Ernest Edward Taylor (1879 – 1944) was an elder brother of my grandfather William Taylor (1890 – 1972). There is an item about Edward’s life on this blog.
The 1921 census shows Ernest (aged 42, born in Weedon, Northamptonshire) living at 310 High Street, Plumstead with his wife Annie (43, born in Charlton) and daughter Hazel (5, born in Woolwich). Ernest was a “Technical foreman, explosives” at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. Also living at the address was Annie’s sister Florence Lily Atley (31, born in Charlton), her husband William Henry Atley (27, born in Greenwich, a cable worker at Siemens Bros, electrical engineers, Woolwich) with their children William Edward (3, born in Woolwich) and Florence Lily (1, born in Woolwich). Also listed are Jane Bradley (72, born in Blackfriars, a widow), Annie’s mother. Also, Ralph Edward Winter (22, born in Hackney, out of work), who was an orphan and is described as Ernest’s adopted brother. Finally, Alice Wood (44, born in Woolwich, widowed, out of work), a visitor.
Google Street View shows that the house (which is
opposite St Nicholas Gardens) still exists. It is a two storey terraced property, apparently
of medium size. The census shows that it had 6 rooms. Instructions for enumerators told them to include kitchens but exclude bathrooms and sculleries in the room total. It must have been crowded with 10 people living there! Edward
and Annie were still living at 310 Plumstead High Street in 1938.
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