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

Hi Patrick, I don't know if any of this helps, the third item may have a clue for you - 1880 U.S. CENSUS - No obvious listing for George William Taylor, born about 1825, on the LDS website. Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle, Saturday, 3 May 1884 - TAYLOR - On the 26th ult, at Little Charlotte-street, Landport, Mr George William Taylor, aged 54 years. Cheshire Observer, Saturday, 2 August 1884 - Latest News - This Day's Telegrams - A Destitute Consul - George Taylor, formerly British Consul at Mauritius, was admitted into Bromley Workhouse today. He had become destitute through impaired eyesight. The London Gazette may be worth searching through, but I didn't find anything obvious in The Times Archives or Who's Who - http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/ Cheers Trish Nowra NSW > 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. > Does anyone know any more about George after he disappeared before the > 1861 census? > Patrick > York UK