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Darwin Correspondence Project

Samuel Bright Lucas

1840–1919

Artist. Son of Samuel and Margaret Bright Lucas; married Jessie Oliver in 1868. Described on the marriage bond, 23 September 1868, as ‘deaf and dumb but able to read and write’. Described in the 1871 census as ‘deaf but not dumb’.

Sources

BMD (Birth index)

Census returns of England and Wales 1871 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG10/1428/18/6

Ireland, civil registration deaths index, 1864–1958

London and Surrey, England, marriage bonds and allegations, 1597–1921 (Ancestry.com, accessed 10 November 2014)

Bibliography

BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.

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