William and Marion (?) Taylor

[Huwcyn]

On the 3rd of July, 1866, a distant relative of mine called Marion Emily Chambers (born circa 1842, Sudbury, Suffolk) , married a gentleman called William Taylor, at  St Stephen, Paddington.
His father was a John Taylor, esquire, William's profession given as 'Captain' (I'd be grateful if anyone
explains what this is likely to mean) .
His abode is given as The Pembridge hotel, Notting Hill. Hers is Ledbury Place.

I cannot find any trace of after this. Her name, prior to marriage, varies (Marianne/Mary Ann) .
I'd be grateful if anybody could help me in this respect. 

[..claire..]

Hi

It certainly looks like she married again in 1871 at Ryde, Hampshire, England.

She married as Marion Emily Taylor to a JAMES DUNCAN - his father was a Robert Duncan

Her father was a - Richard Samuel Chambers.

A Probate entry for her revealed a bit more info: She died on 23 Feb 1932  aged 83. Her address was 14 Dawson Place Bayswater and was a widow. She died at 11 Stanley Gardens. Administration of her estate went to Marion Emily Dim Varley (wife of Gilbert Varley)

Are you sure she was born in Suffolk ? Later census she puts Madras, India as her place of birth.
Her first child (I think) was born in 1867 - John Frederick W B Taylor, - birth registered in Newton Abbott, Devon.

By the 1881 census, she was widowed again and in Surrey with four daughters.

Hope this helps
Claire

[Huwcyn]

That helps a lot, thank you. It is certainly the same lady, her father being the clue. He'd been stationed as a soldier in India - but he was discharged in 1827- and earlier censuses state her to have been born in Suffolk. No wonder I  couldn't find her. Peculiarly, the same is true of a brother.

[avm228]

You may have this already: baptism as Marianne Eliza Chambers, 8 May 1842 at St Peter's, Sudbury.

Parents: Richard & Susan.

[Huwcyn]

Indeed - I'm beginning to suspect that she knocked 10 or so years off her age in later censuses (and will). That's discounting a series of coincidences.

[avm228]

Were her parents the Richard Chambers and Susannah Williamson (widow) who married at Cannanore, Madras on 31 Jan 1821?

What was Susannah's maiden name?

[Huwcyn]

Mortlock, I believe. He was discharged from the army in 1827, and the family settled in her part of the world in Suffolk. He died in 1845 (Making Marianne/Mary Anne/Marion's age implausible) . His first child was almost certainly born in India, but I presume the 9 others were born in England. The parish records for that part of Suffolk aren't freely available online.

[avm228]

Birth reg therefore: Mary Ann Chambers, mother's maiden name Mortlock, Jun qtr 1842 Sudbury.

I don't understand what's implausible about her 1842 birthdate given that you say her father was alive until 1845?

[Huwcyn]

Having found later censuses for her, none of them give an earlier birth date than 1849 - the 1911 one suggests her age is 58.