Joseph Walter TAYLOR Cecil Bainbridge TAYLOR Leslie Fernandes TAYLOR Edward Wilfred TAYLOR Doris Evelyn B TAYLOR Charlotte Fernandes BARFF Anne Victoria BAINBRIDGE Mini tree diagram

Harold Dennis TAYLOR

10th Jul 18621,2,3 - 26th Feb 19432,3,12

Scientific Instrument Maker9

Life History

10th Jul 1862

Born in Huddersfield.1,2,3

2nd Apr 1871

Recorded in census in West Derby, Crosby.4

3rd Apr 1881

Occupation Architect in York.5

3rd Apr 1881

Recorded in census in York, Walmgate (Mill Lane).5

Surname - Pepper (Name of step-father)

14th Aug 1884

Witness at wedding in Birkenhead, Parish Church.6

Of Eleanor Tootal Barff & Cecil Bainbridge Taylor

24th Jul 1888

Married Charlotte Fernandes BARFF in West Derby, Fairfield Parish Church.18,19,2

From Marriage Certificate :-
1) By Banns
2) Vicar - J. H. Carter
3) Witnesses - N. F. Fullager & Annie Victoria Pepper
4) Bride - Charlotte Fernandes Barff, 31, Spinster, West Bank Road, Liverpool
5) Father of the bride - William Barff, Wood Merchant
6) Groom - Harold Dennis Taylor, 26, Bachelor, Astronomical instrument Maker, Bootham Terrace, York
7) Father of the groom - Joseph Walter Taylor, Deceased

between Jul 1889 and Sep 1889

Birth of son Leslie Fernandes TAYLOR in York.13

5th Apr 1891

Occupation Astronomical Instrument Maker.7

5th Apr 1891

Recorded in census in York, Bootham (20 Bootham Terrace).7

29th Apr 1891

Birth of son Edward Wilfred TAYLOR in York.14,15

between Oct 1892 and Dec 1892

Birth of daughter Doris Evelyn B TAYLOR in York.16

31st Mar 1901

Occupation Astronomical Instrument Maker.8

31st Mar 1901

Recorded in census in York, Micklegate.8

2nd Apr 1911

Occupation Scientific Instrument Maker in York.9

2nd Apr 1911

Recorded in census in York (Stancliffe, Mount Villas).9

Head of household
Staff x 2
Rooms x 12

1915

Retired.2

16th Nov 1915

Death of Charlotte Fernandes BARFF in York.17,10

30th Dec 1915

Administrator.10

Of the estate of Charlotte Fernandes Taylor

26th Jan 1933

Executor.11

Of the estate of Eleanor Tootal Taylor
Joint executor with Cecil Bainbridge Taylor

26th Feb 1943

Died in Bulmer (The Hall, Stillingham).2,3,12

Notes

  • For further information about his career and publications see :-

    1) J. A. D. Matthew,
            "Taylor, Harold Dennis (1862-1943)".
            Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
            Oxford University Press, 2004
            http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/48376
            Accessed 11 Jan 2008

    2) Peter Abrahams
            "H. Dennis Taylor, Optical designer for T. Cooke & Sons"
            http://www.europa.com/~telscope./hdtaylor.txt
            Accessed 11 Jan 2008    
    2,3

Sources

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