Loveday Jane (Johns) Laity (abt. 1841 - bef. 1894)

Born about 1841 in Ruan Major, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of John Laity — married 4 May 1881 in Helston, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Died before 21 Sep 1894 before about age 53 in Ruan Major, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

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Loveday (Johns) Laity was born in Cornwall, England.

Biography

Loveday Jane Johns was born about 1841 and was baptised on 2 July 1841 at Ruan Major, Cornwall^[1]. She was the daughter of Richard Johns and Loveday Exelby. Her father was a Labourer of Cartharrow.

1851 England Census ^[2]
Polstangey Prase, Grade, Helston, Cornwall, England:

In 1871, 29 year old Loveday Johns was a domestic servant in the household of John Pollard (60) and his wife Mary Pollard (52) at Weeths, Germoe, Helston, Cornwall. By 1881, 41 year old Loveday Johns was a domestic servant in the household of William Lugg (59) and his wife Mary Lugg (59) at Trethvas Farm, Landewednack, Helston, Cornwall.

She married John Laity on 4 May 1881 in Helston, Cornwall^[3][4][5].

The couple were living in Thesoddern Cottage, Ruan Major, Cornwall with their two daughters Edith Jane Laity (9) and Harriett Grace Laity (6) in the England Census Records of 1891^[6][7].

She died in 1894 aged 51 and was buried 21 September 1894 at Ruan Major, Helston, Cornwall^[8][9][10]

Sources

1. ↑ "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLK-PS9M : 9 March 2021), Loveday Jane Johns, 02 Jul 1841; citing Baptism, , Cornwall Records Office, Truro.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SG2P-Y7W : 9 November 2019), Lovdy Johns in household of Richard Johns, Grade, Cornwall, England; citing Grade, Cornwall, England, p. 8, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ 190 m 4 May 1881 Register Office, Helston to John Laity
4. ↑ 909. Marriage record of John Laity and Loveday Johns, Helston 1881, searched by Janet Foreman, April 2001. The record gives John’s father as John Laity, deceased fisherman.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DTS-CT4 : 13 December 2014), Loveday Jane Johns, 1881; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1881, quarter 2, vol. 5C, p. 275, Helston, Cornwall, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
6. ↑ Cornwall census 1891, Helston on LDS film # 6096951,available from LDS film. Read by Russell Laity.
7. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WXDH-LT2 : 4 May 2019), Loveday Laity in household of John Laity, Ruan Major, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Cornwall county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
8. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2JLN-L4N : 31 December 2014), Loveday Laity, 1894; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Helston, Cornwall, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
9. ↑ 872. GRO Index for deaths, searched by Janet Foreman of Isle of Wight, England, 2000 and 2001; compared with the data in the Laity genealogy by Janet Foreman, Russell Laity and Carin Thomas.
10. ↑ :OPC

    More information about record 2658283 in the Burials database

    Day Month 21-Sep

    Year 1894

    Parish Or Reg District Ruan Major

    Forename Loveday

    Surname LAITY

    Age 47

    Residence Hadjihow

    Notes

    Transcriber Notes

    Transcriber Karen Duvall