England.
His father was William Luff (b. 1827 Hirdford, Sussex, England). William's father was James Luff (b. 1791 Sussex, England) and his mother was Charlotte Luff (b. 1791 Sussex, England). +1881-1891+, William was employed at what is now The Bell and Bottle, a pub in Reading, England.
His mother was Catherine Chapman Luff (b. 1837 Loxwood, Sussex, England - d. 1922 Trafalgar Quarters, Park Row, Greenwich, Park, England). Catherine was the daughter of George Chapman (b. 1803 Shalford, Surrey, England - d. 1881 Petworth, Sussex England) and Elizabeth Chapman (b. 1802 Ditton, Surrey, England - d. 1886 Hambledon, Surrey, England).
His parents were married Dec. 16, 1874 in Fisherton Anger, Wiltshire, England. Ernest had one sister, Annie Luff (b. 1877)
Marriage
In July 1898 in Billericay, Essex, Ernest married Amy Alice Rainbird. Amy was born 1871 in South Weald, Billericay, to Thomas Rainbird (b. 1845) & Ann Harris Rainbird (1843-1937).
Children
- Ernest Edward Ingram Luff (b. 1899 Kilburn, Hendon, London - d. 1915 Tendring, Essex)
- Eric Thomas Luff (b. 1902 Walton on Naze, Tendring, Essex - d. 1960 Chelmsford, Essex) m. Kate Elizabeth Risely (b. 1907) in 1932.
- Olive Violet Luff (b. 1904 Frinton on Sea, Tendring)
Death
Ernest died in Jan. 1968 in Colchester, Essex, England. His wife Amy died April 1960, also in Colchester.