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Hi All,

Please could I ask for your help in finding a marriage reference for my Great Grandfather - I ordered his marriage certificate to my Great Grandmother and it had him down as being a widower!! Information below:

20th November 1921 - West Derby - Roman Catholic - Ernest Michael Taylor - 30 Years - Widower - Tobacco Company's Storekeeper - 65 Argos Road Bootle - Father: Joseph Taylor (Dec) - Commercial Traveller. Rebecca Kane - 21 Years - Spinster - Waitress - 53 St Armond? Street - Father: Robert Kane - Fireman

From this certificate I have been able to locate these Census records, but I am still unable to locate his former wife!

1891 Census - Class: RG12; Piece: 2903; Folio 20; Page 34 - 90 Doncaster Road, Liverpool.
Ernest Taylor Born 1891 Liverpool with Father Joseph Born 1862 Ireland - Mother Catherine Born 1867 Liverpool -and sister Mary Josephine Taylor Born 1890 Liverpool.

1901 Census - Class: RG13; Piece: 3476; Folio: 92; Page: 47 - 99 St Domingo Road, Liverpool, West Derby.
Ernest with Father, Mother, Sister and younger Brothers - William Born 1897 in Liverpool and Joseph Born 1898 also Liverpool.

1911 Census - 4 Winn Street, Halifax.
Catherine Taylor - Head - 42 Years - Widow - Mar 23 Years - 5 Children Born - 4 Children Living - 1 Deceased - Carpet Marker - Carpet manufacturers - Worker - Born Liverpool.
Josephine Taylor - Daughter - 21 - Single - Carpet Maker - Carpet Manufacture - Worker - Born Liverpool
Ernest Taylor - Son - 20 - Single - Carpet Maker - Carpet Manufacture - Worker - Born Liverpool
William Taylor - Son - 13 - Single - Carpet Maker - Carpet Manufacture - Worker - Born Liverpool
Joseph Taylor - Son - 12 - Single - Carpet Maker - Carpet Manufacture - Worker - Born Liverpool
Margaret Lowden - Lodger - 37 - Single - Carpet Maker - Carpet Manufacture - Worker - Born Liverpool

Thank you for your help,

Julia

Apologies if you're already using this, have you tried to look for it on
FreeBMD & Lancs BMD ?

Cazz

a possible

Marriage Mar q 1920
TAYLOR Ernest M WHITELOCK Victoria West Derby, Register Office or Registrar Attended Liverpool REG_WD/367/184
8b 832

Death Sep q 1920
Victoria Taylor age 20 West Derby 8b 303

Simone x

Hi Cazz and Simone,

Sorry for my delay in reply, my four year old son started school today for the first time, he looked so smart in his school uniform, photo's in the garden the works! How time flies.

Thank you for your replies, and thank you for finding this match, I have come across this marriage before but disregarded it because it was so close to his other marriage, but I think Simone you may be spot on with the death information! how clever! How sad to think that he married his wife and she lived for six months then he married again six months later to my Great Grandmother!

Thanks again, you are always very kind and it's so good to know I can always ask for help.

Julia

Hi Julia

I hope your son enjoyed his first day at school... I remember well when my children started, although I think I was more apprehensive than them

You are right about time flying can't believe where the last 15 years since my daughter's first day has gone now the funs starts... hope you are good at homework

Simone x

Hi Julia

I was browsing through St James, RC Church, Bootle Marriage Register and came across the following :

28.2.1920 Ernest Michael Taylor - 28 - Bachelor - Tobacco Factory Labourer of 47 Newman Street, Kirkdale - Father Joseph Taylor - deceased to Victoria Whitelock -19 - Spinster - Finisher in Dye Works of 44 Blackburn Grove, Bootle - Father Charles Whitelock - Customs Officer
By Certificate By Victor Huxtable
Witnesses William Taylor and Vera Whitelock. All signed the Register.

The name Whitelock rang a bell with me so I wrote it down, as I thought I had seen it here or on the Bootle site.

Hope this fills in your gap.

Eileen

Eileen,

Wow, thank you so much!! I got goose pimples when I read it, yes this is my Ernest! I'm going to contact his daughters and my Dad today and let them know, they are going to be so pleased.

Thank you again for writing it down and contacting me, what a find!!! Thank you!

Julia x

Dear Eileen
You are a wonder the way you remember surnames.
Thank you on behalf of everyone for the wonderful work you do with look ups. You're a star. And for your vollie work at LRO.

Tina x