
Birth Date: 16 Dec 1860
Baptism Date: 18 Sep 1875
Parish: St Francis Xavier’s (Francisci Xavarii), Lancashire, England
Father’s Name: Edwardi Taubman
Mother’s name: Annae Clegg
Stephen’s Great Grandfather is an elusive soul, so when I decided to check Ancestry for some records in the Liverpool Parish, I was not surprised to have no match for William Albert Taubman. However a search for simply Taubman returned 7 records.
JacobusTaubman | 26 Jan 1855 | 11 Nov 1876 | St Francis Xavier’s (Francisci Xavarii) | EdvardiTaubman, Catharina Clegg |
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Gulielmus AlbertusTaubman | 16 Dec 1860 | 18 Sep 1875 | St Francis Xavier’s (Francisci Xavarii) | EdwardiTaubman, Annae Clegg |
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JosephusTaubman | 13 Sep 1868 | 18 Sep 1875 | St Francis Xavier’s (Francisci Xavarii) | EdwardiTaubman, Annae Clegg |
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Joannes EdwardisTaubman | 10 Sep 1877 | 16 Sep 1877 | St Francis Xavier’s (Francisci Xavarii) | Jacobus ThomasTaubman, Maria Warnick |
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Maria HildaTaubman | 24 Jul 1879 | 27 Jul 1879 | St Francis Xavier’s (Francisci Xavarii) | Jacobi Taubman, Maria Wernock |
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Maria CatharinaTaubman | 6 Mar 1881 | 13 Mar 1881 | St Francis Xavier’s (Francisci Xavarii) | Jacobi Taubman, Mariae Warnick |
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JacobusTaubman | 10 Mar 1900 | 30 Jun 1900 | St Patrick | Jacobi Taubman, Annae Moore |
There he is as “Gulielmus Albertus Taubman” so a word to the wise, some Roman Catholic priests latinised the Christian names, and this particular one had really poor hand writing, just take a look at the Maria Vernick spellings.
It’s also interesting to see the Latin note on the left, but I have not translated it yet. William had already been baptised in an Anglican Church back in 1860, so it may be related to that, but it also has “Sub conditione”, which suggests the Priest knew this or just suspected it.