Toxteth Park Cemetery

I found something today...

Toxteth Park Cemetery burials. I wondered about it. There is a great history listed there that references many cemeteries in Liverpool. The basic premise is that as people moved out of the squalor of the inner city, the churches' congregations in that area decreased. Eventually many churches were closed, and pulled down because the value of the land in central Liverpool was so high. Those buried in these church yards were exhumed and moved to centralized locations...Toxteth Park Cemetery was one of these.

And reading all of this made me realize that I have almost no records of burials for the Taylor family living in Liverpool. Hmm...

So, searching for the surname "Taylor." There are quite a few. But one jumped out at me: Samuel Taylor, address 7 Seddon St, buried 1 Oct 1875... Seddon St...that's the family address again (#10 Cleveland Square is on the corner of Cleveland Square and Seddon Street...the Paint & Varnish side of the business is usually listed on Seddon Street, while the Pharmacy is Cleveland Square) Well, yes, that was Samuel Taylor, Charles' next older brother, who died "suddenly" 28 September 1875 . There was a link for the grave itself and I found that both Samuel and his widow, Eliza were buried in that grave. And, oh joy! Eliza's burial date and address!

I'm loving this site already! Now to see who else is buried there...and where they are buried (did I mention the grave maps?)

Calling all FAMILY!

If you're related....contact me please!

Children of Charles Taylor [Sr] and Marianne Moore de Barcy:

A1 - William Howard Taylor b. 30 Jun 1860 in Liverpool, England md. Sarah (Sadie) Minerva Slentz 21 Nov 1885 in Glendive, Dawson, Montana
Their children:
          B1 - Frank Mervin Taylor b. 16 Feb 1887 md. Zella Mae Corberly
                    C1 - Walter William Taylor
                    C2 - Robert Frank Taylor
                    C3 - Dorothy Marie Taylor
                    C4 - Charles Howard Taylor
                    C5 - Richard Lee Taylor
                    C6 - Donald Duane Taylor
                    C7 - John Philip Taylor
                    C8 - David Warren Taylor
          B2 - Florence Ellen Taylor b. 27 Mar 1889 d. 1891
          B3 - Ethel Jane Taylor b. 12 Dec 1890 md. William Harry Ranes
                    C1 - Hazel Lillian Ranes md. Marvin Wright
                    C2 - Oren Leroy Ranes
          B4 - Myrtle Viola Taylor b. 28 Feb 1893 md. 1st William Imler 2nd Joseph Steven McDonald
                    C1 - Alice Mae Imler
                    C2 - Dorothy Rae Imler
          B5 - Annie Grace Taylor b. 15 May 1895 d. 19 Jul 1895
          B6 - Mary Irene Taylor b. 14 Feb 1898 md. Vernon Ellsworth
          B7 - Charles Clayton Taylor b. 27 Nov 1900 md. Clara Lee Pennewell
                    C1 - Virginia Lee Taylor md. 1st Vance Olsen 2nd Leon Trainor, Jr.
                    C2 - Norma Jean Taylor
          B8 - William Delton Taylor b. 18 may 1903 md. Helen Lucille Rogers
                    C1 - Wesley Delton Taylor
          B9 - Harold Rex Taylor b. 25 Feb 1910 md. 1st Leota Grace Heckman 2nd Marge Dell Stevenson
                     C1 - Gordon William Taylor
A2 - George Henry Taylor b. 27 Aug 1862 in Liverpool, England. Went to sea after the 1871 census. No one knows what became of him. We do not know if we retained the Moore surname or the Taylor surname.
A3 - Anna M Taylor b. 11 Dec 1865 in Liverpool, England md. Duane Robert Linsley 17 Jul 1886 in Dawson Co., Montana
Their children:
          B1 - Hazel May Linsley b. Sep 1888 md. Frederick Temple
                    C1 - Dorothy Temple
                    C2 - Charolette Temple
          B2 - George Howard Linsley b. Aug 1889 md. Lillie Bertie
                    C1 - Nellie Linsley
                    C2 - Flora Linsley md. Denny Coonts
A4 - Charles Taylor [Jr] b. 2 Aug 1868 in Liverpool, England md. 1st Anna Marie Helland, 2nd Eva Electa Brown, 3rd Madge Blanton Smith
Their children (all 1st marriage):
          B1 - Ethel Gunnell Taylor b. 9 May 1895 md. Arnold Thomas Read
                    C1 - Willard Charles Read md. 1st Theo Dean Straicher
                    C2 - Arnold Bowman Read md. Jean Eleanor Burns
                    C3 - William Andrew Read md. 1st Maxine Womach 2nd Kay Fox, 3rd Tina Marinez
                    C4 - Ethelene Read md. 1st Richard Roach, 2nd ? Petree
                    C5 - AnnaMae Read md. Victor A. Lo Forte, Jr
                    C6 - Larry Thomas Read md. Anice Jo Archer
          B2 - Hazelle Marie Taylor b. 9 May 1895 md. 1st. Arthur Robert Harnish 2nd Jack A Dollar, 3rd Everett Larence Johnson
          B3 - Helen Josephine Taylor b. 20 Nov 1896 md. 1st Heber Harris Thomas, Jr., 2nd Leslie Hollister, 3rd James Wendell Phillips Glascow, 4th Frank George Geiger
                    C1 - Raymond H Thomas
          B4 - Maude Leonore Taylor b. 22 Nov 1897 md. William Lorenzo Taylor, Jr
          B5 - Charles Duane Taylor b. 13 Mar 1902 md. Nettie Elora Taylor
                    C1 - Dorothy Taylor
                    C2 - Charles Duane Taylor, Jr
                    C3 - Ronald Dean Taylor
          B6 - Hilda Virginia Taylor b. 8 Feb 1914 md. George Edwin Anderson
                    C1 - George Edwin (Ted) Anderson Jr md. Judy Butler
                    C2 - Ken Anderson
                    C3 - Sandy Anderson
A5 - Alice Jane (Jennie) Taylor b. 25 May 1875 in Liverpool, England md. John Simmons 20 Oct 1890 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, md. 2nd LeRoy H Mercer 8 Apr 1896 in Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, md. 3rd John J Dodge 3 Oct 1901 in Bozeman, Gallatin, Montana
Her child (by John Simmons)
          B1 - Minerva (Minnie) Mae Mercer b. 10 Aug 1893 md. James Frank Preston

Eugenie Wright

So another puzzle we have had is who Eugenie Wright is. Eugenie shows up in 1881 with Josiah Taylor, Charles [Sr]'s brother. Listed as his niece. Eugenie isn't particularly common so, finally I sent for her birth certificate and she turns out to be the daughter of Thomas Wright & Elizabeth Wright late Goodsir formerly Coffee...

Hmmm.....

So FreeBMD had a marriage between an Elizabeth Goodsir and a Thomas Roper Wright married Dec Qtr 1855. Also a marriage for Elizabeth Coffee and George Goodsir in Jun 1839. George died Dec 1852.

Funny thing, I already had four Goodsir children...William b. 1840 married Sophia Elizabeth Taylor, Josiah Taylor's eldest daughter. Also George Frederick b. Sep 1844, Robert Stebbings b. Mar 1847, & Isabella b. Sep 1851.

So what if Eugenie Wright's mother was also William Goodsir's mother? Let's see....

Jun 1839 George Goodsir & Elizabeth Coffee married
Jun 1840 William Goodsir born
Sep 1844 George Frederick Goodsir born
Mar 1847 Robert Stebbings Goodsir born
Sep 1851 Isabella born
Dec 1852 George Goodsir died
Dec 1855 Elizabeth Coffee Goodsir married Thomas Roper Wright
Feb 1857 Eugenie Wright born

Proof? 1851 Census St Thomas District, Liverpool:
George Goodsir 42y, Publican
Elizabeth Goodsir 34y, wife
William Goodsir son 9y

But where were George & Robert?

In Scotland with an aunt...probably George's as he was born in Scotland.
Sibby Dietrickson 48y
George Goodsir 7y nephew b. Liverpool
Robert Goodsir 3y nephew b. Liverpool

Makes sense when you realize that Isabella was born Sep 1851, just a few months after the census was taken.

Anne Clarke Morgan IS Mary Collis Taylor's mother

So today's mail was a really large bundle. The internet is a wonderful thing...a week and a half ago I ordered the certificates and they were in the mail today!

To start with:

Mary Collis Taylor was born 17 June 1846 at 13 Wilton St, Liverpool. Her father was Charles Taylor, Chemist and Druggist. Her mother was Ann Clarke Taylor formerly Morgan.

Next:

14 Feb 1844 married by license in the parish church of Llangelynin, county of Merioneth by Thos. Jones, Curate

Charles Taylor, gentleman, full age, bachelor, residing in Liverpool, Father: John Taylor (no occupation) and
Anne Clarke Morgan, full age, spinster, residing in Hendre, Father: Anthony Morgan, gentleman

Witnesses: Anthony Thomas Morgan & Jane Lewis

Third:

Anne Clarke Taylor died 14 Apr 1856 Sidney Rd, Tranmere, female, 36 years, wife of Charles Taylor, Chemist, of Chronic Headache & Apoplectic fit - certified

So we have clearly found Charles' first marriage.

I searched on Llangelynin and found the correct spelling is Langelynnin. The other spelling is located in Caernarvonshire. In searching for this I found a new resource: A Vision of Britain Through Time. It is a comprehensive gazetteer and mapping system about all places in Britain. You gotta try it!

Annie Moore-Taylor

Annie was born 11 Dec 1865 in Liverpool, England. She emigrated to the United States with Charles and Alice Jane (Jennie) in 1885. They came aboard the Inman Line's City of Chester.

Annie married Duane Robert Linsley about 1887, presumably in Montana. She would have been 22.

Duane was born in 1857 in Wisconsin, the son of Charles Linsley and Filena. (1860) He grew up in Minnesota (1870, 1880) and later moved further west. He was a Grocer his entire life.

Their first child, Hazel May Linsley was born September 1888 in Dakota Territory. Their second child, George Howard Linsley was born August 1889 in Montana.

By 1900 the Linsleys are in Pocatello, Idaho. Then in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1910, 1920 & 1930. Duane died 5 December 1932 in Colorado Springs. What a sad Christmas they must have had that year!

Annie moved to Midwest, Wyoming to live with her daughter, Hazel, who had married Fred Temple. They had two daughters, Dorothy and Charolette. George had married Lillie Bertie and they had two daughters, as well, Nellie and Flora.

Annie died 7 March 1936 in Midwest. She was buried beside her husband in Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs.

This picture was taken in Colorado Springs at the Garden of the Gods (did you know the Lone Ranger Westerns were shot here?) when Charles Taylor (Jr.), his wife, Anna Marie Helland and daughter Hilda Virginia (Ginnie) went to visit them. The other children were already married by the time of this visit which was around 1930

Annie's death certificate lists her mother's name as Marian DeBarcy born in France. Her father was Charles Taylor born in England. Each census lists Annie's mother as born in France and speaks French and her father as born in England. Both of which corroborate Charles Taylor (Jr.)'s information.

Was she really born in France?

Was Marian DeBarcy really born in France?

It is possible that the whole story is a hoax to cover the children's illegitimacy. In all the censuses Mary Ann Moore is born in Liverpool. But, looking up all the Mary Ann Moores of approximately the same age, born in Liverpool, listed in the 1851 and 1841 censuses doesn't show a family with Mary Ann, George & Sylvia as children's names. Maybe she borrowed a story from an ancestor?

Does she really have a brother, George and sister, Sylvia? George is a common name in Charles Taylor, Sr.'s family and so is Sophia, which is awfully close to Sylvia. Hmmm....

Taylor? Moore? DeBarcy?

Am I crazy? Every so often I wonder if I've jumped to a conclusion that makes these families tie together. Then I have to go through all of the information to validate my conclusion that they are one and the same. So here goes...

Charles Taylor, Jr. [We'll call him this, for clarity] was born 1868 in Liverpool, England and immigrated to the United States in 1885. Charles, Jr. left documents listing information about his family in England.


Charles Taylor, Sr. was a druggist. He did work at #10 Cleveland Sq. (1861, 1871) That building was originally owned by his father, then passed to his brother, Samuel who died 1875, directing that all his property be sold and the proceeds split between his inheritors. So it isn't surprising that in 1881, Charles Taylor Sr. is a retired druggist. #2 Brook Subery....turns out to be Tuebrook Suburb in Liverpool, but we haven't yet been able to locate a Clifton Villars address.

There is indeed a Mary born to Charles Sr. and a previous wife, a Mary Collis Taylor. (Christening, 1851) The christening record gives Mary Collis Taylor, daughter of Charles Taylor (druggist) & Anne Clarke [surnamed Morgan]. The 1851 census gives the three of them, Charles Taylor, druggist; wife Annie Clerk Taylor, & dau. Mary Collis Taylor. There cannot be a mistake.

After her mother's death Mary Collis lived with Sam Taylor (1861-Mary Collis Taylor, neice) and John Taylor, who was a surgeon (1871-Mary C. Taylor, neice) although he was living on Hope St instead of the Parliament St address that Charles Jr. gives.

A little off on the "Dr." Sam Taylor. He was never listed as a doctor. He was a Paint & Varnish Manufacturer & Land owner (does this refer to the Cleveland Square address that he received as inheritance from his father? Have no record of him living at Figueroa Street, either.

So Mary Collis Taylor clearly ties Charles Sr., John and Samuel together as brothers.

Now as to Charles Sr.'s second family--our family. We could never find them by the surname Taylor. They just didn't show up. It wasn't until my sister found their names on the ship's register that we found the surname of "Moore." When we then looked for them with the surname "Moore" we found everything we expected. Our copy of the 1861 census for #10 Cleveland Sq was a really bad copy. We thought we could read Mary A Moore, but we weren't sure until I recently got a cleaner copy. It was definitely, Charles Taylor, druggist 45y & Mary A Moore, servant 24y, but she was born in Liverpool, not France...hmmm....

1871 William Moore 55y chemist, born Wale, Lancashire; wife, Mary Ann 33y born Liverpool; William 11y scholar born Liverpool; George H. 9y scholar born Liverpool; Annie 6y scholar born Liverpool; Charles 3y born Liverpool

1881 Mary Ann More, 44y widow, Machinist born Liverpool; Charles 14y, scholar born Liverpool; Jane 8y, scholar born Liverpool
1881 Groman family on Great Howard St. Ann Moore 15y, servant, born Liverpool.

Marian (Mary) Taylor, most of the information Charles Jr gave we cannot yet validate. However, the fact that Marian was also known as Mary, validates the information that we have found listing her as Mary Ann Moore.

All of the kids: his numbers don't add up, but of the children we have been able to track down birth records for, he's right on except for one thing--the surname. We have Christening & Birth Registration for William. Christening for Annie. Birth Registration for George. Christening & Birth Registration for Charles. Unfortunately, nothing for Alice Jane (Jennie). All of these records give them the surname of "Moore." All of the places that he records them currently living in were correct prior to 1950 (with the surname of "Taylor" in the USA).

Oddball information is that, William, George & Charles Jr's birth registrations have no father listed. However, William's christening record lists Charles Sr. as a bookkeeper, Annie's christening record lists him, a "victualler" and Charles Jr's christening gives him as a druggist.

A couple of other pieces of information not listed on this document: Marian DeBarcy was 20 years younger than Charles Taylor. This is validated by the 1861, 1871 & 1881 censuses & both Mary Ann Moore's death certificate & Charles Taylor Sr's death certificate.

Mary Ann Moore who died in 31 Dec 1882 is the same Mary Ann Moore we've been tracking. Ages match, she is the "widow of Charles Moore, Druggist" and the informant is A. Moore, daughter, with a different address...this would have to be Annie who was a servant in another household.

Charles Taylor Sr. in 1881 is retired druggist born in Liverpool, with wife, Margaret & daughter Nellie, 1y. 1891 census give Charles Taylor Sr. as retired druggist born in Liverpool widowed with four children; Nellie 11y born Liverpool; Fredrick 8y born Walton on the Hill; Margaret 6y born Walton on the Hill; Esther 2y born Walton on the Hill

Charles Taylor Sr. dies 24 Oct 1895, retired chemist, Informant is N. Taylor, daughter with the same address as Charles. His Letters of Administration state the same death date and address and state that Mary Collis Dickins (there's that Collis middle name again!) wife of Edward Francis Dickins "the natural and lawful daughter, and only next of kin" recieved the entire estate. Okay, so the "only next of kin" is a little off, but it is clearly the same Charles Sr. If Mary Collis Taylor is his daughter from the first marriage. His death certificate informant is Nellie Taylor, daughter from the third marriage. We already know that Mary Collis Taylor is the half sister, Mary that Charles Jr. was mentioning.

Therefore, Charles Taylor Sr. druggist/chemist born 1815 married 1st Anne Clarke, their child: Mary Collis Taylor born 1846 who married 1880 Edward Francis Dickins. Charles Sr. married 2nd Mary Ann Moore (Marian DeBarcy), their children: William born 1860, George born 1862, Annie born 1865, Charles Jr. born 1868, & Alice Jane (Jennie) born 1875. Charles Sr. married 3rd Margaret (possibly Rooney), their children: Nellie born 1880, Fredrick born 1881, Margaret born 1885, & Esther born 1889.

One man, three marriages (relationships?), 10 kids. Taylor & Moore surnames.

I guess I'm not crazy...he was!

Moore?

So their surname on the ship's list was "Moore." Why Moore? Where did Moore come from? And if their name was Moore, why did they say their father's name was Taylor and use the Taylor surname in the United States? Did someone make a mistake?

Okay, so searching for all of these people with the surname of Moore turned up christening records for William, Annie & Charles, all in St Peter's Church, Liverpool. All with a father of Charles Moore and mother Mary Ann. 1861, 1871, 1881 censuses stating Mary Ann Moore. In 1861, she is a servant to Charles Taylor, living at Cleveland Square. But no baby William (he was born in 1860). In 1871, the family was William Moore, druggist, Mary Ann, William, George, Annie, & Charles. But Charles Taylor was listed living at the Cleveland Square address with a servant, Margaret Rooney. Is William Moore, druggist the same as Charles Taylor, druggist? In 1881, the household consisted of Mary Ann Moore, widow, machinist (I think this refers to sewing machine), George, Charles & Jennie. Charles Taylor is listed as retired druggist, with a wife, Margaret & daughter Nellie, 1 year old!!!!!!

So clearly, by 1881 Charles and Mary Ann have split up. Apparently she claimed to be a widow to explain all the children she had. Were they divorced? Were they ever married?

In 1871, even though Charles has a new servant, he appears to be supporting Mary Ann and the children, since none of them have occupations then but they do by 1881.

Mary Ann's death certificate states she died 31 Dec 1882, Annie was the informant. Moore was both their surnames. In 1881, there is an Annie Moore who matches our Annie's age, a servant in a wealthy household.


















In May 1885, Annie, Charles & Jennie are aboard the ship The City of Chester, emigrating to the United States and their brother, William, who reportedly left in 1876....hmmm, the same year Jennie was born....was he protesting something? Was Jennie really Charles' daughter? Was William known in the United States by the surname Moore or the surname Taylor? Did it take more than two years to make contact and arrangements for the younger children to go to William? Who paid for the crossing? Where were the younger kids, from the time their mother died until they left England?

More and more questions. More and more mysteries.

The family story...

Charles Taylor was born 1868 in Liverpool, England. His father was Charles Taylor, his mother was Marian DeBarcy.

Charles Sr. was a chemist and druggist and outfitted medicine cabinets for sea-going vessels. He worked at #10 Cleveland Square in a building owned by his father. He spoke 7 languages and was twenty years older than Marian.

Marian was French. She escaped some sort of religious persecution in France by dressing as a nun and coming to England. Her brother, George and sister Sylvia, both died in the escape. Marian was a companion to Lady Goodal prior to her marriage to Charles Taylor, Sr.

They had five living children, with a least one stillborn or early childhood death. William was born 1860 in Liverpool. Then George Henry-born 1862, Annie-born 1865, Charles Jr.-born 1868, and finally Alice Jane (otherwise known as Jennie)-born 1876.

Charles Sr. had a previous marriage and a daughter from that marriage, Mary Taylor, who lived with Uncle Sam Taylor. Other uncles were John and George, also living in Liverpool.