Edward Luck (1839 - 1889)

Born 1839 in Louth, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 17 Nov 1889 at about age 50 in Great Grimsby St Mary and St James, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Edward Luck was the son of brewer Peter Luck of Louth, Lincolnshire, and Eliza Ibbetson, who died young, as did some of his siblings.

In the 1861 census, his father had passed away and he was Head of house and a brewer employing three men. Later that year he married Jane Ellen Simons.

When his brother Henry married in 1862, his employ was announced in the newspaper as "Luck Brothers, brewers".

According present day local historians, Louth was known for having 52 pubs, one for each week of the year, purportedly the most per capita in England. "There was a big brewery and hop merchant in what is now Queen St. car park . It belonged to the Luck family . I think the Pig and Whistle was originally known as Luck's Tap, and then The Pig and Whistle. In the 1861 census ,George and Mary Meanwell ran the pub , but it was owned by the Luck family. Closed down c. 1909.

In 1871, he lived in Louth with wife Jane E Luck and was a Sheriff's Officer. They had a 13 year old servant Jane Rhoades. It appears his brother Henry Luck and his growing family took over the brewery.

In 1881, they lived in Great Grimbsy, Caistor, Lincolnshire, and he was a Custom House Agent. They do not appear to have had children.

He died there in 1889, aged 50, and is interred in Cleethorpes Cemetery.

Sources

"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NYPC-19C : 20 March 2020), Edward Luck, 1840.

"England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGNP-6JT : 9 November 2019), Edward Luck in household of Peter Luck, Louth, Lincolnshire, England; citing Louth, Lincolnshire, England, p. 15, 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.

"England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M74Y-B1D : 3 March 2021), Edward Luck, St. James, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

"England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DJR-6DR : 13 December 2014), Edward Luck, 1861; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1861, quarter 4, vol. 7A, p. 1139, Louth, Lincolnshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

"England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB8F-NC9 : 19 February 2021), Edward Luck, 1871.

"England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27K-M3Z7 : 11 December 2017), Edward Luck, Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 1, Piece/Folio 3270/52, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,960.

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/louth-impressed-ginger-beer-219822042

"England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2JBZ-16D : 31 December 2014), Edward Luck, 1889; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Caistor, Lincolnshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230914646/edward-luck