How is Martha TAYLOR related to John CHILD

[MargP]

Hi Jackiea

Do you know if the court case took place in England or Australia and where did your original information come from.

Margp

[c more]

Hi Jackiea
So it was John CHILD jnr who died in 1885 Queensland and it was his father John CHILD snr that died 1880 in England.
It is possible that Martha TAYLOR never knew that John CHILD jnr had died in Queensland so therefore she never altered her will.
Strange that  you have applied for copies of a  few wills for Martha TAYLOR and have not found anything.
So wondering where the info on Martha TAYLOR comes from?
Do you have a copy of the actual court case?
The only Martha that I can find that is related to the CHILD family is Martha DAVIS nee CHILD who died 21 DEC 1902 Burford Shropshire, She is the sister of John CHILD snr.
Do you have a copy of her Will? If not it might be worth getting.
Cheers Leonie

[Neil Todd]

As we still have not had several questions answered definitively by Jackiea.

I thought we might ask some again.

You have in your last post that John left England after the loss of his mother and a dear sister. WHAT were their names please?

Also What was Johns Birthdate and where born Please?

The names of his Siblings please?

Was John the person who died in Queensland 1885 or the one who died in England 1880. The subject of the bequest in the contested will of 1914 please?

Hi Jackiea

Do you know if the court case took place in England or Australia and where did your original information come from.

Margp

I believe all those who have posted and searched would like these questions answered and we will then attempt to get to the bottom of this mystery.

Please don't leave out the last line of this mystery, we all need to know

Best regards from OZ

PS.. I have a John Child in a 1861 English census with a younger sister Martha

[cando]

I am also quite frustrated that questions have not been answered....I asked about the court case in back in reply#18.

The only Martha that I can find that is related to the CHILD family is Martha DAVIS nee CHILD who died 21 DEC 1902 Burford Shropshire, She is the sister of John CHILD snr.

Leonie

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar  -  Index of Wills and Administrations
1903
Martha DAVIS of Burford Shropshire widow died 21 Dec 1902 Probate Shrewsbury 5 Feb to William Samuel Davis solicitor and the reverend William Humphrey CHILD.
Effects £5898.3.4.

Cheers
Cando

[majm]

Yes I too am intrigued ....

Perhaps my question is WHAT document or oral history evidence PROMPTS the question initially and I think that info will help us all to use our own experences to join the dots for Jackie.

The combined efforts of RChatters regularly 'solve/resolve' many intrigues. 
Umm  How to get Martha DAVIS to be Martha TAYLOR !!!

Cheers JM

[Neil Todd]

Well I can tell you trolling through english census for hours since 4.0am I only came up with one possible. If John had a sister who married to a Taylor we may have a connection. That is only one of a hundred different possibles though. They could have met on ship, had a few quiet drinks and discussed their lives. Who knows..

But the questions need to be answered first.

Neil

[Neil Todd]

Well at least I now know that out John Child born 1841 had a sister Martha born c1851 at Cleobury Mortimer along with several more siblings, many more than Jackiea cited in a much earlier 2003 question on a paid subscription site.

Thanks to leonie for sending that early info to me. From the 1851 census.
His father was William b 1807 at Tenbury Worcestershire, his mother Jane b1811 at Cleobury, his elder sister Elizabeth 1838 and a younger sister Ann b1846.

We go on from here, Maybe?

Neil

NOPE! ALL WRONG Modified.

I had the whole family wrong going off the 2003 post. John Child Senior was actually born 1811 in the 1841 census. He is living with wife Sarah 1811, Sarah 1835, Beatrice 1838 and Margaret 1840.

In the 1851 census there are NONE of them??

again Neil

[muss]

Hi

Did John Child snr have a will or did he die intestate ?   maybe the money was left to him and when his estate was finalised , his son John Jnr was the beneficiary.


Muss
One of my GGgrandfathers will took 30 years

[cando]

As I posted previously

Deaths Mar 1880   
CHILD John 71 years Ludlow 6a/437

Adding... The district Ludlow spans the boundaries of the counties of Herefordshire and Shropshire

Probate Index

1880

CHILD John     2 June   The Will of John Child formerly of Beckley near Christchurch  in the county of Southampton but late of Wigmore in the county of Hereford Gentleman who died on the 3 March 1880 at Wigmore and was proved at Hereford by James Nott of Brampton Brian in the county of Hereford Farmer one of the Executors.  Personal Estate under £50.

Cando