Hi Patrick & Listers ! Have you tried looking for him in the U.S. Census at the various 10 year intervals - which I believe are always in the years ending in "0" (Zero) ?? Best Wishes ! Roger. -------------------- On 9 Sep 2011, at 22:16, Patrick Black wrote: > Hi, > > In my wife's tree, there is a George William TAYLOR, b.c.1825 in Great > Yarmouth, according to the 1851 census. Throughout the 1850s he is > described variously as a Printer, Bookseller & Stationer, Merchant's > Clerk & Office Clerk. > > He married Clarissa Say in Norwich in 1851, and had 5 children: > Mary Clara, b.1852 in Bromley Kent, d.1862 in Norwich; > George Edmund, b.1854 in Bromley; > Sarah Ellen, b.1855 in Bromley; > William Arthur b.1857 in Norwich, and > Clare (a boy), b.1859 in Norwich. > > He disappeared after Clare's birth in 1859 - e.g. he doesn't seem > to be > recorded in any other censuses. His wife Clarissa describes > herself as > married in 1861, 1871 and 1881, and only in 1891 does say that she > is a > widow. > > There is a family legend that George fought in the American Civil War, > and a clue to this might be that when the youngest son, Clare, married > in 1888, he gave his father's occupation as 'Consul U.S.A.'. > > Does anyone know any more about George after he disappeared before the > 1861 census? > > > Patrick > York UK >