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TAYLOR, George
1846 - 1929 (83 years) Has 4 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.
1811 - 1875 (65 years)-
Name TAYLOR, George Birth 1846 Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, England 
Gender Male Death 1929 Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire Person ID I2082 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father TAYLOR, John, b. 1799, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England d. 1871, Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 72 years) Relationship natural Mother SKINNER, Mary Ellen, b. Between 1810 and 1811, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire d. 1875, Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 65 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1839 Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire Family ID F194 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 EDGOOSE, Elizabeth, b. 6 Jan 1842, Gedney, Lincolnshire, Norfolk d. 21 Dec 1911, Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, England (Age 69 years) Marriage 31 Aug 1904 Holbeach, Lincolnshire Family ID F188 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 DAWS, Mary Emily, b. Abt 1837, Burnham Overy, Norfolk d. 1887, Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 50 years) Marriage 1873 King's Lynn Registration District, Norfolk Children 1. TAYLOR, William d. Yes, date unknown 2. TAYLOR, Lucy Mary, b. 1873, Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, England d. 1902, Brackley, Northamptonshire, England (Age 29 years)3. TAYLOR, Ellen, b. 1875 d. 1875 (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 4. TAYLOR, Martha Ellen, b. 1879, Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, England d. UNKNOWN5. TAYLOR, Francis, b. 1880, Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire d. 1880, Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 0 years)Family ID F195 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 3 ROSS, Hannah, b. Between 1838 and 1841, Gedney Drove End, Lincolnshire, England d. 1902, Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 64 years) Marriage 1888 Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire Family ID F1097 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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GEORGE TAYLOR 1846-1929
The birth of a George TAYLOR was registered in Holbeach Registration District (which included Sutton Bridge) in 1846.
(GRO March Q 1846 Holbeach 14 155)
He was baptised at Long Sutton on 25 January 1846.
(IGI)
The 1851 census of Bridge Street, Sutton St. Mary, Lincolnshire:
John TAYLOR, head, aged 51, fisherman, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Mary Ellen TAYLOR, wife, aged 40, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
Charles TAYLOR, son, aged 18, employed in fishing, born at Long Sutton;
John TAYLOR, son, aged 15, agricultural labourer, born at Long Sutton;
Sarah TAYLOR, daughter, aged 12, employed at home, born at Long Sutton;
Martha Ellen TAYLOR, daughter, aged 10, scholar, born at Long Sutton;
Elizabeth TAYLOR, daughter, aged 8, scholar, born at Long Sutton;
William TAYLOR, son, aged 6, scholar, born at Long Sutton;
*George TAYLOR, son, aged 5, scholar, born at Long Sutton;
Lucy TAYLOR, daughter, aged 4, born at Long Sutton;
Jane TAYLOR, daughter, aged 1, born at Long Sutton.
(HO 107/2097/194/2)
The 1861 census of 116 Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire:
John TAYLOR, head, aged 61, fisherman, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Mary E. TAYLOR, wife, aged 50, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
*George TAYLOR, son, aged 15, fisherman, born at Long Sutton;
Lucy TAYLOR, daughter, aged 13, scholar, born at Long Sutton;
Jane TAYLOR, daughter, aged 11, scholar, born at Long Sutton;
Emma TAYLOR, daughter, aged 9, scholar, born at Long Sutton;
Henry TAYLOR, son, aged 6, scholar, born at Long Sutton.
(RG9/2327/66/25)
According to George Albert EDGOOSE (1915-2015), George TAYLOR married three times and had a son Willie. Willie has not been traced, although George TAYLOR had a brother named William.
The marriage between George TAYLOR and Mary Emily DAWS was registered in 1873. This was George TAYLOR's first marriage.
(GRO June 1873 King's Lynn 4b 630)
Their daughter Lucy Mary TAYLOR was born in 1873.
(GRO September Q 1873 [DAWS] Holbeach 07A 388)
Their daughter Ellen TAYLOR was born and died in 1875.
(GRO March Q 1875 [DAWS] Holbeach 07A 379)
(GRO June Q 1875 Holbeach 07A 235 aged 0)
Their daughter Martha Ellen TAYLOR [DAWS] was born in 1879.
(GRO September Q 1879 [DAWS] Holbeach 07A 409)
Their son Francis TAYLOR was and died in 1880.
(GRO December Q 1880 [DAWS] Holbeach 07A 384)
(GRO December Q 1880 Holbeach 07A 255 aged 0)
At the time of the 1881 census he was living at 49 Whithington Street, Sutton St. Mary, Lincolnshire:
*George TAYLOR, head, aged 34, fisherman, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Mary TAYLOR, wife, aged 40, born at Burnham Overy, Norfolk;
Lucey TAYLOR, daughter, aged 7, scholar, born at Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire;
Martha TAYLOR, daughter, aged 1, born at Sutton Bridge.
(RG11/3208/67/18)
The death of a Mary Emily TAYLOR aged 47 was registered in 1887.
(GRO March 1887 Holbeach 7a 251)
She was buried at Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, on 8 January 1847.
George TAYLOR, widower, a 42 year old fisherman of Sutton St. Matthew, Lincolnshire, and son of John TAYLOR, a fisherman (deceased), married Hannah ROSS, a 48 year old spinster of Sutton St. Matthew and daughter of Thomas ROSS, a shepherd (deceased), at Sutton St. Matthew parish church (Sutton Bridge) on 7 March 1888. Witnesses were John BUTTEN, Sarah Hannah ROSS, and Lucy Mary TAYLOR. This was George TAYLOR's second marriage.
(PR)
(GRO March Q 1888 Holbeach 7a 487)
In 1891 they were living at 5 Princes Street, Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire:
*George TAYLOR, head, aged 44, fisherman, born at Sutton Bridge;
Hannah TAYLOR, wife, aged 46 (sic), born at Gedney Drove End, Lincolnshire
Martha Ellen TAYLOR, daughter, aged 11, scholar, born at Sutton Bridge.
(RG12/2567/35/13)
According to the 1901 census they were living at 7 Customs House Street, Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire:
George TAYLOR, head, aged 56, self-employed fisherman, born at Sutton Bridge;
*Hannah TAYLOR, wife, aged 60, born at Sutton Bridge (sic);
Lucy TAYLOR, daughter, aged 27, born at Sutton Bridge.
(RG13/3037/17/25)
Francis Marshall WHITLOCK, a 28 year old bachelor, a painter, and son of James WHITLOCK, labourer, married Lucy Mary TAYLOR, a 27 year old spinster from Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, and daughter of George TAYLOR fisherman, at Sutton Bridge on 8 April 1901. Witnesses were George TAYLOR [her father] and Martha Ellen TAYLOR [her sister].
(PR)
The death of Hannah TAYLOR aged 60 was registered in 1902.
(GRO March Q 1902 Holbeach 7a 277)
At Holbeach Free Methodist Chapel on 31 August 1904 Elizabeth EDGOOSE married George TAYLOR, son of fisherman John TAYLOR deceased, and brother of Martha Ellen EDGOOSE (nee TAYLOR), her sister-in-law. She was described as a 59 year old spinster, a laundry woman of Holbeach Union Workhouse, Fleet. George TAYLOR was described as a 58 year old widower, a fisherman and stevedore of Thuston House Street, Sutton Bridge. Witnesses were Robert J. HORRY and E. HORRY
[Henry James HORRY of Holbeach married Judith Lewin EDGOOSE of West Walton in 1852; and Robert HORRY, son of Henry James HORRY, married Eliza JOHNSON. In her will Mary Ann LEWIN EDGOOSE described Robert J. HORRY as her nephew].
This was George TAYLOR's third marriage
(PR)
(GRO September Q 1904 Holbeach 7a 874)
The 1911 census of 7 Custom House Street, Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire:
*Geo TAYLOR, head, aged 64, fisherman, born at Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire;
Elizabeth TAYLOR, wife, aged 69, married 6 years, born in Lincolnshire.
(RG14/19517)
His wife Elizabeth TAYLOR died at Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, on 21 December 1911 aged 69. She was described as the wife of George TAYLOR, a fisherman. Her nephew G. W. ANDERSON of Long Sutton was the informant. Cause of death was Apoplexy.
(GRO December Q 1911 Holbeach 7a 444)
The death of a George TAYLOR aged 84 was registered in 1929.
(GRO December Q 1929 Holbeach 7a 420)
NOTES & QUERIES:
1921 Census?
(revised 14.08.2023)