John Merton Laughlin 1832-? and Martha Hilton c1836-?.
In 1841, John Lafling (aged 11) was living with the Watchman family in Nettlestead, but he had been born in Rushford and was probably the son of John Laughlin and his wife Elizabeth Merton. (Mary Ann Lafling, aged 15 and living in the same household was probably not his sister because she was born before their parent's wedding.) John joined the police force and moved to Yorkshire. When he married Martha Hilton in 1857, he gave his name as "John Merton Laughlin" - Merton was his mother's maiden name.
|-John Laughlin 1857-?
|-Joseph Laughlin 1860-? mar 1886
|-Susannah Laughlin 1861-?
|-Elizabeth Laughlin 1862-?
|-William Laughlin 1865-?
John Merton Laughlin 1832-? |-George Laughlin 1868-?
mar 1857 --------------------|-Thomas Laughlin 1870-?
Martha Hilton 1836-? |-a female 1873-1873
|-Mary Laughlin 1875-?
|-Martha Laughlin 1877-?
|-Esther Laughlin 1881-?
In 1861, John and Martha Laughlan were living at Kellington in Yorkshire with their
two sons, John (aged 3 and born in Hatfield) and Joseph (aged 1 and born in
Kellington). John was aged 29 and a police officer born in Rushton, Suffolk.
They have not yet been found in 1871.In 1881, John and Martha Laughlin were living
at 12 Chapel Lane, Racliffe in the West Riding of Yorkshire and John was still
a police officer. John (now aged 23) and Joseph (now aged 21) were not at home.
However seven younger children were there - they were Susannah (aged 19 and a
dressmaker), William (aged 16 and a farm labourer), George (aged 12), Thomas (aged 10)
and Mary (aged 6) who were at school as well as Martha (aged 2) and Esther
(under one year old). Martha’s widowed mother Hannah Hilton, aged 89, was also
living with them.
Sources for this section.
Civil Registration Indexes available online from FreeBMD
Civil Registration Indexes and Census Data available online from Findmypast
Page maintained by Susan Laflin. Last updated in January 2008.