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Russell Leigh Taylor                           1875-1968
Russell was born on 2 October 1875, the son of Henry Taylor and Ursella Mellor, at Rusholme, Lancashire.
He was educated at Marlborough College and at Exeter College, Oxford.
Ethel May Ackerley                            1875-1956
May was born about 1875, the daughter of Henry Ackerley and Annie Henderson, at Worthington, Lancashire.
I have identified the following children.
  Henry Jefferys Leigh Born 9 Feb 1913   Wiltshire K.I.A. 23 Sep 1944
Ursula Mary Born 10 Mar 1914   Wiltshire Married Rev. Murray Holt MacLeod

Birth of Parents
Russell Leigh Taylor b: 2 Oct 1875         Rusholme, Lancashire       1875 4Q Chorlton 8c 664
son of Henry Taylor and Ursella Mellor

Ethel May Ackerley b: abt 1875               Worthington, Lancashire       1875 4Q Wigan 8c 1
daughter of Henry Ackerley and Annie Henderson

Marriage
23 Apr 1908
Russell Leigh Taylor
May Ackerley 		Holy Trinity Southport, Lancashire       1908 2Q Ormskirk 8b 1304

The Times, Wednesday, Apr 29, 1908           MARRIAGES
  TAYLOR : ACKERLEY - On the 23rd inst., at Holy Trinity Southport, by the Revd. F. B. Hawkins, Chaplain to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, assisted by the Revd. C. S. Hope, Vicar of the parish, Russell Leigh Taylor, son of Henry Taylor, of Birklands, Birkdale, Lancashire, and Rusthall, Tunbridge-Wells, to Ethel May Ackerley, daughter of Henry Ackerley of Burtholme, Wigan.






















1911 Census RG14-96 3 April 1911 Harworth, Nottinghamshire
Sparken Hill Farm, Worksop   (11 Rooms)
Russell Leigh Taylor (Boarder)
Ethel May (Wife) (Boarder
(The Burton Family) 		Age 35
Age 35 		Asst. Land Agent to Duke of Newcastle Manchester
Standish 		Lancashire
Lancashire 		2 Oct 1875
abt 1875

Children
Henry Jefferys Leigh "Jeff" Taylor b: 9 Feb 1913               Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire       1913 1Q Mere 5a 361
son of Russell Leigh Taylor and May Ackerley, The Cottage,
Ursula "Mary" Taylor b: 10 Mar 1914               Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire       1914 2Q Mere 5a 351
daughter of Russell Leigh Taylor and May Ackerley, The Cottage,

IN Memory of
Chaplain 4th Class The Rev. HENRY JEFFERYS LEIGH TAYLOR
MC
188501, Royal Army Chaplains' Department
attd. 29th Armd. Bde., 11th Armd. Div.
Who Died Age 31
ON 23 September 1944

Son of Russell Leigh Taylor and May Taylor,
of Clifton-on-Teme, Worcestershire.
REMEMBERED WITH HONOUR
MIERLO WAR CEMETERY, Netherlands

COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION

Death
May (Ackerley) Taylor Died 1956, Age 81,       1856 2Q Worcester 9d 224

LONDON   28 Nov 1956                         Probate
TAYLOR, Ethel May - of Clifton Lodge, Clifton-on-Teme, Worcestershire (wife of Russell Leigh Taylor) died 18 October 1956, at the Royal Infirmary, Worcester, Probate London 28 November, to Ursula Mary Macleod, married woman.   Effects £183 18s. 4d.

Death
Russell Leigh Taylor Died 2 May 1968, Age 92,       1968 2Q Martley 9d 134

The Times, Saturday, May 4, 1968                         DEATHS
  TAYLOR - On May 2nd, 1968, peacefully in his 93rd year at The Lodge, Clifton-on-Teme, Worcestershire, Russell Leigh Taylor, beloved father of Mary MacLeod.   Funeral service at Clifton-on Teme on Tuesday, May 7th, at 11:30 a.m., followed by cremation.

Death
Rev. Murray Holt MacLeod 30 Nov 1977       1877 4Q London City 14 0861

The Times, Saturday, Dec 3, 1977                         DEATHS
  MACLEOD - On November 30, 1977, suddenly, at St. Paul's Cathedral, Murray Holt MacLeod, Vicar of Christ Church, Southgate, and prebendary of St. Paul's.   Beloved husband, father, and parish priest.   Enquiries to A. Seaward & Sons Ltd., 01-8866101

Death
Mary (Taylor) MacLeod Died May 1997