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DAWS, Mary Emily
Abt 1837 - 1887 (50 years) Has no ancestors but 5 descendants in this family tree.
1846 - 1929 (83 years)-
Name DAWS, Mary Emily Birth Abt 1837 Burnham Overy, Norfolk 
Gender Female Death 1887 Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire Person ID I2076 Edgoose Last Modified 30 Jan 2026
Family TAYLOR, George, b. 1846, Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, England d. 1929, Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 83 years) Marriage 1873 King's Lynn Registration District, Norfolk Children 1. TAYLOR, William d. Yes, date unknown 2. TAYLOR, Lucy Mary, b. 1873, Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, England d. 1902, Brackley, Northamptonshire, England (Age 29 years)3. TAYLOR, Ellen, b. 1875 d. 1875 (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 4. TAYLOR, Martha Ellen, b. 1879, Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, England d. UNKNOWN5. TAYLOR, Francis, b. 1880, Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire d. 1880, Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 0 years)Family ID F195 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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MARY EMILY TAYLOR formerly DAWS 1837-1887
A Mary Emily DAWS was baptised at Burnham Overy, Norfolk, on 12 April 1837.
(Source: chrisI252@outlook.com)
She appears in the census for 1841 as a 1 year old, in 1851 as a 14 year old, and in 1861 as a 24 year old, but in 1871 as a 31 year old and in 1881 as a 40 year old.
(Source for 1841, 1851 and 1861: chrisI252@outlook.com)
(Source for 1871 and 1881: FreeBMD)
The 1871 census of Broad Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, shows a MARY DAWS to have been working for HANNAH M. CHALLONER:
*Mary DAWS, servant, aged 31, unmarried, general servant domestic, born at Burnham, Norfolk.
(RG10/1864/73/25)
The marriage between George TAYLOR and Mary Emily DAWS was registered in 1873.
(GRO June Q 1873 King's Lynn 4b 630)
At the time of the 1881 census she was living at 49 Whithington Street, Sutton St. Mary, Lincolnshire:
George TAYLOR, head, aged 34, fisherman, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
*Mary TAYLOR, wife, aged 40, born at Burnham Overy, Norfolk;
Lucey TAYLOR, daughter, aged 7, scholar, born at Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire;
Martha TAYLOR, daughter, aged 1, born at Sutton Bridge.
(RG11/3208/67/18)
The death of a Mary Emily TAYLOR aged 47 was registered in 1887.
(GRO March 1887 Holbeach 7a 251)
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