hello everybody . can someone help please. in Guernsey i have a Stephen john Taylor 1884-1960 (married claudia tardif) son of Stephen john taylor 1880-1939 (married Alice de bertrand) son of Stephen john Taylor 1838-1894 (married Mary langlois) son of Stephen Taylor 1817--????.married Marie renouf , .then nothing --in early 1838 they meet ? middle 1838 they marry and Nov 1838 a son is born . ok so far but but 1841 census Marie and baby Stephen are back with her parents and dad is never to be seen again . on the marriage certificate it gives his father as William Taylor (a carpenter by trade as is Stephen the son ).all efforts and advice from the local priaulx library and greffe office which is extensive if not complete have failed to find any trace of either of them. on the birth certifcate it gives the godparents as marie's brother and wife that checks out o-k before 1800 the Taylor name was almost unheard of in the c.i. . around 1820-1830 there was a massive influx to jersey and guernsey of Taylor families and as they settled in the islands added more children to their 2-4 offspring . this is my brick wall and i wondered if anyone researching taylors might have some that came to channel islands thankyou derek --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0534-4, 26/08/2005 Tested on: 26/08/2005 21:21:16 avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2004 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com

Derek From the 1820s onwards the fortifications in the Channel Islands were almost constantly being up-dated and modernised, right through to the 1880-90s, by which time they were still out of date ; most of this work was carried out by incomers from England, especially from the Wessex counties of England, like Dorset and Hampshire, hence the influx of Taylors. In addition to tradesmen, support workers such as cooks and barbers etc also supported this influx. Most of these families only spent three or four years in the C.I. and then returned home, but as is often the case when many young men find new pastures they often meet a local lass, and the inevitable happens. If you can find no trace of a death or burial for him, could it be that the time came for Stephen to return to England and that Claudia didn't want to leave the Island - for whatever reason - or that Stephen returned to the mainland with the promise to find work and bring his wife over to England, but ........he disappears ? Unfortunately you would appear to be looking for someone with quite a common name so its a little difficult to make any suggestions, except to see if you can find him in the 1851 Census. We have some distant 18th century Taylor connexions in Bridport, Dorset, which had its fair share of this name, but so do many other southern towns. Another passing thought : the Channel Isles was a maritime nation, with ships and masters that travelled the World, could it be that when Stephen's contract came to an end he joined in with the local economy, but was lost at sea, or jumped ship.....one could go on ;-) Regards Paul On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 20:12:51 +0100 (GMT Standard Time), "olfogey46" <olfogey46@cwgsy.net> wrote: > >hello everybody . can someone help please. in Guernsey i have a > > Stephen john Taylor 1884-1960 (married >claudia tardif) son of > >Stephen john taylor 1880-1939 (married Alice de bertrand) son of > > Stephen john Taylor 1838-1894 (married Mary >langlois) son of > Stephen >Taylor 1817--????.married Marie renouf , > > .then nothing --in early 1838 they meet ? >middle 1838 they marry and Nov 1838 a son is born . ok so far but but 1841 >census Marie and baby Stephen are back with her parents and dad is never to >be seen again . on the marriage certificate it gives his father as >William Taylor (a carpenter by trade as is Stephen the son ).all efforts >and advice from the local priaulx library and greffe office which is >extensive if not complete have failed to find any trace of either of them. >on the birth certifcate it gives the godparents as marie's brother and wife >that checks out o-k > > before >1800 the Taylor name was almost unheard of in the c.i. . around 1820-1830 >there was a massive influx to jersey and guernsey of Taylor families and as >they settled in the islands added more children to their 2-4 offspring . > >this is my brick wall and i wondered if anyone researching taylors might >have some that came to channel islands thankyou derek > > > >--- >avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. >Virus Database (VPS): 0534-4, 26/08/2005 >Tested on: 26/08/2005 21:21:16 >avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2004 ALWIL Software. >http://www.avast.com > > > > >==== ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT Mailing List ==== >Are they called brickwalls because there is always MORTAR find? > >============================== >New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 50.33.50N 02.26.70W http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval.html