William Henry taylor born 21/02/1901 sound of bow bells

[ellejay]

Hi everyone,

I wanted to ask if anyone out there can help me find the right family?

My Husbands grandfather was Called William Henry Taylor he was born on 21/02/1901 in the sound of the bow bells london.  His father was called Thomas James Taylor a Labourer can anyone help me track this family down please, I tried to obtain his birth certificate but the GRO sent me a refund as the name was to common to search even though I had his date of birth. I would derly love to track them down as My husbands side of the tree is looking really sad and empty. any help would be much appreciated.

thank you

[snowyw]

Do you know his birth address?  He is probably one of these two as within the sound of Bow Bells was usually north of the Thames.

Mar qtr 1901

Taylor  William    Poplar  1c 589   
Taylor  William     Holborn  1b 675

But it could be this one, south of the river.

Taylor  William Henry     St. Olave  1d 294

Have you looked for him on the 1901 census?

[Spidermonkey]

Also, do you know if he had any brothers or sisters?  That could help in tracking the family on censuses.

[snowyw]

http://web.archive.org/web/20080225200414/http://www.steeljam.dircon.co.uk/cockney.htm

This shows the boundaries of the sound of Bow Bells

[wozzle]

there is a william taylor aged 1mnth on the 1901 living in leyton in west ham dist fathers name thomas taylor occ; pavior road labourer
there is also another child thomas aged 2 there . the mothers name is emily
if you think this might be him i will post the full entry

[Spidermonkey]

If that is the right family, a likely looking marriage could be Thomas Taylor and Emily Dec qtr 1897, Billericay 4a 773.  Only problem is that both females on the page are called Emily!  So you have a choice of surname Cox or Trout!

[Spidermonkey]

And in 1911, the family are still in the West Ham dist, but I think with an additional child - Emily bn 1906

[Spidermonkey]

There is a William Harry Taylor bn mar qtr 1901 W Ham 4a 151

[wozzle]

here are the entries as asked for by p.m.
1901
RG13/1614/116/14
thomas taylor age 30. b. leytonstone. occ. pavior road labourer.  head
emily age 23. b. billericay. wife
thomas age 2. b. leytonstone. son
william age 1mnth. b. ditto. son
mary.a.harris age 66. b. cambridge. mother?(wid)
living at;6a,cathall road,leyton,essex
reg.dist; west ham

living at 5a,cathall road is a possible brother or some other rele of thomas taylor
henry taylor age 28. b. leytonstone. occ. general labourer. head
elizabeth age 26. b. stratford,essex. wife
henry age 3. b. leytonstone. son
thomas age 1. b. ditto. son