William Adams 1826(?) - 1870 (General)

by nigeldownunder , Australia, Monday, February 23, 2015, 11:19 (3555 days ago) @ Mike Pinchin

Hi there Mike - you've really been doing some homework!
I had found all of these entries, bar the last one.
I looked at the image of the 1851 census for Eliza Taylor/Cutter, and in my opinion the form seems to describe her as a "W"idow, notwithstanding the transcription that says she's unmarried. In fact, poor old Eliza was married 3 times, firstly to John Cutter as we already know, then to George Taylor, whom she married on 24th September 1842, a year after John Cutter's death at age 29:

Record ID: 41227 Entry Number:
Year: 1842 Month: Sep Day: 24
Grooms Surname: TAYLOR Grooms Forenames: George
Grooms Age: full, Groom Condition: bachelor
Grooms Occupation: woodcutter, Grooms Residence: Penallt
Grooms Fathers Surname: Taylor, Grooms Fathers Forenames: John, Grooms Fathers Occupation: woodcutter
Brides Surname: CUTLER Brides Forenames: Eliza
Brides Age: full, Brides Condition: widow, Brides Residence: Penallt
Brides Fathers Surname: Jones, Brides Fathers Forenames: William, Brides Fathers Occupation: bargeman
Licence or Banns: banns
Signature or Mark: Both mark
Witness 1: James Reynolds
Witness 2: Margaret Miles
Event: Marriage
Register Reference: not given.Page Number: not given. Parish Chapel: Penallt Monmouth

I don't know when George died, but he must have died after Sarah Ann's birth, but before Eliza married John Harris in 1857.

Sarah Ann took to calling herself Margaret Taylor after she got married, and her marriage entry sort of explains this:
Record_ID: 2402
Entry_Number: 177
Year: 1865
Month: Dec
Day: 24
Grooms_Surname: EVANS
Grooms_Forenames: Peter
Grooms_Age: 20
Groom_Condition: Widower
Grooms_Occupation: Collier
Grooms_Residence: Joyford
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Evans
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: Thomas
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Collier
Brides_Surname: TAYLOR
Brides_Forenames: Sarah Ann Margaret
Brides_Age: 19
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Residence: Joyford
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Taylor
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: George
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Woodcutter
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both mark
Witness_1: Wm Adams
Witness_2: Mary Ann Berry
Other_Witnesses: None
Officiating_Minister: W. H. Taylor
Event: Marriage
Memoranda: -
Notes: -
Register_Reference: PFC82 IN 1/7
Page_Number: 89
Parish_Chapel: Christchurch

Peter and Margaret Evans are buried in Christchurch

record_id 476
Location Row M
Reference Number 170
Type Double Kerb with urn
Surname EVANS
First Name Peter
Day 18
Month Oct
Year 1910
Age 65
Details In loving memory of Peter Evans died Oct 18 1910 aged 65 years Also of Margaret his wife died feb 25 1934 aged 87 years
Notes
Parish Christchurch

This Margaret Evans is almost certainly the Sarah Ann Margaret Taylor who married Peter Evans. She can be found in the 1911 census as a widow, but filled in the line about live births etc, and it all ties in:
RG14; Piece: 31730; Schedule Number: 91.
MARGARAT EVANS, head, 64, widow, (married 45 years, 8 children born alive, 7 children still living), born Glos West Dean
ELIZABETH EVANS, daughter, 28, single, general domestic, at home, born Glos West Dean
GEORGE ADAMS, (nephew)/boarder, 49, batchelor, farm labourer, worker, born Glos West Dean

And yes, we have the ADAMS connection yet again! This is my G-Grandfather's brother.

I didn't know about this MI last year when I visited UK, otherwise I would have taken a photo of the headstone for my collection......