William Taylor and his family in the 1921 census

 This blog contains an item about the life of my grandfather, William Taylor (1890-1972). He had 3 children by his first wife Gertrude (nee Wilkins), who died of influenza in 1919, and married Gertrude's sister Ethel in 1920. Ethel was a widow, her first husband William Suter died in 1914. They had two children, one of which died of influenza in 1919, a week before Gertrude's death. In 1921 William and his family lived at 51 Charles Street, Woolwich.

The 1921 census shows William Taylor at 14 Hibernia Street, Ramsgate as a boarder in the house of Arthur Gower (aged 40) and his wife Helen May (33). The census was recorded in June 1921, so William and his family were probably in Ramsgate on holiday. William is shown as aged 32, an explosive worker at Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. Also listed are his wife Ethel (38) and children Eric (8), Vera (5) and Ronald (2). The census return wrongly states that both of the children's parents are alive. Ethel's daughter Doris Suter, aged 17, a machine hand in "Shirt Stores, Wood St, Woolwich" and Gladys Sullivan (17) are also listed. Gladys had the same occupation and place of work as Doris, they were probably friends.

Google Street View indicates that the property at 14 Hibernia Street no longer exists, there is modern housing where it stood.