Monument to Edward and Lily Jennings Taylor, All Saints Churchyard, Maidenhead Berkshire.
"In loving memory
of
my dear husband
Edward Taylor
who died on Armistice Day 1922
aged 62
- The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God.
Also of
Lily Jennings Taylor
died Feb 12th 1931
aged 73 years."
Edward Taylor was born in 1860 in West Walton, Norfolk to John Taylor, a farmer, and his wife Eliza Greenacre. Edward can first be found on the 1861 Census, aged 8 months, living with his parents in Bell Green Road, Walpole St Peter, Norfolk. The family is still in Bell Green Road in 1871.
By 1881 Edward had moved away from the family home in Bell Green Road Norfolk, to 33 De Beauvoir Road, Hackney, London, a boarding house where his occupation is listed as Draper's Warehouseman. All of the 24 boarders in the house were part of the drapery or clothier business. Edward had moved again by 1891, this time to Leeds, Yorkshire, where he is lodging with James Carr and his family. His occupation is now listed as a Hosiery Assistant.
On August 7th 1893 at All Saint's Church in Fulham, Edward married Lily Jennings McLean.
On August 7th 1893 at All Saint's Church in Fulham, Edward married Lily Jennings McLean.
Lily Jennings Taylor was born Eliza Lily Jennings McLean on 26th August 1854 to Robert Donald McLean, a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, and his wife Jane Jennings, in Dublin, Ireland. The first record I can find of Lily is her marriage to Edward in 1893.
In 1901 Edward and Lily are living at 179 High Street, Kensington, London. Edward's occupation is listed as costumier and Lily's as a dress maker. 1911 finds Edward and Lily living at 50 Ranelagh Gardens, Barnes, Surrey. During their marriage Edward and Lily had no children. Sometime after 1911 Edward and Lily moved to Maidenhead, Berkshire, where Edward was to pass away on 11th November 1922. Lily would follow her husband on 12th February 1931.
I wonder what brought them to Maidenhead and why the unusual, 'died on Armistice Day'? Possibly in 1922, the Great War to end all wars was still raw in the minds of those who witnessed it.
Yes, it does seem odd now. Could understand it for a soldier perhaps. I guess it was just such a big deal for them so close to the war's end.
ReplyDeleteI suppose at the time they thought that no one would ever forget the day the war ended.
DeleteMy grandmother's maiden name was Tayor , she married my grandfather Archer, Dale, Penning, I don't know the date, they had 4 children, 2 girls and 2 boys, my grand was a composite for the Maidenhead advertiser.
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