Hi, I have an ancestor - Lucy Jane Taylor. On a birth certificate I have she was born in 1880 to a Samuel Taylor (Coal Miner) and Maria Taylor (formerly Lees) in Short Heath, Willenhall. On a marriage certificate (1897) address in Bloxwich, the same Samuel appears as Father I have had no luck matching up Samuel and Maria in marriage or Lucy on the 1881 census. If anyone has any information on this I would dearly love to hear from them. Thanks in anticipation Trev

Hi Trev, Samuel and (Ann) Maria were married on 4th September 1872 at St Thomas's in Wednesbury. Unfortunately, Thomas is indexed as TAYTOR at the GRO, which made him almost impossible for me to find until I posted here, on the evening after someone had been looking at St Thomas' marriage records at the record office! I was aware of 4 boys, Edward, Enoch, Thomas and Samuel because Samuel was my great Granda after the family moved to Northumberland. Edward was born in 1871 and although mostly Taylor on the censuses, changed his name back to Lee before marrying. In 1871 Maria Lees is living as a boarder with Edward Corfiled and his family in Lucknow, Willenhall which is given as the birthplace of the boys in later censuses. In the 1881 the family is broken up, as far as I can tell, with Enoch an Thomas in the Wolverhampton Union Workhouse, Bilston Road. Maria and Samuel are living as lodgers in Willenhall with a street address of Short Heath. Edward was living with Emma Corfield (transcribed as Cosfield on Ancestry) as Edward Lees In 1891 Ann Maria and the 4 boys were living in Cramlington, Northumberland. I have not been able to trace Thomas' birth, not the death of Samuel Snr. Or rather, in each case, I have just found too many possibilities. I was not aware of your Lucy, but the name is used in my family, there being a sister of my grandfather. I have a tree on Ancestry and if you like I will invite you in for a look. Regards Steve On 16/11/2012 15:26, Trevor wrote: > Hi, > > > > I have an ancestor - Lucy Jane Taylor. On a birth certificate I have she was > born in 1880 to a Samuel Taylor (Coal Miner) and Maria Taylor (formerly > Lees) in Short Heath, Willenhall. > > On a marriage certificate (1897) address in Bloxwich, the same Samuel > appears as Father > > I have had no luck matching up Samuel and Maria in marriage or Lucy on the > 1881 census. > > If anyone has any information on this I would dearly love to hear from them. > > > > Thanks in anticipation > > > > Trev > > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. > ****************************** > PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the link. It's usually from an infected source! > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Trevor, What was the exact date and registration district for the birth of Lucy Jane Taylor? It's really strange that so young a child isn't living with parents in 1881 census. Not that I could find them in the census. Steve has given some wonderful clues, but I wonder how he found Samuel and Maria in 1881 or if Ancestry has them mistranscribed. The other possibility is, that like some of her brothers, Lucy is being looked after by relatives and is recorded under another surname like Lees or Corfield. Steve has given you some valuable leads but I think more work is still required. Peter