Percy Cornelius Taylor (1872 - 1912)

Born 20 Mar 1872 in Hackney, London, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 15 Apr 1912 at age 40 in Atlantic Ocean, Titanic

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Biography

Born in Hackney, London, England on 20 March 1872. He was the son of Martin Taylor (1838-1890) and Emily Wheeler (b. 1846). Percy had five known siblings:

1. Frederick Martin (b. 1867)
2. Henry William (b. 1868)
3. George Hardcastle (1874-1955) -- married Minnie Talbot, the sister of Percy's future wife Clara, in 1901
4. Walter Guy (b. 1882)
5. Emily Catherine (~1885-1960)

In 1881, the family lived in Camberwell. ^[1] In 1891, he lived with his recently widowed mother, siblings, and maternal grandmother in Camberwell. ^[2] In 1901, the family is found in Norwood, Lambeth. ^[3]

Percy was married in Christ Church, Lambeth in May 1906 to a widow named Clara Alice Davis, née Talbot. ^[4]

In the 1911 census, Clara was living with her parents in Camberwell (Percy likely at sea), where she described herself as an actress and concert artiste. The couple later lived at 9 Fentiman Road, Clapham, London. It is not believed that they had children.

Clara was remarried on 24 August 1918 to Albert Grafton Pearce (1869-1946), also a musician and concert artiste, and moved to Weston-super-Mare, Somerset where she died in 1957.

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q277-SK9S : 11 December 2017), Percy C Taylor in household of Martin Taylor, Camberwell, London,Surrey, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 52, Piece/Folio 683/66, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,374.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QSRC-B2M : 2 May 2019), Percy C Taylor in household of Emily Taylor, Camberwell, Southwark, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, London county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9HT-WH9 : 20 May 2019), Percy C Taylor in household of Emily Taylor, Lambeth, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Norwood subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ "England, Surrey Parish Registers, 1536-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6NX2-2J8Q : 28 October 2022), Percy Cornelius Taylor, 20 May 1906; citing Marriage, , London Metropolitan Archives, England; FHL microfilm .

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