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GEORGE FRANCIS TAYLOR

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Elaine

Elaine Report 17 Nov 2009 01:41

Trying to find any information on my Great Grandfather, George Francis Taylor, who lived at 108 Rosebery Avenue, Clerkenwell in 1896 with his wife, Edith Evelyn Bushby. He was the assistant manager of the Victoria Hotel in Northumberland Avenue, by Trafalgar Square, London, now The Grand Hotel.

 Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 17 Nov 2009 01:54

I can't seem to find a marriage for him, did he remarry after his first wife died ?

BatMansDaughter

BatMansDaughter Report 17 Nov 2009 10:17

Possible??

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

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Marriages Jun 1897 (>99%)
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Browning Henry Michael Pancras 1b 266
Crampton Edith Ellen Pancras 1b 266
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Pearce Daisy Pancras 1b 266
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Taylor George Francis Pancras 1b 266


1901 England Census
about George F Taylor
Name: George F Taylor
Age: 35
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1866
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Daisy
Gender: Male
Where born: Wells, Somerset, England

Civil parish: Newhaven
Ecclesiastical parish: Christchurch and St Michael
Town: Newhaven
County/Island: Sussex
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Lewes
Sub-registration district: Newhaven
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 127
Household Members: Name Age
George F Taylor 35 Occupation; Railway clerk
Daisy Taylor 29
Godfrey Philip Taylor 3 Son
Louisa A Foyer 11 Boarder




Dee x

Elaine

Elaine Report 18 Nov 2009 02:48

Hi Lindsey...

I haven't found a marriage for George and Edith either. Edith's death certificate records her as George's wife, and George (who was the informant) is recorded as Edith's widower, but it's possible they never actually married. I don't know if he remarried after Edith's death, that's possible too. An elderly member of my family said that George 'just disappeared' after Edith's death and no one seems to know what happened to him.

Elaine

Elaine

Elaine Report 18 Nov 2009 03:04

Hi Dee...

Thank you for that suggestion, if George did remarry then that one's a possibility. Assuming George was around the same age as Edith, the age in the 1901 census would be about right. I will certainly hang on to that info as a 'definite possible'...thank you.

Elaine

BatMansDaughter

BatMansDaughter Report 18 Nov 2009 08:43

Hi Elaine,

Tracing that George back brings us to this in 1881, his mothers name interested me;

1881 England Census
about George Frances Taylor
Name: George Frances Taylor
Age: 15
Estimated birth year: abt 1866
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Lewis
Mother's Name: Emily
Gender: Male
Where born: Wells, Somerset, England

Civil parish: South Mimms
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

Street Address: Wrotham Park Farm
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Scholar

Registration district: Barnet
Sub-registration district: South Mimms
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Lewis Taylor 42
Emily Taylor 40
George Frances Taylor 15
Annie Bertha Taylor 13
Maurice Lacy Taylor 11
Lewis Longdon Taylor 3
Sarah Ann Farr 19


Knowing that George and Edith had a daughter which they named Emily makes me wonder if this is the correct George?


Dee x

Elaine

Elaine Report 19 Nov 2009 02:52

Hi Dee,

Thank you, I agree, that's beginning to look rather promising! Particularly with that George's mother's name being Emily. I've found and printed out copies of the original census transcripts for both 1881 and 1901. Also tried a search for 1891...found George's father Lewis still in South Mimms, Middlesex but at a different address and with a new wife and a new child. George, of course, has grown up and gone...so far haven't found him, but will keep trying. Thanks again, Dee, this is the best potential lead I've had so far...and it's very much appreciated!

Elaine x

BatMansDaughter

BatMansDaughter Report 19 Nov 2009 10:27

Hi Elaine,

I had a look on the 1891 census for George, Annie and Maurice and never found them............ I see Maurice and George in 1901, just so frustrating not to find them in 1891!!!!


Dee x

Elaine

Elaine Report 19 Nov 2009 23:33

Hi Dee,

Yes, it is frustrating...have just done another 1891 search again tonight, nearest I've come up with is this...

George Taylor
. . . Age : 26 ... Born in : 1865 ...
. . . Relation to the head of household: Lodger ...
. . . Profession: Railway Labourer ... Birth county : Somerset ... Birth parish: Not Known ...
. . . Address: North Road Fox Inn Old Toll Bar House ... Area: Grantham South, Grantham, Lincolnshire

Elaine x