does anyone know of a margaret taylor b1852,also a sister catherine taylor b 1848,daughters of john taylor of 1821. have looked & looked for these 2 gals, with no luck,any info ,would be helpful, thanks,ianramy2

My Grandfather was Allan Fender Taylor, born i think in 1895. He always talked about Holy Island as his place of birth but i am not certain it was. My father Billy Taylor was born in 1932 to Kathleen Mary Taylor (nee McDade

hello beverley,i have allan fender taylorof 1896,married a margaret timms,he was my nannas brother(her name rosella fender taylor) all born holy island. as a matter of fact i have been looking for a william (billy taylor).my allans siblings are,hilda,henry,joyce,and billy taylor,we could have the same family,please get in touch again,ianramy2

This is interesting. I'm not sure if you have an actual date of birth for Allan as i'm certain he was 80 when he died in 1985. Do you have a date of marriage to Margaret Timms.. maybe my grandparents were not married!!! My grandmother used his name but was a fairly arty bohemian character. My fathers birth certificate names him Billy NOT William. I dont know of my grandfathers (Allan) siblings so will have to ask my father (Billy) for some information. Have you been to Holy Island?

hello again,i have acopy from freebmd,showing mildred timms as being married to allan f taylor in mar 1918,10b page274.this might not be the right one,i have found out there are so many with the same name &dates. allans parents on my info,are john fender taylor born 1865& catherine ann dunn0f 1869. john fender taylor of 1865 was illegitimate son of john fender of 1835& georgina taylor of1846- she later married james allan abt dec 1868 on holy island,ask your dad for info. i am having atime with my nannas side of family. no i have never been to holy island only on the internet,maybe i will,if i go back to england again,i was there last yr,see what you can find out,maybe get it straight,regards,ianramy2

Hi there, i saw my dad, Billy Taylor today. He found all this quite facinating. In an earlier mail i mistakenly said my grandfather Allen Fender was 80 when he died in 1985 but he was in fact about to be 90. He was born 21 Dec 1895. My father dsnt actually know much about his fathers family apart from he always said he came from Holy Island. I have a recollection of seeing my grandfathers birth certificate and am quite sure he was born in the Biker region of Newcastle Upon Tyne. Dad seems to think he had sisters but nothing certain. My father was an only child, born in London and evacuated to Cornwall as an 8yr old. He only went back to his parents for a short while after the war (4yrs)then he returned to Cornwall. Hence he is very sketchy about his roots. There seem to be so many Allen Fender Taylors born in this area around the same time. This of course isnt unusual but makes searching very difficult. Sorry i cant shed any more positive light on your search. B

hello beverley,thanks for getting back to me,.so your saying your dad & allan fender taylorof1896 are not related?, since he had a different mother i guess not,unless catherine died&he remarried.yes i remember reading&seeing movies where the children were moved during the war,i have been to cornwall also,loved it!,so pretty there,. well beverley if you come across any info,please let me know,ianramy2 ps thanks for your help.

hi! beverley, i meant to tell you it was john f taylor 1865 your ggrandad who was born on holy island, his son allan f taylor 1896 was born newcastle,he was in the army alsoin ww1.regards ianramy2

ok thank you for that... i really need to get a birth cert for Allan to confirm his date of birth as im quite sure he was born on the shortest day (21/12/1895) making him 90 in the year of death. i hope your search is progressing well. It's very difficult when everyone had very similar names, don't you find? thank goodness there is more imagination now which will make it easier for our ancestors!!!
Beverley

your welcome!! it takes alot of searching-searching,but i enjoy it,it has been& still is alot of fun finding ancestors,i only knew of 2 taylors when i started,thats all i had to go on,& it worked out well. ianramy2