William (2nd) LUFF
On the ,,,,,,, William (2nd) LUFF was born in 1849
399/1874 LUFF WILLIAM (2nd) married Miss Ellen QUIRK, in Tumut
Ellen died in 1894.
1. LUFF WILLIAM (3rd) 16518/1881 Parents WILLIAM & ELLEN in GUNDAGAI
2. LUFF THOMAS (2nd) 17214/1882 Parents WILLIAM & ELLEN in GUNDAGAI
3. LUFF ARTHUR 20892/1885 Parents WILLIAM & ELLEN in GUNDAGAI
4. LUFF MICHAEL 23017/1888 Parents WILLIAM & ELLEN in GUNDAGAI
In 1899 William (2nd) LUFF married Miss Ellen LAWLER, in Gundagai 8215/1899
LUFF, AUGUSTINE T 3187/1910 parents WILLIAM A and ELLEN in COOTAMUNDRA
LUFF, MARY G 32600/1913 parents WILLIAM A and ELLEN J in COOTAMUNDRA
Although never actively associated with the bushrangers, Mr. Luff's reminiscences on the subject were most interesting, and he could tell many instances in the life of several of these outlaws, Moonlite in particular.
Some years later Mr. Luff re-married, and his second wife also pre-deceased him .
There are nine children living:
1. Mrs. H. P. Carberry
2. and Mrs. E. Owen (Gundagai),
3. Mrs. J. Carberry (Nangus),
4. Mrs. D. Pierse (Darbalara),
5. Mrs. Edwin Carberry (Cootamundra), and Messrs.
6. William (3rd),
7. Tom,
8. Mac and
9. Bert Luff, all of Gobarralong.
In 1934 MR. WILLIAM (2nd) LUFF died in the Gundagai Hospital. -(Ref NSW BDM 10767/1934)
The last of the pioneers of the Gobaralong districts is dead. This morning at 2 a.m. at the home of his daughter, Mrs. E. Owen, of Gundagai, Mr. William Luff, snr., answered the Final Beckoning, and passed on to meet his Maker.
With the passing of Mr. Luff there goes the last of that noble band that opened up the Gobarralong fertile valleys people have always referred to that hamlet as the place where the Luff's, Carberry's, Crowe's and the Quilter's lived.
Mr. Luff was a native of Gobarralong, being born in the year 1849, and all of his 84 years on this earth were spent in Gobarralong.
An historian could write a marvellous account of the different phases in the life of Australia by simply following Mr. Luff's experiences;
Firstly - when only a child of three years, that devastating monster, the 1952 flood, descended upon the village of Gobarralong, bringing havoc and destruction in its wake.
Although so young at the time, the scenes witnessed made an indelibile impression on his mind, and up till a few days before the end, he could still converse and tell in a most picturesque manner, many happenings concerning that flood.
Mr. Luff's own father was drowned in the deluge besides many other relatives.
Later on, when still a lad and legislation brought in the Land Act of the sixties, Mr. Luff acquired property for himself, and for years he improved his station, until it was one of the finest grazing properties in this district.
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