See also
Husband:
John LUDKIN (c. 1870-c. 1902)
Wife:
Emily Ellen SUCKLING (c. 1871- )
Children:
Marriage Banns:
10 Jul 1892
Forncett St. Mary1
other dates were 17.07.1892 and 24.07.1892
Marriage:
2 Aug 1892
witnesses were David BROOKS and Sarah SUCKLING
Name:
John LUDKIN
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
c. 1870
Tharston4
Census:
1871 (age 0-1)
Tharston5
Address: High Common, Tharston
living with parents Robert (37, teamman) and Martha (38), siblings James (10), Maria (8), William (7), Amelia (4) and Arthur (2), and step-brother John Arnold (15)
Census:
1881 (age 10-11)
Tharston6
Address: Bordeaux House, Tharston
scholar, living with parents Robert (48, agricultural labourer) and Martha (48), siblings James (20, agricultural labourer), William (17, agricultural labourer), Amelia (14), Arthur (12, scholar), Henry (9, scholar), Frederick (7, scholar), Lily (5, scholar) and Albert (1), and visitor William Womack (22, general labourer)
Census:
1891 (age 20-21)
Tharston7
Address: Wacton Road, Tharston
railway labourer, living with parents Robert (57, agricultural labourer) and Martha (57), and siblings Frederick (16, agricultural labourer) and Albert (12, scholar)
Census:
1901 (age 30-31)
Tivetshall St. Margaret8
Address: G.E.R. Gate House, Tivetshall St. Margaret
G.E.R. labourer, living with wife Emily (29), and children Sidney (5), Mildred (4) and Leonard (2)
Death:
Burial:
18 Nov 1902
Tharston9
Name:
Emily Ellen SUCKLING
Sex:
Female
Father:
Father:
-
Birth:
c. 1871
Brooke
Census:
1901 (age 29-30)
Tivetshall St. Margaret8
Address: G.E.R. Gate House, Tivetshall St. Margaret
living with husband John (30, G.E.R. labourer), and children Sidney (5), Mildred (4) and Leonard (2)
Name:
Sidney Jack LUDKIN
Sex:
Male
Birth:
c. 1896
Forncett
Census:
1901 (age 4-5)
Tivetshall St. Margaret8
Address: G.E.R. Gate House, Tivetshall St. Margaret
living with parents John (30, G.E.R. labourer) and Emily (29), and siblings Mildred (4) and Leonard (2)
Census:
1911 (age 14-15)
Bramley, Yorkshire11
Address: 8 Claremont Terrace Whingate, Bramley, Yorkshire
living with uncle Henry (35, brewer), and cousin Harold Midgley (9, scholar)
Death:
c. 1966 (age 69-70)
Leeds, Yorkshire
Name:
Mildred Maud LUDKIN
Sex:
Female
Birth:
c. 1897
Tivetshall
Census:
1901 (age 3-4)
Tivetshall St. Margaret8
Address: G.E.R. Gate House, Tivetshall St. Margaret
living with parents John (30, G.E.R. labourer) and Emily (29), and brothers Sidney (5) and Leonard (2)
Death:
c. 1965 (age 67-68)
Name:
Leonard David LUDKIN
Sex:
Male
Birth:
c. 1899
Tivetshall
Census:
1901 (age 1-2)
Tivetshall St. Margaret8
Address: G.E.R. Gate House, Tivetshall St. Margaret
living with parents John (30, G.E.R. labourer) and Emily (29), and siblings Sidney (5) and Mildred (4)
Death:
c. 1962 (age 62-63)
Acle, Norfolk
NORFOLK NEWS, 29 November 1902 - TIVETSHALL. The collections made in the two parish churches on Sunday on behalf of the family of John Ludkin, platelayer, whose accidental death we recently recorded, together with one or two small outside subscriptions realised the sum of £3.
NORWICH MERCIRY, 19 November 1902 - PLATELAYER KILLED AT TIVETSHALL. Owing to the temporary closing of the Trowse bridge, special fish and other trains were dispatched from Yarmouth and Lowestoft to Norwich on Thursday last week via the Waveney Valley Branch and Tivetshall Junction. The driver of a train which arrived at Tivetshall about 11 p.m. reported to the station officials that he had just seen what appeared to be the body of a man on the permanent way. Elvin, a porter, and Crisp, the driver of the water supply engine, immediately started for the spot indicated, which was the curve which connects the Waveney Valley line with the Colchester main line, a few yards south of Tivetshall station. Here they found the body of John Ludkin, aged about 35, a platelayer in the Tivetshall gang, whose home was one of the level crossing gate-houses between Tivetshall and Pulham Market. The body was shockingly multilated, and had evidently been struck by the buffer of an engine on the left shoulder. The shoulder itself was in a terrible state, and the arm was severed just above the left wrist. A bag containing about a bushel of wheat, which the deceased had been carrying, stood by the side of the body uninjured. The County Coroner (Mr. H. R. Culley) held an inquest on Friday. The evidence showed that the deceased left the Railway Hotel at Tivetshall shortly before 9.30 and went along the line towards his home. R. M. Guyton, a signalman, said in moving a trolley near the signal box, a parcel of boots, addressed to the deceased, was found. Witness thought it was probable that the parcel was left for the deceased to pick up but he apparently did not do so. A train from the branch line arrived at 9.57, a few minutes after Ludkin had passed, and witness was of the opinion that deceased was knocked down. It was a special train in consequence of the block at Trowse. Deceased knew the line was being kept open for traffic. Other evidence having been taken a verdict of "Accidental death" was returned.
Parish register - banns. Forncett St. Mary. Cit. Date: 10 July 1892.
Parish register - marriage. Forncett St. Mary. Cit. Date: 2 August 1892.
Civil Registration - marriage. 1892 Q3 Depwade 4B 405. Cit. Date: Q3 1892.
Civil Registration - birth. 1870 Q4 Depwade 4B 221. Cit. Date: Q4 1870.
1871 Census. RG10 1836 153 2. Cit. Date: 1871.
1881 Census. RG11 1969 55 11. Cit. Date: 1881.
1891 Census. RG12 1545 130 8. Cit. Date: 1891.
1901 Census. RG13 1862 99 13. Cit. Date: 1901.
Parish register - burial. Tharston. Cit. Date: 18 November 1902.
Civil Registration - death. 1902 Q4 Depwade 4B 148. Cit. Date: Q4 1902.
1911 Census. RG14 PN26913 RD499 SD3 ED43 SN111. Cit. Date: 1911.
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