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Ralph Taylor 1795 – 1855 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Jul 1795

Birth Location: Windy Nook, Durham, England

Death Date: 9 May 1855

Death Location: Downs Lane Houghton le Spring, Durham, England

Father: Robert Taylor

Mother: Dorothy Meek

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Hedley

Children(s): Mary Taylor, Thomas Taylor, Isabella Taylor, John Taylor, Edward Taylor, Ralph Taylor, Jane Taylor, Margaret Taylor

In 1795, Ralph Taylor entered the world in Windy Nook, Durham, England, born to Robert Taylor and Dorothy Meek. In 1841, Ralph Taylor resided in Houghton Le Spring, Durham, England. Ralph Taylor married Elizabeth Hedley, and had children including Mary Ann Taylor, Thomas Taylor, Isabella Taylor, John Brown Taylor, Edward Taylor, Ralph Taylor, Jane Taylor, Margaret Taylor. Ralph Taylor passed away in 1855 in Downs Lane Houghton le Spring, Durham, England.

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Biography

  • In 1795, Ralph Taylor entered the world in Windy Nook, Durham, England, born to Robert Taylor and Dorothy Meek.
  • In 1841, Ralph Taylor resided in Houghton Le Spring, Durham, England.
  • Ralph Taylor married Elizabeth Hedley, and had children including Mary Ann Taylor, Thomas Taylor, Isabella Taylor, John Brown Taylor, Edward Taylor, Ralph Taylor, Jane Taylor, Margaret Taylor.
  • Ralph Taylor passed away in 1855 in Downs Lane Houghton le Spring, Durham, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Taylor
1762 –
Birth Location: Houghton Le Spring, Durham
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Dorothy Meek
1765 –
Birth Location: houghton
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Hedley
1803 – 1888
Birth Location: Northumberland, England
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Children(s)

Mary Taylor
1827 – 1920
Birth Location: Durham
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Thomas Taylor
1829 – 1911
Birth Location: Wapping, Durham, England
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Isabella Taylor
1830 – 1883
Birth Location: Wapping, Durham, England
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John Taylor
1836 – 1902
Birth Location: Wapping, Durham, England
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Edward Taylor
1838 – 1909
Birth Location: Bell Mount, Sherburn, County Durham, England
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Ralph Taylor
1841 – 1911
Birth Location: Sherburn Hill, Durham, England
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Jane Taylor
1843 – 1932
Birth Location: Sherborne Hill, Durham, England
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Margaret Taylor
1846 – 1932
Birth Location: Sherburn Hill, Durham, England
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Ralph Taylor's Ancestors

Self
Ralph Taylor
1795 – 1855
Birth Place: Windy Nook, Durham, England
Parents
Robert Taylor
1762 –
Houghton Le Spring, Durham
Dorothy Meek
1765 –
houghton
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Ralph Taylor's Descendants

1.
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Ralph Taylor (16 Jul 1795 – 9 May 1855) m. Elizabeth Hedley (15 Dec 1803 – Apr 1888)
  1. 1. Mary (Ann) Taylor (1827 – 1920) m. John (Shepherd) Liddle (abt 1823 – April 1884)
    1. 1. James Liddle (1849 – 29 Aug 1929)
    2. 2. Ralph Liddle (abt 1850 – )
    3. 3. Mary (Ann) Liddle (1856 – 1888) m. John Watson (29 Apr 1850 – 3 Apr 1929)
      1. 1. Edward (Taylor) Watson (Jan 1878 – Jun 1925) m. Jane (Isabel) Davis (1882 – 21 Jun 1944)
        1. 1. Jane (Isabel) Watson (28 Oct 1909 – 2007)
        2. 2. Ann (Ellen (Nelly)) Watson (15 Apr 1915 – Jan 2002)
        3. 3. Mary ((Molly)) Watson (27 Oct 1916 – Jul 1987)
        4. 4. Edward (Taylor) Watson (11 Aug 1918 – Mar 1982)
        5. 5. Florence Watson (30 Aug 1920 – 8 Jun 2005) m. Lawrence Christison (12 Nov 1920 – Aug 1989)
        6. 6. Hilda Watson (1922 – 1989)
      2. 2. Mary (Ann) Watson (15 Apr 1879 – 10 Jun 1945)
      3. 3. George Watson (1881 – Dec 1952)
      4. 4. Isabella Watson (20 Jun 1883 – Jun 1969)
      5. 5. John Watson (29 May 1884 – )
      6. 6. Elizabeth (Jane) Watson (28 Apr 1887 – )
    4. 4. Elizabeth Liddle (17 Aug 1857 – Jan 1936)
    5. 5. Isabella Liddle (1860 – )
    6. 6. Jane Liddle (abt 1864 – 9 Jun 1934)
    7. 7. Joshua Liddle (abt 1866 – )
    8. 8. George Liddle (abt 1866 – 01 Jun 1960)
    9. 9. Jack Liddle (1867 – )
    10. 10. John Liddle (abt 1868 – )
  2. 2. Thomas Taylor (1829 – Jun 1911)
  3. 3. Isabella Taylor (Abt. 1830 – 4 May 1883) m. Joshua (Liddell) Liddle (abt 1828 – 14 April 1862)
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Lizzy) Liddle (abt 1849 – 26 December 1882)
    2. 2. Joshua Liddle\Liddell (1 Sep 1850 – 1910) m. Mary Scott (Abt. 1851 – 20 Mar 1927)
      1. 1. Joshua Liddell (1871 – 2 August 1925)
      2. 2. Bartholomew Liddell (1873 – May 1873)
      3. 3. Jane (Isabella) Liddell (1874 – 17 May 1944)
      4. 4. Mary (Ann) Liddle (1876 – )
      5. 5. Hannah Liddell (1878 – 1954)
      6. 6. Ralph Liddell (1880 – 6 August 1918)
      7. 7. Elizabeth (E) Liddell (1882 – 1942)
      8. 8. Susan Liddell (1884 – 7 Aug 1962)
      9. 9. Margaret (M) Liddell (1886 – 1974)
      10. 10. Bartholomew Liddell (16th May 1888 – 1957)
      11. 11. James (Edward) Liddell (1890 – 27 Jul 1892)
      12. 12. Edward (James) Liddell (1893 – 3 Sep 1961)
    3. 3. Mary (Ann) Liddle\Liddell (1851 – 4 August 1898)
    4. 4. Margaret Liddle (1853 – Jun 1853)
    5. 5. Ralph Liddell\Liddle (1854 – 1919)
    6. 6. James Liddell (May 1858 – 04 May 1927) m. Eliza Hunt
    7. 7. John Liddle (1859 – 17 April 1860)
    8. 8. Margaret (Jane Maggie Liddle) Liddell (06 Jan 1861 – )
  4. 4. John (Brown) Taylor (abt 1836 – 1902)
  5. 5. Edward Taylor (Jul 1838 – 1909) m. Mary Errington (1839 – January 1876) m. Jane Errington (Abt. 1844 – July 1903)
    1. 1. Ralph Taylor (Abt. 1867 – April 1897)
    2. 2. Ann Taylor (Abt. 1868 – Abt. 1960) m. John Rooke
    3. 3. Elizabeth Taylor (Abt. 1873 – Sep 1934) m. William (Mould) Duncan (14 Nov 1875 – Mar 1941)
      1. 1. Ralph (Taylor) Duncan (6 Aug 1894 – 25 Nov 1939)
      2. 2. William Duncan (3 june 1898 – Abt. 1970)
      3. 3. Edward Duncan (11 May 1900 – Mar 1975)
      4. 4. Mary (Elizabeth) Duncan (10 Aug 1902 – Nov 1946)
      5. 5. Annie (Isabella) Duncan (16 Feb 1907 – Jun 1960)
      6. 6. Margaret Duncan (Abt. 1909 – Abt. 1980)
      7. 7. Ethel Duncan (1911 – Apr 1912)
    4. 4. Mary Taylor (Abt. 1878 – 1938) m. John Felton (abt 1877 – )
      1. 1. Mary (Jane) Felton (abt 1899 – )
      2. 2. William Felton (abt 1901 – )
      3. 3. Edith Felton (abt 1903 – )
      4. 4. Annie Felton (abt 1905 – )
      5. 5. Edward (Taylor) Felton (abt 1908 – )
      6. 6. Dinah Felton (abt 1910 – )
      7. 7. Lilian Felton (abt 1911 – )
    5. 5. Esther Taylor (1880 – Oct 1887)
  6. 6. Ralph Taylor (abt 1841 – Jan 1911)
  7. 7. Jane Taylor (Jan 1843 – Dec 1932) m. James Nicholson (1842 – Jan 1928)
    1. 1. Thomas Nicholson (1862 – Jan 1931)
    2. 2. Elizabeth Nicholson (1864 – ) m. Arkless Pratt (1863 – Jun 1908)
      1. 1. James (Nicholson) Pratt (Jul 1889 – 8 Jan 1919)
      2. 2. Jane Pratt (24 Dec 1890 – Jul 1940) m. Oswald Bell (2 Aug 1889 – Jan 1928)
        1. 1. James (Nicholson Pratt) Bell (9 Mar 1917 – 31 Jan 1991) m. Joyce Munton (26 Mar 1918 – 2 Feb 1981)
        2. 2. Arkless Bell (Jun 1922 – 1981) m. Olive (M) Rowe (Apr 1921 – 5 Jan 2001)
    3. 3. Ralph Nicholson (1869 – )
    4. 4. William Nicholson (abt 1872 – )
    5. 5. James (T) Nicholson (abt 1875 – )
    6. 6. John (T.) Nicholson (abt 1877 – )
    7. 7. Mary (Jane) Nicholson (abt 1879 – )
    8. 8. Marshall Nicholson (abt 1882 – )
    9. 9. Edward Nicholson (abt 1884 – )
    10. 10. Ann (J) Nicholson (abt 1886 – )
  8. 8. Margaret Taylor (Abt. 1846 – Jul 1932) m. John Peel (1845 – )
    1. 1. Ralph Peel (15 Oct 1867 – Jan 1945) m. Janet (16 Apr 1862 – )
    2. 2. Elizabeth (Ann) Peel (21 May 1871 – 13 Feb 1942) m. Thomas Gustard (Aug 1874 – 17 Feb 1925)
      1. 1. Thomas (Taylor) Gustard (Nov 1897 – Nov 1968) m. Ethel (Jane) Cutler (17 Oct 1897 – Nov 1966)
        1. 1. Douglas Gustard (13 Jun 1920 – Aug 1994) m. Rosamund Cheesmond (Aug 1921 – 14 Aug 2009)
        2. 2. Ethel (Margaret) Gustard (25 Sep 1933 – ) m. Roy (Sidney) Caulton (5 Feb 1932 – 2 Jun 1993)
      2. 2. William (Henry) Gustard (Jul 1899 – 12 May 1960) m. Margaret Noble (21 Jan 1902 – Mar 1974)
        1. 1. Henry ((Harry) Noble) Gustard (Mar 1924 – 9 Oct 1943)
        2. 2. Thomas (Christopher) Gustard (21 Feb 1928 – Mar 1982) m. Eunice Huntington (19 Aug 1929 – Sep 1960)
        3. 3. William Gustard (20 Jun 1929 – 18 Apr 1990) m. Ellen Evans (15 Jul 1929 – )
        4. 4. John Gustard (Abt. 1936 – ) m. Doreen Mills (1939-1941 – )
      3. 3. Frederick (Albert) Gustard (3 Aug 1901 – 28 March 1964)
      4. 4. Lavena (Ann Elizabeth) Gustard (1 Oct 1903 – 1963)
      5. 5. Edith (Irene) Gustard (29 Sep 1905 – February 1989)
      6. 6. Rita (Isabella) Gustard (20 Apr 1908 – August 1974)
      7. 7. Ralph (Raymond) Gustard (Feb 1910 – August 1975)
      8. 8. Constance (Margaret) Gustard (14 March 1912 – February 1989)
    3. 3. Jane Peel (Apr 1873 – )
    4. 4. Henery Peel (abt 1876 – )
    5. 5. Mary ((Polly)) Peel (1879 – 22 Feb 1953) m. Robert (William) Cruthers (13 Jan 1880 – 30 July 1954)
      1. 1. William Cruthers (30 Oct 1901 – Jan 1978) m. Mona Lambert (17 Sep 1903 – Jan 2002)
        1. 1. Constance Cruthers (29 Sep 1928 – 3 Dec 2005)
      2. 2. Margaret (May (Maggie)) Cruthers (9 May 1903 – 17 Aug 1942)
      3. 3. John (Arnold) Cruthers (24 May 1905 – Apr 1973) m. Lydia Barker (11 Mar 1905 – Jul 1979)
        1. 1. John Cruthers (Jan 1934 – )
        2. 2. Frederick (Ralph) Cruthers (17 Apr 1935 – Aug 2003) m. Elizabeth Newman (Apr 1938 – 6 Sep 2021)
        3. 3. Gladys Cruthers (1 Sep 1936 – 8 Oct 2008) m. Raymond (Valentine) Birkett (Jul 1935 – 11 Sep 2017)
        4. 4. Leslie Cruthers (Apr 1940 – )
      4. 4. Albert Cruthers (1906 – 1908)
      5. 5. Robert Cruthers (abt 1907 – 29 Aug 1927)
      6. 6. Norman Cruthers (24 Aug 1910 – Oct 1983) m. Mary (Isabella) Patterson (9 Aug 1913 – Feb 1994)
      7. 7. Isabel Cruthers (1913 – 1920)
      8. 8. Raymond Cruthers (1915 – 1915)
      9. 9. Gladys Cruthers (1 Jun 1916 – ) m. Frederick Fawcett
        1. 1. Fawcett
        2. 2. Fawcett
      10. 10. Leslie Cruthers (2 Oct 1919 – )
    6. 6. Nicolas Peel (1881 – 1 Jul 1916)
    7. 7. Margaret Peel (Jan 1884 – Jul 1962) m. Thomas Wilkinson

Ralph Taylor's Timeline

5 Records

1795
16 Jul 1795
Birth of Ralph Taylor in Windy Nook, Durham, England
Windy Nook, Durham, England
1796
03 Apr 1796
Age 1
Ralph Taylor was baptized in Sunderland,Durham,England
Sunderland,Durham,England
1841
1841
Age 46
Ralph Taylor resided here in Houghton Le Spring, Durham, England
Houghton Le Spring, Durham, England
1851
1851
Age 56
Ralph Taylor resided here in Sherburn, Durham, England
Sherburn, Durham, England
1855
9 May 1855
Age 60
Death of Ralph Taylor in Downs Lane Houghton le Spring, Durham, England
Downs Lane Houghton le Spring, Durham, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Jul 1795
    Event Place: Windy Nook, Durham, England
    Record Source:
    [1] 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 2391; Folio: 332; Page: 21; GSU roll: 87069
    [2] 1841 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 312; Book: 2; Civil Parish: Houghton Le Spring; County: Durham; Enumeration District: 10; Folio: 16; Page: 11; Line: 6; GSU roll: 241354
    [3] England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 03 Apr 1796
    Event Place: Sunderland,Durham,England
    Record Source: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1841
    Event Place: Houghton Le Spring, Durham, England
    Record Source: 1841 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 312; Book: 2; Civil Parish: Houghton Le Spring; County: Durham; Enumeration District: 10; Folio: 16; Page: 11; Line: 6; GSU roll: 241354

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Sherburn, Durham, England
    Record Source: 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 2391; Folio: 332; Page: 21; GSU roll: 87069

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Bishop-Wearmouth, Durham, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 May 1855
    Event Place: Downs Lane Houghton le Spring, Durham, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915
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