I’m having trouble tracing this person in 1871.
His name is Thomas Elmes Gunton TAYLOR.
Born 1822 in Great Yarmouth Norfolk. Son of a Surgeon.
He married Emma DAVIES in 1844, had three children in South London then a fourth, Rosalie, in 1857 in Sydney, Australia.
He married Jennie / Jane BREWER (nee TERRY) in 1889 having four more sons with her, and possibly a daughter.
He appears to have another son, Sidney, in 1866 in Brooklyn, New York but I can’t find them in America.
One odd thing is that on the 1881 census he appears as T Taylor IZOD. I am sure this is him as his occupation, place of birth and family names are seemingly correct. Carrie being Caroline, Jane’s daughter from her marriage to Harry BREWER. This census is where Sidney shows up for the first and last time.
IZOD is the name that has been transcribed, but It isn’t clear.
His occupations seem to be advertising agent, commercial traveller, commerce agent and tobacconist.
I found a Thomas Taylor IZOD in 1877 on the UK Railway employees list. As an advertising agent. Would this be an alias if he had been in trouble somewhere?
I have found him in 1891 as Titus TAYLOR, in 1901 as John TAYLOR and he died in 1908.
Trouble is, Thomas and Sidney TAYLOR are very common names.
Any help would be very gratefully received.
