John Hunton Lofts

Brief Life History of John Hunton

When John Hunton Lofts was born about 1842, in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Webb Lofts, was 31 and his mother, Isabella Howe, was 30. He married Emma Elizabeth Rope on 30 March 1862, in Earsham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Hackney, London, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Earsham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom in 1911. He died in 1924, in Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 83.

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Family Time Line

John Hunton Lofts
1842–1924
Emma Elizabeth Rope
1843–1912
Marriage: 30 March 1862
Sarah Ann Isabella Lofts
1862–1933
Lilian Rosa Frances Lofts
1867–1914
Charles John Lofts
1864–1937
Edward R W Lofts
1866–
George Hunton Prescott Lofts
1869–1937
Percy Houghton Lofts
1872–1943
Robert Wilfred Lofts
1878–1957
Maud Winifred Annie Lofts
1881–
Elizabeth May Lofts
1882–

Sources (19)

  • John Lofts, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
  • John Webb Lofts, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
  • John H Lofts, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"

World Events (8)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1852 · First Public Lavatory Erected 

George Jenning was the person that invented and gave us the public lavatory. It cost people a penny to use. 

1868 · Abolition of Public Hangings at Newgate

On May 26, 1868 the Capital Punishment Act was put into action. This made it so that public hangings no longer existed at Newgate in London.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Loft with post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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