Person:William Taylor (2)

According to the available records, William Taylor was a Whip Thong Maker in the industrial city of Birmingham, England, living at 4 Court, 26 Gooch St, in the early 1880s.

For further research to identify earlier generations

The only known link passed down amongst Canadian descendants of this family is a book containing this inscription:

Presented by his siter Ann Knott to William Taylor as token of Love and true friendship
Feb 24th 1852
Good By and God Bless you for ever
94 Sherlock St
Pershore Road
Birmingham

Presented by her Father to
Mary Ann Taylor
1838
July 15, 1838
Hanbury, Worcestershire

So far, inspection of the 1841 census for Hanbury and the 1851 census for Birmingham has produced no leads. 94 Sherlock St. seems to be unoccupied in 1851. But Sherlock St. does connect to Gooch St., and both are close to Frank St., where William Taylor's son George was living when he married in 1906, indicating the family lived in the same area of Birmingham for half a century.

1. ↑ Census of England, 1881.

   26 Gooch St. 4 Court/ Taylor William/ age 30 / Whip Thong Maker/ born Birmingham

2.   UK Birth Certificates.

   listed as father on George Taylor's birth registration in 1882/ wife Harriet Freer/ profession Whip Thong Maker/ address 4 Court Gooch St.

3.   Great Britain. Registrar General. Index to the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, 1837-1980.

   Index shows William Taylor registered Vol 6d, page 114, for June 1872 in Birmingham alongside Harriet Freer. Actual record has not yet been viewed.