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Note: Old Parish registers - Marriages 265/ 0030 0238
Marykirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland
"Oct 21sr 1841 - Alexander Taylor and Ann Low both of this parish were contracted in order to marriage(sic)"
[this may have been the date of the posting of the Banns - the birth registration of son David Paton Taylor in 1866
gives a marriage date of what appears to be November 26, 1841
He was supposedly nicknamed "Black Sandy" because of his dark complexion.
The birth record of his son Andrew, states that Alexander was a "power loom weaver"
According to his grandson, D. Norman Taylor, Alexander had employment in one of the major mills as the sole representative of the ancient skill of hand loom setup and weaving, it being his job, when anything went wrong with the power looms, to correct the error by hand and so set the mill going again.
According to Norman Taylor, Alexander was described by his son, David Paton Taylor, as having a strong and independant character. Nothing was permitted to be bought on "tick" and everything must be the best of its kind, not the most expensive, but the best wearing, thus if say boots, they had to be of solid contruction and stout leather.
We now have his death registration thanks to Leslie Chapman. It supplies his parent's names (we previously had his father's name as William in error and did not have his mother's name. It verifies his deceased wife's name as Anne Low. I cannot decipher his occupation it has 3 words the first two are "Warper, Canvas" and then a word that look like "Sretny". The death was reported by his son Andrew Taylor.
His occupation in the 1861 census was listed as Canvas Warper (flax).
(In the power loom mills a warper was the person who set up and maintained the warp threads for the cloth on the looms.)
The birth record for son David Paton Taylor in 1866 lists the marriage date for Alexander and Ann as what looks like November 26 1841 but it is hard to read, the 26 is clear anyway :-) The Marykirk Old parish register gives a date of October 21 1841 for the date of the contract in order to marry.
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1851 Scotland Census, Redgorton, Cromwellpark, Perthshire, Scotland
The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb.
Name: Alexander Taylor
Age: 34
Estimated birth year: abt 1817
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name: Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: Abbotshall, Fifeshire
Parish Number: 390
Civil parish: Redgorton
Town: Cromwellpark
County: Perthshire
Address: Cromwellpark
Occupation: Power Loom Weaver
ED: 1
Page: 5
Household schedule number: 15
Line: 5
Roll: CSSCT1851_81
Household Members: Name Age
Alexander Taylor 34
Ann Taylor 28
Margaret Taylor 2 Mo
Mary Ann Taylor 2
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1861 Scotland Census St Vigeans, Arbroath, Forfarshire (now Angus), Scotland
Name: Alexander Taylor
Age: 44
Estimated birth year: abt 1817
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: Abbotshall, Fifeshire
Registration Number: 272
Registration district: Arbroath
Civil parish: St Vigeans
County: Angus
Address: Lochlands
Occupation: Canvas Warper (flax)
ED: 33
Page: 29
Household schedule number: 178
Line: 23
Roll: CSSCT1861_36
Household Members: Name Age
Alexander Taylor 44
Andrew Taylor 3
Ann Taylor 38
Elizabeth Taylor 6
John Taylor 1
Margaret Taylor 10
Mary Ann Taylor 12
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1871 Scottis Census - Arbroath, Angus, Scotland
address 10 east Milly Wynd
Alexander taylor, head, age 54, born in Kircaldy, Fifeshire, occ: Canvas Factory Warper
Ann Taylor, wife, age 48, norn in Arbuthnott, Kincardineshire
Mary A. daughter, age 22, born in Arbroath, occ: Canvas Weaver P.C. (?)
Marget, daughter, age 20, born in Arbroath, occ: Canvas Factory Winder
Andrew, son, age 13, born in Arbroath, occ: Tin Smith and Gas Fitter
John, son, age 11, born in Arbroath, scholar
William, son, age 8, born in Arbroath, scholar
David P. son, age 4, born in Arbroath
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1881 not located yet
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1891 Scottish Census, Arbroath, Angus
address: Concrete Cottage fergus Sqr
Alexander Taylor, head, age 74, born in Abbotshall, Fifeshire, occ: retired linen weaver
Annie L. Taylor, wife, age 68, born in Arbuthnott, Kincardineshire, occ: linen weaver
John Taylor, son, age 31, born in St Vigeans, Angus, occ: House Carpenter
Maryann Taylor, daughter, age 42, born in St Vigeans, occ: linen weaver
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