by Frodo » Wed Jan 30, 2019 11:00 pm
I have had a reply from my cousin in America and she has sent me an excerpt from Gordon Taylor's family history:
The earliest record is of Joseph Taylor, born 4th April 1782; died 15 March 1841, age 58. Joseph married a lady by the name of Smith and they lived in a small cottage near the village of Stoke Prior in Worcestershire, England.
Their first son, Philemon Taylor, born on Tuesday, 1 September 1819 at 8.00pm, was baptized on 26 September in Stoke Prior Church by the Reverend George. Philemon was killed in a war.
The information about Philemon is immediately below that for Joseph. I visited the church at Stoke Prior a few years ago but there was nobody about to help me find paperwork,graves etc. A subsequent enquiry suggested that all their records are on microfiche so difficult for me to follow up as I live near Sheffield.