Thanks to Yvonne Price, who kindly provided a copy of a marriage certificate, I was able to confirm that on Mar 2, 1862 Charlotte Bushell Taylor married George Martin at Holy Cross Church, Ramsbury. The bride was 21 years of age and the groom was 23. The groom’s father was listed as Mark Martin and [...]
James Taylor, born 1854 in Ramsbury, Wiltshire, was my maternal great-grandfather. He was a gardener by occupation by the 1881 Census and living in Kingston, Surrey. In 1882 he married Sarah Thompson in St. Pancras, London. Between 1882 and 1884 they lived in Storrington, Sussex. By 1886 they were in Hunstanton, Norfolk. By 1890 they [...]
Elizabeth Taylor, born 1857 in Marlborough, Wiltshire was the daughter of William Taylor and Mary Maslin. She married John Choules in 1879 and had nine children. Their eldest son, Albert Henry Choules married Sarah Prater in 1912 and they had a daughter, Lillian, in 1913. Albert was killed at the Somme in 1918. Elizabeth and [...]
Thomas H. Taylor, son of Thomas Henry Taylor and Martha Goodgame, born 1868 in Wandsworth, Surrey, married Jane Anna Moore on 28 August 1892 at Christ Church, Kensington, London. Thomas’s occupation was bricklayer. Jane’s father was listed as William Moore (deceased) and his occupation had been laundry proprietor. Witnesses at the marriage were Edmund John Moore [...]
May Catherine Taylor, daughter of James Robert Thomas Taylor and Catherine Emme Arnold, born 1887 in Southall, Middlesex, married John Everest on 26 April 1908 in the Parish Church, Yiewsley, Middlesex. John was a widower, a carpenter by occupation and born 1871 in Southall, Middlesex. John’s father was listed as Robert Everest, a carpenter. May’s [...]
Frederick Charles Henry Taylor, born 1866 in Windsor, Berkshire, son of George Taylor and Elizabeth (last name unknown), married Caroline Gardner 25 October 1890 in the Parish Church of Hanwell, Middlesex. Caroline’s father was Solomon John Gardner, carman by occupation. Frederick’s occupation is gardener and in the 1891 Census they are living at 2 Florence [...]
Agnes Taylor, daughter of John Taylor and Maria Strange Putnam, born in 1850 in Ealing, Middlesex, married Arthur Walker James Reid on 29 May 1871 at Christ Church, Ealing. Agnes’ occupation was listed as servant. Arthur’s occupation was listed as registrar’s clerk and his residence was S. Stephens, Shepherd’s Bush. His father’s name was not [...]
Thomas Taylor, son of Charles Taylor and Caroline Matilda Smithers, born in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire in 1898 and died in the First World War in France on 19 July 1916 may be one of the bodies to be identified as part of the disovery of a mass grave and efforts to identify the bodies through [...]
Thanks to Patrick who sent me the marriage certificate of Charles Grant, son of William Grant and Martha Braxstone, who married Ellen Ellaway on 5 Aug 1889 in St. Luke, Middlesex.
Continuing in the Hadfield family, I’m following a tip from cousin Helen in Brisbane who emailed me in response to my first blog post. Helen mentioned that she found a marriage of an Isaac Hadfield to Elizabeth Hutchinson at Cathedral St. Peter, Sheffield on 10 Dec 1815. Obviously this needs to be verified before that can [...]