Birth: 8 June 1894 Colwick, Nottinghamshire, UK
Father: William Henry Wragg 1866-1962
Mother: Eliza Jenkinson 1870-1946
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 24 January 1916 St Lawrence, Sheffield, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Husband: Harry Taylor 1891-1972
Death: October-December 1953 Rotherham, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Ronald Taylor 1917-1981
Harry Taylor 1920-1983
Birth of Elsie May Wragg in FreeBMD in July-September 1894 in Basford (7B 238).
Her two sisters were born in Colwick and registered in October-December 1895 and January-March 1897 in Basford.
In the 1901 census as Elsie M Wragg aged 6, born in Colwick, Nottinghamshire, and living with her parents (William Hy and Eliza), four brothers (George E, Frederick E, Thomas A J and William C), and two sisters (Evelyn M and Florence A) at 25 Railway Cottages, Staveley, Derbyshire.
Her brother and sister were born in Staveley and registered in October-December 1901 and April-June 1907 in Chesterfield.
In the 1911 census as Elsie May Wragg born in Colwick, Nottinghamshire, and living with her parents (William Hy and Elsie), three brothers (Percy Clarence, Thomas and William Victor), and two sisters (Evelyn Maud and Ivy) at 25 Railway Cottates (sic), Staveley Town, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
Entry in Ancestry Sheffield and Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1948 for the marriage (sic) of Elsie May Wragg and Harry Taylor on 24 January 1916. "Page 17 The Year 1816 No. 49 Banns of Marriage between Harry Taylor, Bachelor and Elsie May Wragg, Spinster, both of this parish Were published, as follows:- 1st, on Sunday Jany 9 [...] 2d, on Sunday Jany 16 [...] 3d, on Sunday Jany 23 Married January 24 1916".
Marriage of Elsie M Wragg and Harry Taylor in FreeBMD in January-March 1916 in Rotherham (9C 1126).
Entry in Ancestry Sheffield and Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1948 for the marriage of Elsie May Wragg, father William Henry Wragg, and Harry Taylor on 24 January 1916 at Sheffield, St Lawrence, Tinsley. "Page 92 [...] 1916 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Tinsley in the County of York. [No. 184 Twenty Fourth January 1916 Harry Taylor [aged] 24 years [a] Bachelor [and] Miner [of] 93 Ranskill Road, Tinsley Park [father] Richard Taylor [a] Carter, [and] Elsie May Wragg [aged] 21 years [a] Spinster [of] 93 Ranskill Road, Tinsley Park [father] William Henry Wragg [a] Fitter. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [...] inthe Presence of us, Joseph William Musgrave [and] Alice Wragg."
Her son was born on 18 January 1917, registered in January-March 1917 in Rotherham, and baptised on 28 February 1917 at St Bartholomew, Carbrook when they were living at 86 Ranskill Road.
Her son was born on 17 October 1920, registered in October-December 1920 in Rotherham, and baptised on 10 November 1920 at St Bartholomew, Carbrook when they were living at 38 Ranskill Road.
In the 1921 census as Elsie M Taylor born in Colwich (sic), Staffordshire (sic) in 1894 and living with Harry Taylor (husband?), Harry and Ronald Taylor (sons?) and Frederick Edgar Wagg (brother?) in Rotherham, Yorkshire (West Riding). Note there is a Colwich in Staffordshire, and a Colwick in Nottinghamshire - the last letter k may have been interpreted as h.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Elsie M Taylor born 8 June 1894, married, and living with Harry Taylor (husband?), Harry and Ronald Taylor (sons?) and one other at 129 Brown Street, Rotherham, Yorkshire (West Riding).
Death of Elsie M Taylor in FreeBMD in October-December 1953 aged 58 in Rotherham (2C 770)
There are sixteen entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Elsie May Wragg.
Colwick is on the east side of Nottingham on the north side of the River Trent. Tinsley is on A631, SE of its junction with M1 between Sheffield and Rotherham and Carbrook is on the other side of the M1.
Elsie May Wragg was the mother of Ronald Taylor, husband of Mary Adams, neice of Rachael Adams, wife of Charles Edward Read, Felicity's second cousin three times removed.
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