--=======2152688======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-3CBF7553; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Dear List, It's wild and windy here in Sussex - I imagine the same in IOW. Though we can't complain, at least we only get the end of American hurricanes.... In pursuit of my husband's TAYLOR family, from Freshwater - until the 1880s, when they went to Gosport - I have talked again with Chris Great-Aunt Gladys - 91 and in Gosport. I have found Albert Edward TAYLOR (born 1876 in School Green), son of Frank Charles and Mary Ann (Chiverton), his sister Augusta, and their sister Alice Ann. Alice was born in 1869 and died, in Clarendon Terrace of TB in 1881. It seems as if Augusta Caroline (born 1873) later on lived alone in Foxbury, Bridgemary, Gosport, near her family, except when 'Uncle Buff' stayed with her on leave from the Navy. I haven't found any Taylor of this generation born to this couple, apart from the 3 above. And Gladys has no idea what Uncle Buff's proper name was. Is there anyone out there who could throw any light on this? Albert Edward (Gladys's father and Chris's Great-Grandfather) is said to have been in a fight with a man who was paying too much attention to his wife - or maybe girlfriend then - Sarah FRAMPTON, from Christchurch. They married in 1899 in Elson - apparently without the approval of Sarah's family, who thought she was marrying beneath her....... The fight went wrong when the man fell and hit his head, fatally. I have had a few attempts to find any record of this, but not so far. I'd originally been told that it was the reason that the family moved away from Freshwater, but Gladys isn't sure, and I imagine he met Sarah after he moved to Gosport. Anyone else like a mystery? And ......Gladys remembers an Aunty Em(ily) who lived in High St., Freshwater - she kept in touch with Gladys after Sarah died in 1929. She was a Taylor too. If anyone is still listening.......any help/suggestions/ideas/advice much appreciated. Best wishes, Liz Elizabeth Lane liz_lane@ntlworld.com --=======2152688======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-3CBF7553 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.744 / Virus Database: 496 - Release Date: 8/24/04 --=======2152688=======--