Jane
Many thanks for the photos and information. I also gained the following information - as below for your interest. I have attached my portrait of possibly Daniel Tapper which I thought had a resemblance to Isaac albeit at a different age and with less weight.
Isaac William Salmon Tapper - lifespan (1819-1911)
The incumbents of Stapleford Nottinghamshire were a varied group of men. Some were assiduous in their duties. Others held other responsibilities and only gave to Stapleford what time they could spare.
William Isaac Salmon Tapper served at Stapleford along with wife Lydia Hope (née Alderdsey from 1885 to 1888. Educated at Trinity College Dublin, he was a non-conformist minister until, at the age of 56, he was ordained into the Anglican church at Lenham near Charing in Kent, remaining there until 1860. Appointments followed at Wellingborough Northants 1860-1862, Tottenham in London 1862-1866, Burges Hill Sussex 1868-1873. He went to Jersey after the departure of the Dean of Jersey as the result of a scandal. Whilst in Jersey, William’s wife Mary Ann (née Sturgess) of 40 years died in 1883. They had been married on the 14th September 1843 at Fordington Dorset.
One of the members of his congregation was a young 31 years old spinster, Lydia Hope Aldersey, living with her grandmother. Quite how it happened is not known but when he came to Stapleford in 1885 Lydia was the patron of the living. They were married in 1885 at St. Giles London, and stayed in Stapleford for three years.
At the age of seventy they moved to St Andrew’s in Battersea, staying for twelve years. Still soldiering on at the age of 82 William and Lydia moved to Little Stoneham in Suffolk where the reverend worked for a further eight years. After 26 years of married life with Lydia, William died in a summer holiday East Cliff boarding house at 6 St. Augustine’s Road Ramsgate at the age of 92. Lydia then aged 61 was with him.
The census records for the years 1891 (Clapham),1901 (Little Stonham) and 1911 (Ramsgate) show the presence in residence of both Wiliam and Lydia. Attached is a death notice for William as was published in the Mid-Sussex Times of Tuesday 17th October 1911. There are 20 family trees on ancestrydotcom relative to William, all are devoid of public access unless approval from their author is obtained, or a fee is paid. It is not likely that any children were born to either marriage, but not confirmed.
William passed away in 1911, 6 St. Augustine’s Road Ramsgate in Kent. Is located at West Cliff.
Researched by Bob lee
