Hi Jean & List Thanks for the suggestion, I will try broadening the search I have a subscription to Ancestry and currently tokens for 1911 & find my past. I honestly have no idea how sound the marriage was. Mum knew very little, and what she did know took ages to dredge up. She passed away in May, it wasn't that her mind was gone, she literally knew nothing about her Dad's side of the family. I had thought maybe there was a previous marriage for one if not both of them as I can't find a marriage between Sam Taylor and Kate Burn/s. I found Kate with her family in the 1881 census so that was good, but, I have no idea on his age, with my luck Sam was his middle name, and although he went by it, he used his Christian name for legal stuff. Unfortunately other than that she was younger than the twins Mum could help much. That and the fact that she didn't marry is about all she knew. Thanks again. Regards Barb -----Original Message----- From: Jean WOOD [mailto:jeangrahame@orange.fr] Sent: Sunday, 18 January 2009 12:20 AM To: Barbara Cunningham Subject: re: [NTT] 1911 suggestions please Broaden your search - I had a much earlier couple (1841) the husband was absent, though wife and baby were together, but he was there 10 years later, with more children, a drum maker - in his case I suspect he may have been on a ship. Do you have a membership to other websites? I use findmy past. Do you have any idea about his age? A music teacher might be peripatetic, or even playing in an orchestra travelling, lots of other possibilities. Was their marriage sound, do you know, or was he going and returning, to leave another child each time? Jean > Message du 17/01/09 13:54 > De : "Barbara Cunningham" > A : NOTTSGEN-L@rootsweb.com > Copie à : > Objet : [NTT] 1911 suggestions please > > > Hi List > > I am hoping for a few suggestions. > > I have been excitedly searching the 1911 census in the hope of finally being > able to identify my great grandparents. > > My grandparents divorced during WW2 and Mum had very little to do with her > father so she was never able to give me a great deal of information. > > My grandfather Arthur Samuel Taylor was born on the 20th June 1906 (along > with his twin sister Minnie Kathleen) to Sam Taylor - music teacher & Kate > Taylor formerly Burn. Mum always said that there were 2 brothers George & > Ginger, an older sister Marion and a younger sister Phyllis > > When I first got access to the 1901 census I thought finally I will find > something, unfortunately Sam and Kate do not appear together in 1901. So I > waited with baited breath for the 1911 census. > > I have grandad's birth certificate, his marriage certificate and his death > certificate, not that they help a great deal other than to tell me that his > dad was dead prior to my grandparents marriage in 1929 as Sam is listed as > deceased and as a newsagent. > > Today I found my grandfather in the 1911 census as I had no information > other than there names I figured it was safest to search for Grandad rather > than his parents. > > I found Grandad straight away, which was fantastic. The rest of the results > is where my request comes in. > > In the transcription it states the following: > > Taylor, Kate Head Married F 34 No Occupation > Battersea London > Burn, Minnie Sister Single F 31 Ironer in Laundry > Battersea London > Taylor Minnie Kathleen Daughter F 4 > Nottingham > Taylor Arthur Samuel Son M 4 > Nottingham > > According to the census transcription (the original agrees - it also states > that Kate had been married for 5 years) that Kate is married but, she is > listed as Head of the household. As her husband isn't there I guess I > understand why she is listed as Head, but, where could he be ? > > I don't know what his occupation was in 1911 he could have still been > teacher music or a newsagent, so I figured he could be working or visiting, > but, I have checked all the Sam's and Samuel Taylors in Nottingham and found > nothing that could be the right one. > > Does anyone have a suggestion on where I try next ? > > Thanks heaps > > Barb > > > > Notts Surname List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > Jean Wood 11 impasse Pampanie chez Perineau 17610 Chaniers France Tel: 0033(0)5.46.93.38.71 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.8/1898 - Release Date: 1/16/2009 3:09 PM