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Sorry for the delay in replying but very nice to hear from you Josephine.  Your information ties up some loose ends.

I have a remote connection to the influential Martineau family in Norwich and to the two Martineau gentlemen who founded a major sugar refinery business in the east end of London in the early 19th century.  I came across Jean when I was looking at some of the descendants of the Norwich Martineaus.  There’s some fascinating family history there and I was also very interested in Peter Cazenove’s story.

Thank you for your posts.

Chris

Many thanks.

I assume William Cloude is the same chap as described here:

http://www.hertsatwar.co.uk/biographies/986077/william-thomas-louis-woodward-cloude

Regards,
Chris

John Tasker was living at Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square at the time of his marriage in 1789.

He was the architect who designed and built a number of properties in the Portman Square area from 1792.  I’m wondering if he acquired one of those new properties to live in himself as his central London base.

At some point he also acquired the Fitzwalters estate in Shenfield.  I believe Fitzwalters was passed on to his son Joseph who subsequently bought Middleton Hall as his country residence and sold Fitzwalters.

Chris

Yes, it’s frustrating.  Is the difficulty due to the baptisms being in the Catholic church?

Thomas Tasker’s baptism transcript was labelled Independent, Masbrough.  I’m assuming that means he would have been baptised at the St Bede’s Catholic Church, Masbrough Street in Rotherham.  I’m guessing his sister Ellen may have been baptised at the same church but I can’t understand why one record is easily found but the other isn’t.

The death of Ellen Fell nee Tasker was registered in Aylesbury in 1845.

I haven’t been able to find Joseph Tasker’s census records.  I have an Ancestry subscription and haven’t yet tried to search FindMyPast.  His probate index indicates he died at his London property at 87 Marylebone Street.  He died on 8th April 1861, the day after the census was taken.

I read John Tasker’s Will in greater detail and it mentions his two brother, Richard and James who had predeceased him.  It gives his brother’s childrens names.  The Richard Tasker I mentioned in my previous post (i.e. the Richard who married Ellen Raw) was actually the son of John Tasker’s brother James.

Regards,
Chris

Thanks for this information.

I’d previously seen the 1851 census where Ellen Fell was visiting Mary Spooner.  Mary Spooner’s maiden name was Mary Raw.  She married Thomas Spooner in 1831 in Aylesbury.  Thomas Spooner died in 1839.  Mary died in 1853, a couple of years after the census was taken.

Mary Raw had 3 brothers as far as I can determine.  The eldest Thomas Raw was born In 1775 in Darlington and died in June 1861 in Islington.  In the 1861 census he’s shown as a retired linen draper.

Thomas Raw’s probate record is interesting.  Probate was granted to Thomas Tasker, his nephew.  Thomas Tasker was the grocer in Rotherham who had Frederick Fell as his grocer’s assistant in the 1861 census.

Regards,
Chris