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Family of William Robert TAYLOR and Hannah Maria FARMER

Husband: William Robert TAYLOR (1824-1862)
Wife: Hannah Maria FARMER (1819-1858)
Children: Mary Hannah TAYLOR (1850-1862)
Hannah Maria TAYLOR (1854-1862)
William Robert TAYLOR (1857-1862)
Marriage 1849

Husband: William Robert TAYLOR

Name: William Robert TAYLOR
Sex: Male
Father: -
Mother: -
Birth 1824 Dunster, Somerset, England
Census 30 Mar 1851 (age 27) Huish Champflower, Somerset, England1
Bridge School House
Occupation 30 Mar 1851 (age 26-27) Parochial school master; Huish Champflower, Somerset, England1
Death 13 Sep 1862 (age 37-38) Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Cause: Hanged by the neck.
Address: Kirkdale Prison

Wife: Hannah Maria FARMER

Name: Hannah Maria FARMER
Sex: Female
Father: -
Mother: -
Birth 1819 Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England
Census 30 Mar 1851 (age 32) Huish Champflower, Somerset, England1
Bridge School House
Death Nov 1858 (age 38-39)

Child 1: Mary Hannah TAYLOR

Name: Mary Hannah TAYLOR
Sex: Female
Birth 1850 Huish Champflower, Somerset, England
Census 30 Mar 1851 (age 9 mns) Huish Champflower, Somerset, England1
Bridge School House
Death 16 May 1862 (age 11-12) Manchester, Lancashire, England
Cause: Murder, by their father
Address: Britannia Buildings, Strangeways
Burial 19 May 1862 Manchester, Lancashire, England
Harpurhey Cemetery

Child 2: Hannah Maria TAYLOR

Name: Hannah Maria TAYLOR
Sex: Female
Birth 1854
Death 16 May 1862 (age 7-8) Manchester, Lancashire, England
Cause: Murder, by their father
Address: Britannia Buildings, Strangeways
Burial 19 May 1862 Manchester, Lancashire, England
Harpurhey Cemetery

Child 3: William Robert TAYLOR

Name: William Robert TAYLOR
Sex: Male
Birth 1857
Death 16 May 1862 (age 4-5) Manchester, Lancashire, England
Cause: Murder, by their father
Address: Britannia Buildings, Strangeways
Burial 19 May 1862 Manchester, Lancashire, England
Harpurhey Cemetery

Note on Husband: William Robert TAYLOR

William Taylor was the employer of Mary Ann Hector. After his wife died she moved into the house. He seduced her when she was 14, made her pregnant and was luckily acquitted of administering a noxious substance to procure an abortion. This despite the numerous pills and potions he gave her. His acquittal appears to have been based on the doubts as to whether any of the treatmenst were actually noxious. They certainly failed to have their desired effect and Mary Ann bore his child in 1860. Taylor made his way to Manchester, and there murdered his landlord whom he blamed for the death of his child. He probably also murdered his three children too, though that could not be proved. He was hanged in 1862.

Sources

1Text From Source: Census England 1851
Address: Bridge School House
Place: Huish Champflower, Somerset, England

Name,Relation,Condition,Sex,Age,Occupation,Where Born,Infirmity
William Taylor,Head,Mar,M,27,Parochial school master,Dunster, Somerset, England,
Hannah Taylor,Wife,Mar,F,32,,Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England,
Mary Taylor,Daughter,Unm,F,9m,,Huish Champflower, Somerset, England,
Hannah's widowed mother, 75, born in Nettlefold, described as a house servant, was living with them.