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)