Saffron Walden Marriages 1869

[Spelk]

I've been trying to locate a marriage of William BASSETT and Martha TAYLOR which would have happened in the Saffron Walden District about 1869. No luck on Freebmd but I noticed that unusually there are no TAYLOR marriages listed for the first three quarters of 1869.
Have they not been listed in Freebmd?

[Milliepede]

Have you tried different spellings of both surnames? 

What evidence do you have that the marriage definitely happened?

[Spelk]

Yes I have tried various spellings and by each surname separately. They were living together in 1871 and said to be married with a 11 monh old son John BASSETT whose mmn at birth was TAYLOR. Martha was too young to have been married before.

[Milliepede]

Perhaps they never married    Plenty of couples pretended to be man and wife but actually weren't.

[Ladyhawk]

Yes I have tried various spellings and by each surname separately.

They were living together in 1871 and said to be married with a 11 monh old son John BASSETT whose mmn at birth was TAYLOR.

Martha was too young to have been married before.

Perhaps they never married    Plenty of couples pretended to be man and wife but actually weren't.

and 1891 census her father Charles Taylor is with them

Croney Cottage, Walden Road, Wimbish, Saffron Walden, Essex, England
William   Bassett   Head   Married 1848   Agricultural labourer   Wimbish, Essex
Martha   Bassett   Wife   Married  1852   Wimbish, Essex
Minnie   Bassett   Daughter   1872   Assistant house keeper Wimbish, Essex
Charles   Bassett   Son   1874   Farm labourer   Wimbish, Essex
James   Bassett   Son   1876   Farm labourer   Wimbish, Essex
George   Bassett   Son   1879   Farm labourer   Wimbish, Essex
Josie   Bassett   Daughter   1881   Wimbish, Essex
Sidney   Bassett   Son   1884   Wimbish, Essex
Elizabeth   Bassett   Daughter   1887 Wimbish, Essex
Ella J   Bassett   Daughter   1890    Wimbish, Essex, England
Charles   Taylor Father in law   Widower 1815   Pauper Wimbish, Essex

BASSETT, ELLA  IVY     mmn TAYLOR 
GRO Reference: 1889  S Quarter in SAFFRON WALDEN  Volume 04A  Page 623

[Spelk]

I've just done what I should have tried before - just asked for marriages in that year without inputting any names. Lots of marriages show in each quarter so it is not a gap in Freebmd coverage.
So maybe they did not get married as suggested. Martha would have been under age which might be relevant.
William's mother was also called TAYLOR so maybe William amd Martha were related.

[Spelk]

Ta Ladyhawk I had forgotten the 1891 census. Maybe I can connect Charles to William's mother Susan TAYLOR.
Just for the record I think Charles TAYLOR in 1891 is a Pauper not a Painter.

[Ladyhawk]

I think this is Martha's father Charles on 1851 census married to Elizabeth

Winbish, Saffron Walden, Essex, England
Charles   Taylor   Head   Married 1815 Ag labourer Wimbish, Essex
Elizabeth   Taylor   Wife   Married   1816    Radwinter, Essex
Mary Ann   Taylor   Daughter   1839   Scholar Wimbish, Essex
James   Taylor   Son   1841   Ag labourer Wimbish, Essex
William   Taylor   Son   1843   Ag labourer Wimbish, Essex
Rebecca   Taylor   Daughter   1845   Wimbish, Essex
John   Taylor   Son   1849    Wimbish, Essex
Harrod Halls   Father-in-law   Widower   1774   Pauper   Radwinter, Essex

and on 1861 census

Elder Street, Wimbish, Saffron Walden, Essex
Charles   Taylor   Head   Married   1816   Labourer   Wimbish, Essex
Elizabeth   Taylor   Wife   Married   1818Radwinter, Essex
John   Taylor Son   1848   Radwinter, Essex
MARTHA   Taylor   Daughter   1852   Radwinter, Essex
William   Taylor   Grandson   1859   Radwinter, Essex

TAYLOR, MARTHA       mmn HALLS
GRO Reference: 1851  J Quarter in SAFFRON WALDEN  Volume 12  Page 265

[Ladyhawk]

Just for the record I think Charles TAYLOR in 1891 is a Pauper not a Painter.

You are correct have amended