In the spring of 2007 Geoff Walker contacted me about the Taylor family of Gomersal.
Geoff shared the following information on the Taylor family.
John Taylor
Birth: born 1736, and died 1805.
Marriage: ANNA WARING.
She was born 1739, and died 1817.
Notes for JOHN TAYLOR:
Known to have hosted John Wesley. Joined New Connection Methodists and built a small chapel.
Child of JOHN TAYLOR and ANNA WARING:
- JOSHUA TAYLOR
Birth: b. 1766, Gomersall; d. 28 Dec 1840, Red House Gomersall.
Marriage: ANN TICKELL 1810 in Gomersall. She was born 1781 in Workington Cumbria.
Notes for JOSHUA TAYLOR:
A successful banker & businessman from a long line of respected,
but unconventional, Yorkshire textiles family.
He was a fierce radical in religion & politics and instilled in his six
children independence of thought & action as well as freedom of expression.
Joshua was an educated, cultured & strongly cosmopolitan influence on his family,
he exported cloth to Europe & America and they often travelled in Europe as well
as having relatives living in Brussels. Charlotte Bronte wrote...the society of the
Taylors' is one of the most rousing pleasures I have ever known
(Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey 15 April 1839)
Notes for ANN TICKELL:
- Ann was very displeased with her dour representation as Mrs Yorke in
Charlotte Bronte's novel 'Shirley' She openly abused Charlotte for writing
'Shirley' in a letter to her son.
- 1841 Census Gomersall aged 60 widowed with four of her children
(John, Joseph, Mary & William) in or near Pollanr Hall. Occ. Independent.
- 1851 Not seen
Children of JOSHUA TAYLOR and ANN TICKELL:
- JOSHUA TAYLOR, b. 06 Jul 1812, Gomersall
Marriage: JANE LISTER CHARLESWORTH 1838 in Dewsbury. She was born 1817 in High Town Liversedge.
Notes for JOSHUA TAYLOR:
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1841 Census Gomersall aged 25 with his wife & son in Spen Bank. Occ. Cloth Merchant
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1851 Census Gomersall aged 38 with his wife & children in Low Lane Little Gomersall. Occ. Cloth Merchant
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1861 Census Gomersall aged 48 with his wife & children in Great Gomersall. Occ. Cloth Merchant & Mill Owner.
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1871 Census Gomersall aged 58 with his wife & children in Hill Top. Occ. Woollen Merchant. Also there are Annie Taylor Niece 16 b New Zealand & Mary Doublet 45 Cousin b France.
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1881 Census not seen
Notes for JANE LISTER CHARLESWORTH:
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1841 Census Gomersall aged 25 with husband & son in Spen Bank.
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1851 Census Gomersall aged 35 with husband & children in Low Lane Little Gomersall.
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1861 Census Gomersall aged 44 with husband & children in Great Gomersall.
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1871 Census Gomersall aged 55 with husband & children in Hill Top.
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1881 Census not seen
Children of JOSHUA TAYLOR and JANE CHARLESWORTH:
- JOSHUA TAYLOR, b. 1840, Gomersall.
Marriage: ANN ELIZABETH BOOTH 1868 in Dewsbury, daughter of JAMES BOOTH
and MARY SIGSTON. Ref: 1868 Sept Dewsbury 9b 769. She was born 1838 in Liversedge.
Notes for JOSHUA TAYLOR: -
1841 Census Gomersall aged 1 with parents in Spen Bank.
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1851 Census Gomersall aged 11 with parents & siblings in Low Lane Little Gomersall.
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1861 Census Gomersall aged 21 with parents & siblings in Great Gomersall. Occ. Cloth Manufacturer
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1871 Census Gomersall aged 31 with his wife and son at Spen Hall. Occ. Cloth Manufacturer. Also there were Hannah Crossley 36 Occ. Nurse & Ann Barnes 27 Occ. Domestic Servant.
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1881 Census Gomersall aged 41 with his wife & two sons at Leeds & Elland Rd in Spen Hall. Occ Cloth Manufacturer & Dyer. Also there were Hannah Crossley 46 Occ. Housemaid & Fanny Martha Baker 39 Occ. Cook.
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1891 Census Gomersall aged 51 with his wife in Spen Hall. Occ Manager in Woollen Cloth Manufactory Also Hannah Crossley 56 General Servant Domestic.
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1901 Census Grange Lancashire aged 61 widowed & a Boarder at Esplanade. Occ. Independent Means. This appears to be a Retirement Home.
Notes for ANN ELIZABETH BOOTH:
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1871 Census Gomersall aged 33 with husband & son at Spen Hall.
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1881 Census Gomersall aged 41 with husband & two sons at Spen Hall.
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1891 Census Gomersall aged 53 with husband in Spen Hall.
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1901 Census had died by this date
Children of JOSHUA TAYLOR and ANN BOOTH:
- JOSHUA JAMES TAYLOR, b. 21 Aug 1869, Gomersall; d. 03 Jun 1936,
North Cowichan.
Notes for JOSHUA JAMES TAYLOR:
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1871 Census Gomersall aged 1 with his parents at Spen Hall.
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1881 Census Gomersall aged 11 with his parents & brother at Leeds & Elland Rd in Spen Hall.
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1888 Attended Emmanuel College Cambridge BA, MA, MB and M Chir.
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1891 Census Settle aged 21 a visitor at the Golden Lion Hotel in Duke St. Occ. Medical Student
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1895 MD
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1898 D.P.H
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1899 St Bartholomew's Hospital House Surgeon worked also at Darlington & Salop Royal Infirmaries
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1901 Census not clear
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1910 In practice in Liphook Hants
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1920 in practice in Shrewsbury
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1930 in practice in Ditchling Sussex
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1936 Then living in Maple Bay Duncan Vancouver Island British Columbia where he died aged 66
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THOMAS SIGSTON TAYLOR, b. 06 Apr 1873, Gomersall; d. 24 Apr 1952,
The Laurels Hailsham;
Marriage:
MAUDE FRANCES REDGRAVE, 26 Aug 1908, Hailsham Sussex2; b. 1879, Ashford Kent.
Marriage Notes for THOMAS TAYLOR and MAUDE REDGRAVE:
Witnesses: A.R. Quinton & E.H. Redgrave
Notes for THOMAS SIGSTON TAYLOR:
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1881 Census Gomersall aged 7 with his parents & brother at Leeds & Elland Rd in Spen Hall.
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1891 Census Giggleswick aged 17 a Boarder at the Giggleswick Royal Grammar School.
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1892 King's College Cambridge where he gained a BA, B Chir and MA
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1901 Census London aged 27 at St Thomas's Hospital. Occ Medical Practitioner
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Career History: House Surgeon at St Thomas's House Physician at The Brompton then practiced in Shrewsbury before moving to practice in Hailsham. Medical Officer of Health for the Hellingly District and a J.P. for Sussex
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1908 Marriage aged 35 Occ. Doctor of Laurels North St Hailsham. Father Joshua Occ. Cloth Manufacturer
Notes for MAUDE FRANCES REDGRAVE:
- 1908 Marriage aged 29 Occ. Tuition of South View Western Rd Hailsham. Father James Redgrave (Dec) Occ. Corn Merchant.
- THOMAS TAYLOR, b. 1842, Gomersall.
Notes for THOMAS TAYLOR:
- 1851 Census Gomersall aged 9 with parents & siblings in Low Lane Little Gomersall.
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1861 Census Gomersall aged 19 with parents & siblings in Great Gomersall. Occ. Wool Dyer
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1871 Census Gomersall aged 29 with parents & siblings in Hill Top. Occ. Master Dyer.
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1881 Census not seen
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1891 Census not clear possibly a Bookkeeper in Lower Bebington Cheshire
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1901 Census not clear
- RICHARD TAYLOR, b. 1843, Gomersall.
"On Richard Alfred Taylor's Christening mug, which I have in front of me,
his birth date is 17th October 1843."
Mary Moogk, July 29, 2009
Notes for RICHARD TAYLOR:
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1851 Census Gomersall aged 7 with parents & siblings in Low Lane Little Gomersall.
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1861 Census Gomersall aged 17 with parents & siblings in Great Gomersall. Occ. Apprentice Cloth Manufacturer.
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1871 Census Gomersall aged 27 with parents & siblings in Hill Top. Occ. Manufacturer & Dyer
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1881 Census Gomersall aged 37 Head with Mary Doublet 51 Cousin & Housekeeper in Low Lane. Occ. Cloth Manufacturer.
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1891, 01 Census not seen
- EDWARD TAYLOR, b. 1847, Gomersall.
Marriage: THERESSA. She was born 1848 in Ireland.
Notes for EDWARD TAYLOR:
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1851 Census Gomersall aged 5 with parents & siblings in Low Lane Little Gomersall.
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1861 Census Pudsey aged 13 a pupil at Fulneck Boys Boarding School.
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1871 Census Gomersall aged 25 with parents & siblings in Hill Top. Occ. Master Dyer
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1881 Census Foots Cray Kent aged 35 with his wife & children in Hasherley Rd Meadowsley. Occ. Manager Woollen Merchant
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1891 not seen
Notes for THERESSA:
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1881 Census Foots Cray Kent aged 34 with husband & children in Hasherley Rd Meadowsby.
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1891 not seen
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1901 Census Foots Cray Kent aged 54 widowed with her children at Meadowsby
In 2016 Sharon Slater wrote:
"Edward Taylor (1847) the son of Joshua Taylor
was the Managing Director of the Limerick Clothing Factory from 1889 until his death in 1899."
Children of EDWARD TAYLOR and THERESSA:
- EDWARD REGINALD TAYLOR, b. 1873, Birstall.
Notes for EDWARD REGINALD TAYLOR:
- 1881 Census Foots Cray Kent aged 8 with his parents & sister in Hasherley Rd Meadowsley.
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1891 not seen
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1901 Census Foots Cray Kent aged 28 with his widowed mother & sister at Meadowsby. Occ. Solicitor
- SUSAN MARY TAYLOR, b. 1877, Birstall.
Notes for SUSAN MARY TAYLOR:
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1881 Census Foots Cray Kent aged 4 with her parents & brother in Hasherley Rd Meadowsley.
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1891 not seen
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1901 Census Foots Cray Kent aged 24 with her widowed mother & brother at Meadowsby.
- SUSAN TAYLOR, b. 1848, Gomersall.
Notes for SUSAN TAYLOR: -
1851 Census Gomersall aged 2 with parents & siblings in Low Lane Little Gomersall.
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1861 Census Gomersall aged 13 with parents & siblings in Great Gomersall.
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1871 Census Gomersall aged 22 with parents & siblings in Hill Top.
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1881, 91, 01 Census not clear
- EMILY TAYLOR, b. 1850, Gomersall.
Notes for EMILY TAYLOR:
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1851 Census Gomersall aged 1 month with parents & siblings in Low Lane Little Gomersall.
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1861 Census Gomersall aged 11 with parents & siblings in Great Gomersall.
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1871, 81, 91, 01 not seen
- JOHN TAYLOR, b. 1813, Gomersall; d. 1901
Notes for JOHN TAYLOR:
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1841 Census Gomersall aged 25 with his widowed mother & siblings in or near
Pollard Hall. Occ. Cloth Manufacturer
- 1851 Census Gomersall aged 37 Head with one servant at Papely. Occ. Woollen Merchant
- 1861 Census Cleckheaton aged 47 with his sister Mary,
sister-in-law Amelia from Holland & 2 servants all at West Villa in Wyke. Occ. Dyer
- 1871, 81 Census not seen
- JOSEPH TAYLOR, b. 1815,
Gomersall; d. 1857;
Marriage: AMELIA RINGROSE.
Notes for JOSEPH TAYLOR:
- 1841 Census Gomersall aged 25 with his widowed mother & siblings in or near Pollard Hall. Occ. Cloth Manufacturer.
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He travelled to Brussels with Charlotte and Emily Bronte, and his sisters.
- In 1850, he married.
- He was a witness to the marriage settlement between Charlotte and Rev Nicholls
- 1851, 61, 71 Census not seen
- MARY TAYLOR,
Birth: b. 26 Feb 1817, Gomersall; d. 01 Mar 1893, High Royd Gomersall.
Notes for MARY TAYLOR:
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"Quiet but self-possessed, she was an admirable businesswoman, with a way of going straight to the point that was at times disconcerting...Miss Taylor was indeed a remarkable woman - probably in her mental endowments the strongest woman who came within the Bronte circle". Cleckheaton Guardian 24 Dec 1903.
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Mary Taylor of Red House Gomersall was Charlotte Bronte's close lifelong friend. This cherished friendship influenced Charlotte's life and her novels. The radical & boisterous Taylor family of Red House were described as the 'Yorke' family in Charlotte Bronte's novel 'Shirley'. Charlotte described the family so well that Mary wrote "There is a strange feeling in reading it of hearing us all talking" (Mary Taylor to Charlotte Bronte 13 Aug 1850)
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Mary Taylor appears as 'Rose York' and her character relates strongly to what we know of Mary.
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In 1845 after finding that there was no suitable employment that she desired or wished to undertake in England & Mary sailed for Wellington New Zealand. Although this was a pioneering expedition through hard work and money sent from England she set up a small shop with her cousin Ellen Taylor which became a thriving business until her return to England in 1860.
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After her return she made frequent visits to Switzerland and published in 1875 'Swiss Notes by Five Ladies'. She wrote just one novel "Miss Miles" published in 1890.
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1841 Census Gomersall aged 20 with her widowed mother & siblings in or near Pollard Hall.
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1851 In New Zealand
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1861 Census Cleckheaton aged 44 with brother John, widowed sister-in-law Amelia from Holland & 2 servants all at West Villa in Wyke.
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1871 Census not seen
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1881 Census Gomersall aged 64 at the home of Mrs & Rev Robert F Taylor Vicar of Gomersall on Leeds & Elland Rd. Occ. Spinster
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1891 Census Gomersall aged 74 at High Royd House Spen Lane. Occ. Lives on her own means.
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1893 died.
- MARTHA TAYLOR, b. 1819, Gomersall; d. 1842, Brussels.
Notes for MARTHA TAYLOR:
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1841 Census not seen as Martha was at a finishing school in Brussels & probably contracted Cholera which was epidemic in Europe at the time and died in October 1842.
- WILLIAM WARING TAYLOR, b. 1821, Gomersall; d. 1903, New Zealand.
Marriage 1:
MARY KNOX 1848 in New Zealand.
She was born 10 Feb 1827 in Edinburgh.
Marriage 2: MARY ELIZABETH BROWN 21 May 1879 in New Zealand.
Note: In July 2015 Peter Taylor wrote:
"It was William Waring Taylor's son William Taylor (my great grandfather)
who married Mary Elizabeth Brown (my great grandmother)."
Notes for WILLIAM WARING TAYLOR:
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1841 Census Gomersall aged 20 with his widowed mother & siblings in or near Pollard Hall.
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1851 - 1901 Census not seen
Child of WILLIAM TAYLOR and MARY KNOX:
- CAROLINE WARING TAYLOR, b. 12 Oct 1857, Tawa Flats NZ.
In January 2015 I received an email from New Zealand:
"Nga Tawa, a school of note for young ladies, began life at
Wyke, Shannon NZ by the grand-daughter of William Waring Taylor.
He is buried in Shannon with his son Robert.
The family today still has a little of the air recorded in
Charlotte's history of them."
In August 2015 Dana Huthnance wrote:
Wyke was later managed by Keith Elliot's ( VC)
brother a family friend and was not in dis-repair as some photographs now indicate.'
Nga Tawa
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