Mary Taylor born 1872, Matlock

[dvddigby]

On the 1881 census there is the following family ....

Bakewell RG11/3451 Folio 47 Page 5

Francis Taylor Head M 28 Mason Cromford DYsh
Ellen do Wife M 34 Cromford DYsh
Mary do Daur 8 Scholar Starkholmes DYsh Matlock
Ann do Daur 6 Scholar Starkholmes DYsh Matlock
Robert do Son 6 Scholar Starkholmes DYsh Matlock
Florence do Daur 3 Lane Head DYsh Matlock
Francis do Son 6mo Lane Head DYsh Matlock

Lane Head, Starkholmes, Matlock, Derbyshire

I am trying to ascertain what happened to the eldest daughter, Mary Taylor, who was born in the last quarter of 1872.

She is still living with her mother and siblings in 1891, at reference Bakewell RG12/2776 Folio 85 Page 13

dvddigby

ps I do not think that the lady who is a Domestic Servant (Cook) in Ealing, on the 1901 census, is the person that I am looking for.

[Peter Goodey]

Perhaps she married.

Perhaps you should approach GRO or search the parish marriage register.

[dvddigby]

Perhaps she married. Perhaps you should ... search the parish marriage register.

Hello Peter

How would one go about doing that, if ....

(a) They lived many miles away from Derbyshire ... or ...

(b) They did not know which church the possible marriage might have taken place in ?

dvddigby

[sue2white]

Here are a few of possibilities, assuming she married in Bakewell. It is a needle in a haystack though, with a name like Taylor. You would need to send for the certifcates to check them out though. At £7 a time, that could be very expensive.
Marriages Dec 1894
Taylor Mary Bakewell 7b 1425

Marriages Mar 1895
Taylor Mary Bakewell 7b 914

Marriages Sep 1896
Taylor Mary Ellen Bakewell 7b 1298

Marriages Dec 1897
TAYLOR Mary Elizabeth Bakewell 7b 1479

Marriages Jun 1898
Taylor Mary Bakewell 7b 1538

Sue

[Peter Goodey]

Not necessarily. He knows the father's name was Francis. GRO will sort it out for £10. It's a fallacy that you must have a GRO reference to order a certificate.

[dvddigby]

Here are a few of possibilities, assuming she married in Bakewell ...
Sue

Hello Sue

Thank you for your positive suggestions.

Mary Taylor had no middle name, therefore only three of the Bakewell marriages between 1891 and 1901 might be her.

Regarding the 1894 marriage, Mary Gilman (nee Taylor) was born in 1867 at Wensley so she can be ruled out.

Regarding the 1895 marriage, Mary Hursthouse (nee Taylor) died in 1899 aged 28. This could possibly be the correct Mary Taylor.

Regarding the 1898 marriage, Mary Allen (nee Taylor) was born in 1873 at Matlock. This could also be the correct Mary Taylor ...... but as you imply, so could several others who were not married in Bakewell during that period.

dvddigby

[dvddigby]

Not necessarily. He knows the father's name was Francis. GRO will sort it out for £10. It's a fallacy that you must have a GRO reference to order a certificate.

Hello Peter

Would it be possible please for you to explain, in enough detail for an idiot to understand, how one goes about doing this ?

dvddigby

[sue2white]

If you go to the GRO site here
you can order the certificates. You can choose for them to 'check' that the details of parents are correct before they send. If not, they will refund some (but not all) of your money. You can even phone it through, but that is more expensive.

The references are useful. For example

Marriages Dec 1894
Taylor Mary Bakewell 7b 1425

7b refers to the volume and 1425 refers to the page. Check it out. It's quite simple really.

Sue

PS You will need to log in.

[Peter Goodey]

Was Mary Taylor her full name. Do you have the birth certificate? If not, I'd start with that before worrying about her marriage.

When you've determined her full name try weeding out possible marriages by using the census.

[dvddigby]

My apologies, but you have both misunderstood what I meant in Reply #7.

Sue had said in Reply #4 that it would be a "needle in the haystack" situation and Peter had said, in Reply #5, "Not necessarily. He knows the father's name was Francis. GRO will sort it out for £10."

I thought Peter was suggesting that, for a £10 fee, the GRO would search for all Mary Taylor marriages (within a range) to find those where the father was called Francis.

It was only this particular facility which I wanted explaining.

dvddigby