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Claverham is in the parish of Yatton and although there are baptisms for several children of a John & Ann TAYLOR of Claverham (including that of a daughter, Mary TAYLOR in 1822). I haven't yet found a christening of a Mary Ann TAYLOR in our transcriptions.  Ann would have been 50 when Mary Ann was born - not impossible but worth questioning. 

Is it your Mary Ann TAYLOR who was a servant in the Butcher's Arms in Yatton in the 1861 census?

Congratulations Joy! - Now why didn't I think of an adult baptism for Mary Ann?! - It just shows how someone else looking at the facts can sometimes solve the problem from a different angle.  Presumably she was christened shortly before she left for Australia in 1862.

Did you notice that apparently Mary went on to have more children (the grandsons you have on the 1861 census) - Tom (not John) who was born and christened in 1852 and Henry born in 1858 and christened in 1864.  On the 1871 census Mary is listed as unmarried with these two sons and her mother, Ann, living with her.

In 1872 in Yatton - Mary TAYLOR married a widower, Alfred KNOWLES. 

So Bob now has an additional generation in his tree with John & Mary TAYLOR as Mary Ann's grandparents -thanks to Joy

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915

Name: Mary Knowles

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1822

Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1907

Age at Death: 65

Registration District: Long Ashton

County: Somerset

Volume: 5c      Page: 383

1861 England Census

Civil Parish: Yatton

County: Somerset

Country: England

Street Address: Claverham

Registration District: Bedminster

Sub-registration District: Yatton

ED: 13

Household Schedule Number: 91

Piece: 1710      Folio: 86          Page Number: 17

Household Members:

John Taylor     68        Head   Agric Lab’r

Ann Taylor      67        Wife

Mary Taylor    39        Daug   Unmarried       Laundress

Tom Taylor      9          G. Son  (Bpt. record has him as John)

Henry Taylor   3          G. Son

(All born in Yatton)

Highlighted in red, Mary Taylor mother of Mary Ann Taylor born circa 1844.

The Ship Ariadne arrived Maryborough, Queensland on the 8 Oct. 1862

On board was:

Mary Ann Taylor  18yrs  Domestic  Born England.

Including her 2 Uncles and their wives.

John Taylor  27yrs  Farm Lab'r  Born England

Sarah Taylor nee Rawlings  22yrs  Born England

Robert Taylor  25yrs  Farm Lab'r  Born England

Sarah Taylor nee Perry  21yrs  Born England

including

George Pitt  25yrs  Farm Lab'r  Born England

who later marries Mary Ann Murphy or Morphy (nee Taylor) on the 22 April 1878, in Queensland.

http://fclibrarieslocalstudies.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/liverpool-to-maryborough-in-1862-on.html

Wednesday, 19 September 2012

Liverpool to Maryborough in 1862 on board The Ariadne

"The first migrant ship to call direct at Maryborough was the barque Ariadne (built in 1861 of 671 Tons). She arrived on 9 October 1862. This was the turning point for the Maryborough and Wide Bay Region, and the number of passengers from the Ariadne swelled the population of Maryborough by one third."

Baptism Transcriptions St Mary’s, Yatton Somerset

Entry No: 1318

Date of Bpt: 18 Feb 1852

John     Base Son of

Mother: Mary TAYLOR

Abode: Claverham

Status: Single Woman

(On Census records he is recorded as Tom)

Entry No: 1738

Date of Bpt: 25 May 1862

Mary Ann          Daug of  (18 yrs old)

Mother: Mary TAYLOR

Abode: Yatton

Status: Single Woman

(Date of Birth abt 1844)

Entry No: 1831

Date of Bpt: 2 Oct 1864

Henry    Son of (Born 25 Jul 1858)

Mother: Mary TAYLOR

Abode: Yatton

Status: Single Woman

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915

Name: Mary Ann Taylor

Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1845

Registration District: Bedminster

County: Somerset

Volume: 11     Page: 92

Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950

Name: John Thomas Morphy (? Murphy)

Spouse Name: Maryanne Taylor

Marriage Date: 9 Oct 1862

Marriage Place: Queensland

Registration Place: Queensland

Registration Year: 1862

Registration number: 000201      Page Number: 10487

Name: Mary Ann Murphy (? Morphy)

Spouse Name: George Pitt

Marriage Date: 22 Apr 1878

Marriage Place: Queensland

Registration Place: Queensland

Registration Year: 1878

Registration number: 000620

Page Number: 10729

https://www.qld.gov.au/law/births-deaths-marriages-and-divorces/family-history-research/

DEATHS

Year of Registraton: 1886

Registration No: C2825

Mary Ann Pitt

Parents: John Parsons, Mary Taylor

http://www.frasercoast.qld.gov.au/cemeteries-online

Mary Ann PITT

Gender: Female

Age: 41

Birthplace: ENGLAND

Date of Death: 1886

Date of Burial: 22/06/1886

Cemetery: Maryborough Cemetery    Address: Cnr. Walker Street & Bruce Highway

Division: E

Section: Monumental E

Plot: 940

As I live in Claverham  I was interested to read all the details of Mary Ann Taylor who became Mary Ann Knowles.  I am not sure where Bob lives but there is still a Knowles family in Claverham.