Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Jane Taylor 

Born: 1 April 1877, Grantham 

Father: Edward Taylor (b. 1854)

Mother: Alice Ann Taylor (b. 1855)

Brothers: Richard B Taylor (b. 1884)

Sisters: Rebecca Taylor (b. 1880), Elsie Alice Taylor (b. 1896)

Marriage:        8 June 1908, Grantham 

Husband:         Harold James Hastings

                        b. 1884 

                        Relieving Officer and Registrar of Births & Deaths

                        d. 1958 

Issue – 

#1 Ronald Leslie Hastings (b. 1911)

#2 Gwendolen Vera Hastings (b. 1920)

#3 Hubert Gordon Hastings (b. 1920)

In 1881 –

She is at Back Road, Croxton-Keyrial, Grantham. Her father is listed as ‘Carriage Wheel Maker’. Elizabeth, her mother and her sister, Rebecca, are unlisted. 

In 1891 –

She is at Rutland Street, Grantham. Her father is listed as ‘Coach Builder’. Elizabeth, her mother and her siblings (Rebecca and Richard) are unlisted. 

In 10/97 – 

PT at Spitalgate Inner Street Infant National School, Grantham.

In 10/99 – 

Appointed to Branston Church School, Lincoln. Salary £66.

In 1901 – 

She is at 10 Stanton Street, Grantham. Her father is listed as ‘Band Sawyer’. Her mother and sister, Elsie, are unlisted. Her sister, Rebecca, is listed as ‘Dressmaker’. Her brother, Richard, is listed as ‘Postman’. Elizabeth is listed as ‘Teacher in School’. 

In 04/04 – 

Address is Misterton Board School, Gainsborough.

In 10/08 – 

Marries Harold Hastings on 08.06.08 in Grantham. Add: 8 Alderney Street, Nottingham.

In 1911 – 

She is at 10 Stanton Street, Grantham. Her father is listed as ‘Band Sawyer Wood’. Her mother is unlisted. Her sister, Rebecca, is listed as ‘Dressmaker’. Her sister, Elsie, is listed as ‘student’. Elizabeth is unlisted. Her son, Ronald, is unlisted. 

In 1921 – 

She is at Goadby Marwood, Melton Mowbray. Her husband is listed as ‘Relieving Officer and Registrar of Births & Deaths’. Elizabeth and her children, Ronald, Gwendolen and Hebert, are unlisted. Her sister, Rebecca, is listed as ‘Dress Maker’. 

d.         18 October 1965, Sleaford 

HASTINGS Elizabeth Jane of 184a Oxclose Lane, Arnold, Nottinghamshire died 18 October 1965 at Slea View, Sleaford, Lincolnshire. Probate Nottingham 8 December to Ronald Leslie Hastings, deputy treasurer. £858.