William Adams 1826(?) - 1870 (General)

by nigeldownunder , Australia, Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 06:08 (3553 days ago) @ Jefff

No, I don't know George's age, it's not apparent in the sparse documentation I have of him. He's described as "of full age" in the transcript of his wedding to Eliza in September 1842.
I had found a possible burial:
Record_ID: 88184
Entry_Number: 12
Year: 1843
Month: Oct
Day: 8
Surname: TAYLOR
Forenames: George
Residence: Joyford
Age_at_death: 53
Officiating_Minister: T.R.Garnsey
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P82 IN 1/13
Page_No: 2
Parish_Chapel: Christchurch
- but on reflection, this George is quite a lot older than Eliza, and anyway, the newspaper article referred to by Mike Pinchin in his recent posting would suggest that George didn't follow Eliza to Joyford after all, and either George was awol from Eliza, or Eliza was awol from George!
It's unfortunate there's no corresponding inquest to this deathto give some more details.

I concede that the 1851 census notes Eliza as "U"nmarried, not "W"idowed - although it's clear that she had multiple marriages over time. Maybe in 1851 she just considered herself to be "between" marriages? I'm nevertheless convinced that this is our Eliza due to the presence of the three children.