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William was in the Royal Navy from Jan 1896 invalided out in Dec 1897 Married to Ada Skeet in Brightlingsea Essex. He had a least one offspring, Kathleen Mary.
Stella Goree

Have you looked on FreeBMD for the marriage ref?

Jill

Can't see his surname but must be the marriage:

Marriages Dec 1900 (>99%)
Skeet Ada Tendring 4a 1073
Taylor William Tendring 4a 1073
Wass Hector William Tendring 4a 1073
Whent Emma Elizabeth Tendring 4a 1073

Do you know William's surname?

If he was William Taylor and he was born in Essex in 1875 then this might be him:

Name Taylor, William
Official Number: 281533
Place of Birth: Brightlingsea, Essex
Date 21 January 1875
Catalogue reference ADM 188/450links to the Catalogue
Dept Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
Series Admiralty: Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services
Piece 281501-282000
Image contains 1 document of many for this catalogue reference

Number of image files: 1
Image Reference

Format and Version

Part Number

Size (KB)

Number of Pages

Price (£)
33 / 30 PDF 1.2 1 110 1 3.50
Total Price (£) 3.50



The only way to be sure though is to order the marriage cert, check his age and then rummage through the RN records on the National Archives site.

Jill

1901 has a Hector Wass married to Emma. Reg District is Tendring

1901?
Name: Ada Taylor
Age: 22
Estimated birth year: abt 1879
Relation: Sister-in-law
Gender: Female
Where born: Great Bromley, Essex, England

Civil parish: Brightlingsea
Ecclesiastical parish: Brightlingsea All Saints
Town: Brightlingsea
County/Island: Essex
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Tendring
Sub-registration district: Ardleigh
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 183
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Taylor 31 Brightlingsea, Essex
Lily Taylor 23
Ada Taylor 22



1891?
Name: Thomas Taylor
Age: 22
Estimated birth year: abt 1869
Relation: Son
Father's Name: John
Mother's Name: Mary
Gender: Male
Where born: Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Civil parish: Brightlingsea
Ecclesiastical parish: Brightlingsea
Town: Brightlingsea
County/Island: Essex
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Tendring
Sub-registration district: Ardleigh
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
John Taylor 55
Mary Taylor 50
John Taylor 24
Thomas Taylor 22
William Taylor 18
Alice Taylor 20

Hey GB

The 1911 for your collection?

1911 RG14PN10267 RG78PN542 RD197 SD5 ED3 SN186

Address: 39 Chapel Road Brightlingsea Essex County: Essex

TAYLOR, Ada Wife Married F 32 1879 Great Bromley Essex
TAYLOR, Ellen Flora Daughter F 3 1908 Brightlingsea Essex

I would order the marriage cert using Ada's name only - William could be either male.
Jan

Thanks for the info Jill. I'm new at this and will do as you suggest. Thanks Stella Goree

Jill, What's the free BMD list and where do I find it. Stella Goree

Freebmd is an online site:

www.freebmd.org.uk

You can search for births, marriages and deaths from when registration started (1837) up till about the 30's. It's an absolutely invaluable site and very easy to use. Just have a play around!

To order certificates the simplest way is to go to the GRO (General Records Office) site and order online. Certs cost £7. The information you get from the freebmd will give you all you need to order what you want, namely:

Name
year
quarter
registration number In this case 4a 1073).

www.gro.gov.uk

Good luck!

Jan

Hi Tracey
This sounds like you've hit paydirt, thankyou.
Stella