John TAYLOR and his wife Mary Ann nee TANNAHILL - Trove Tuesday

John and Mary Ann TAYLOR were my husband's paternal great-grandparents.

John was born in 1855 in Preston, Lancashire, England to parents Henry Elkanah TAYLOR and Mary Ann nee DURHAM

Mary Ann was born in 1859 at Creswick, Victoria to parents Andrew TANNAHILL and Elizabeth WATSON.

John and Mary Ann married at Creswick, Victoria on the 6th of September 1875.  They had eleven children, some died in infancy and some died before their parents.

Sadly, at the age of 71 years, Mary Ann suffered a nasty accident which caused her death.

John reached a grand age of 90 years and had been living with his son Jack.

Some years ago in an email, I received the wonderful digital photo below from another family researcher which was taken at John and Mary Ann's 50th wedding anniversary which would have been in 1925.  Unfortunately silly me did not label the photo in my computer file and have since changed computer and email program so I no longer have a record of who gave it to me.

I am hoping if I post the photo here that person may see it and contact me.

I am fairly sure my husband's grandparents, Henry Elkanah TAYLOR and Margaret nee DUNCAN,  are far left in the back row.

Wedding Wednesday - Margaret Duncan and Henry Taylor

Margaret Duncan was born at Lintrathen, Angus, Scotland in 1877

Henry Elkannah Taylor was born at Bungaree, Victoria, Australia in 1877

They married at Clarke's Hill, Victoria in 1899.

I have yet to find out the names of the bridesmaid and groomsman

Margaret and Henry's first son, Henry Elkannah Duncan Ernest Taylor "Ern", was born at Denmark in Western Australia in 1902

Their second son, Albert Ronald Robertson Taylor, "Bert", was born at Creswick, Victoria, in 1905.

Third son, my father-in-law, Gilbert Allan Taylor "Allan" was also born at Creswick in 1908.

Sepia Saturday 242 - 23 August 2014

                                

                                         fans, faces, national costumes and hidden meanings

This is my first Sepia Saturday post but I love to read others so I thought I'd give it a go.

I couldn't find any fans in my family history photos but I did find a national costume.

Below is a photo of my husband's grandmother with her mother and Margaret's little grandson, Lawrence dressed in the Scottish national costume.  This photo would most likely have been taken at Ballarat, Victoria in the early 1930s

L-R Annie Duncan nee Robertson, Lawrence Taylor and Margaret Taylor nee Duncan.

I thought I'd also add the following photo which has always been called "the fancy dress" in our family.  Made by my maternal grandmother, Daisy Fleming nee Morgan.

Photo may have been taken at Moyhu possibly late 1920s

As I still have the dress below is a photo of it today.