Portobello Barracks 1868 - Taylor and Henton

[amykittin]

Hi, I've come to a bit of a block and unfortunately being in New Zealand its not exactly easy to go and look in local records offices!

I've a relative called Frances Sarah Taylor who there is a birth/baptism record for at Portobello Barracks, Dublin in 1868 (18th December). I can find very little about her parents other than they were called Mark Taylor and Emma Henton Taylor. On her marriage certificate (Manchester, England) he was a witness to her marriage in 1886 and he'd identified himself as a labourer.

I can find no census records in the UK for them, other than after Frances' marriage, and no information on the parents at all - not even a marriage record, no census information - just a big void between the birth in Ireland and the marriage in Manchester.

If anyone has any suggestions on where to look next I'd appreciate it - I've a UK/Ireland ancestry subscription and a worldwide Findmypast subscription. I also had a quick look on familysearch.org but nothing.

Going to try newspapers through FindMyPast now.

Thanks, Amy

[dathai]

Mary Ann Martha 1865 Newbridge father Corporal R H A ,mother Hanton
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1865/03554/2308709.pdf

possible Edward Sampson Mark Taylor born 1872 Dorset
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NBLZ-RCM

possible marriage 1903 Chorlton,Lancashire
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26QJ-D4J

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136288483

[dathai]

1871 Charlton,London
Frances age 2 born Ireland father Corporal
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB67-WLB

[dathai]

1881 no Frances
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27N-ZZT7

Frances ?
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27N-ZXGB

[dathai]

Hmm dosent look too good unless the wives are sisters ?
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSVC-VFB

1891
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7CTS-KMM

1911
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWBJ-Q3D

[heywood]

Emma is Hanton not Henton

March 1860 Ipswich 4@ 706

Emma Hanton and Mark Taylor are on the same page

1851 Emma Hanton with parents Robert and Mary

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGRK-66C

There is a sister Mary who likely becomes Mary Bales - re dathai’s post.

[amykittin]

Some really good suggestions in there - what with Frances settling in Manchester/Stockport and so many of our relatives moving from Ireland to England, I'd not thought about the fact they might have been English and moved around a fair bit and were only stationed in Ireland. Shows that assumption is the mother of all mistakes!

Thanks muchly - I'd actually only had Rathmines in my research until finding the barracks connection today.

I've often seen typos in names so Hanton is just as likely, I'll see if I can dig out anything else.

[dathai]

Mark 1837 ?
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDC-M1KL

[dathai]

1853 ?
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C12158883