UPDATE 27th December 2023 - So sad to write that dear Chub, Peter Todhunter Pearson, has died 30.11.23. Such a great loss to many. 

So I will buy a new EFT stick some time later in 2024. 

UPDATE Since I have amended some data herein I may get another usb stick next Christmas, i. e. end of 2023. I might not wait, and ask for one for a birthday gift this year, 2023. 
UPDATE 26th November 2022 I am getting - I did get one - for Christmas a new usb stick from tribal pages, again Patrick’s gift, one of!, and this will probably be the last. I hope you enjoy this tree of mine and do please read the stories and see photo albums etc too. 

Apart from the Gusterede earliest maternal lineage there is Jyde Valle 1546, an intriguing start! 

Update 5 March 2023 I THINK I have it now. One mystery solved. The Frederick Charles Taylor on the CENSUS of 1881 - SEE ROBERT TAYLOR AND MARY ANN TAYLOR, NEE PHILLIPS, SECTION, must be a son to Mary Ann Taylor, nee Mew, and husband Charles Taylor.
n.b. There is a Chawton Lane in the island and an area too in Cowes, google,it!

Patrick and I went to Mount Joy cemetery near Carisbrooke Isle of Wight in 2022 and he found the double grave high on the hill, of mine and my dear, late brother, Mark Pittaway, maternal great grandparents, Robert and Mary Rebecca Gustar (nee Taylor). We shall go again and search there and other of the Isle of Wight churchyards. 

Note not many photos, and most are (were) documents anyway, because I am no longer subscribed but they are in my external hard drive and duplicated within one of my many memory sticks with just photos therein; there are the 5,000 photos that I painstakingly, one by one, uploaded to this tree on this website but most were taken off when I stopped subscribing, fair enough. However, the memory stick I buy (well, Patrick buys for my Christmas gift) annually — but will probably make December 2022 purchase the last, it’s cost is increasing, at present , 5th May 2022, some £42 — does have them all, but are not linked to the people. The Photo Albums are still there though. I added some more into here, just a few because of the maximum allowed, and those are not in the memory stick within the 5,000 and / or my external hard drive, of which I have a duplicate back of of everything that I have ever done for anything pretty much!  and over many years. 

I hope probably after December 2022 to, ask the Iow family history website to accept an updated gedcom from here to supersede my one they hold there, called GUSTARD03. At 26th November 2022 I have yet to hear from them, they are busy but hopefully one day my new Gedcom may be provided to request viewing via their website.

I will probably not update anything anymore from end 2022. I still work and have other things to do including family joys. Knowing me though, I probably will! but the one has to update other places, such as the tree in Ancestry.com  called something similar as this one. It has to have the name changed every time one uploads a gedcom, most irritating. I think it is something like Pittaway, Gustar, Taylor & I’Anson etc. 

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Hello again. 5th May 2022, my, Trudy Ann Pittaway, UPDATE I THINK SOLVING THE MYSTERY which I thought I was right about and here it is  - 5 May 2022 - I THINK I have it now. One mystery solved. The Frederick Charles Taylor on the CENSUS of  1881 - SEE ROBERT TAYLOR AND MARY ANN TAYLOR, NEE PHILLIPS, SECTION. must be a son to Mary Ann Taylor, nee Blow, and husband Charles Taylor, a GRANDson of ROBERT AND MARY ANN TAYLOR. They were probably baby sitting their grandson.

TAYLOR   Frederick Charles BLOW Cowes C14/P33//////////////UNVERIFIBLE AND ONLY Frederick - there are NO Frederick Charles listed on entry for m. in IOW Index : only this one :          887    TAYLOR Frederick JOLLIFFE Clara Register Office,   Nonconformist or RC Church  RO31/155///////////////1940        

 TAYLOR    Frederick Charles    78    1861 - 1862       Newport    N61/E467 ////////////Could THIS Frederick Charles taylor be in any way connected with the Grandson of Mary Ann Taylor (nee Phillips) and Robert Taylor b. 1833 who declares a Grandson b. 1880 or 1881 on the 1881 Census and this is (I have checked on the second name as it only shows C   on that) : Frederick Charles Taylor and there is no information for this little chap actually growing up nor his parentage nor his m. nor his d. THIS IS THE SAME AS LEONARD TAYLOR b. 1867 (also on the 1881 Census), an Uncle of his - still not able to trace anything - 28th February 2011). //DOES ANYONE KNOW PLEASE ? I do have Leonard on some census now, it seems he lived with family when a young man and.also boarded, all on IOW. 

I STILL have no further update as to the identity of the blood father of our maternal grandfather Harry William Douglas Gustar. Born a Taylor.
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Hello again.  UPDATE AGAIN, the 29th April, now 2022 - and possibly beyond! Several edits and additons have been made. I am still attempting to find out who my maternal Grandfather's blood father was. I am most grateful to the newly aquired contact with the Seaward family for their assistance in this quest, including DNA testing of me which shows new links, on the Pittaway side, with their family; and general information. 

2021 and beyond hopefully. I am still adding and amending this family tree as and when necessary, thank you. Do have a look at  my stories. 

29th April 2011 : partial CLOSING OF THIS EFT = This date is poignant - I was married (div.) 29th April ;  our (my Brother Mark Pittaway and me, Trudy Ann Pittaway (Miss), the owner of this eft) Mother,  Joan Mary Pittaway (nee Gustar) died on this date ; Stephanie's Godmother's (Patricia Barbara Newell (nee Foster) Brother (Michael Foster) died on this date ; and now we have the Wedding of  our future King William on 29th April this year (plus a Bank Holiday [although some people are not  being paid for this day even though they cannot work as it is an official day off ??] which will  be nice for me to have time to reflect upon my own personal memories).

So sadly my lovely brother Mark Pittaway died 21st April 2020, a Tuesday, at 16:00.

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I NEVER DID FIND ANSWERS TO MY ORIGINAL QUESTS : Update 2022 Please see above as I have discovered some things but not about my darling paternal grandfather. 

1. WHO WAS OUR MATERNAL BLOOD G-GRANDFATHER ? (NO DISRESPECT TO FRANK GUSTAR OF COURSE). Isle Of  Wight.

2. WHO WERE 'UNCLE CHARLIE AND AUNTIE MARGARET' ? ALL THEIR LIVES ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT (or as we  and others call it : the Isle of WIDGIT - from childhood happy memories). THE COUPLE WHOM JEAN  PIERCE (NEE RETFORD) KNEW OF AND (RARE FOR HER) COULD NOT RECALL THEIR SURNAME. Sorry Jeanie and  thank you for your great knowledge.  Isle Of Wight. 

3.   WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LITTLE GRANDSON OF MARY ANN (nee Phillips) AND ROBERT TAYLOR'S (IOW) -  FREDERICK CHARLES TAYLOR b.c. 1880 (Parents Unknown) ? HE WOULD probably ! HAVE BEEN MARK AND MY G- G-UNCLE (ONE OF MANY). SEVERAL OTHER TAYLOR'S (ON THE iow) WERE UNTRACEABLE SADLY. IN PARTICULAR, LEONARD TAYLOR, AN UNCLE (or possibly a Brother !) TO LITTLE FREDERICK CHARLES TAYLOR.  Isle Of  Wight. 

I DID FIND OUT MANY THINGS AND I HOPE IT WAS WORTH IT. THANK YOU READERS ALL. 

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MY APOLOGIES FOR MY TYPO ERRORS. I dislike intensely incorrect English but there is not enough  time for me to proof-read (that is probably wrong too!) everything - I have done nearly my best.  Thank you.

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You will probably be viewing this either using the mist recent memory stick inhale, bought from Tribal Pages, America or just having gone on line.  One can print out reports and you may do this. 

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I searched on the excellent IOW site for our maternal side relevant. I also searched there and  elsewhere for any Burial / Cremation / Mounumental Inscriptions and / or details and there are a  few. Accordingly, I have inputted these into the Notes - it just takes too long to keep opening up individual search areas which probably deos not help the search / glance way of viewing but anyone  interested is only going to look at their particularly personal interest - at least initially.

Anyway, I hope this was worth doing as it is 'nice' to know where people have been remembered at  least.

I PERSONALLY FEEL I KNOW THESE PEOPLE - CLEARLY, I DO NOT KNOW A GREAT DEAL OF THEM ! - AND SHALL  FEEL SOMEWHAT STRANGE WHEN I FINISH. I WISH I KNEW WHAT THEIR EDUCATION WAS AND WHERE, AND THEIR  VIEWS ON LIFE, TRAVEL, MAINLY DUE TO TWO WORLD WARS AND MANY OTHER WARS - BOER, VIETNAM for  example. Ah well !!

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THIS EFT SUPERSEDES ANY OF MY EARLIER WORKS - for example, my personally created FTB (the printed  huge Family Tree Booklet on this which most of you will not have had sight of). Some of the  information within STORIES is now updated and / or corrected so the eft is the place to look for exactness - as best I can ! Some of the detail in some of the Stories is not right and so please  look at individuals in the eft for the most up to date information. Thank you.

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FOR ALL OF THE 1881 IOW UNION WORKHOUSE PAGES (use Find / Search if you can as there are 5 pages!)  please see 
 HARRY WILLIAM DOUGLAS GUSTAR / TAYLOR b. 1885

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In the INDEX / PHOTO ALBUM, there are considerable categories, IF one can, then go to 'MANAGE  ALBUMS' (I doubt you can access it though - sorry) and this LISTS IN WRITING ALL THE ALBUMS WHICH  COULD HELP YOU FIND WHAT YOU WANT. Otherwise, be patient and merely scroll down the individual  photo heading sections. I DO HOPE YOU ENJOY IT.

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With regard to the CENSUS 'photos' herein, I imported these in the most suitable format. Mostly  they are only linked to the 'Head' or (strangely) sometimes 'Heads' of the Census. ALSO : many  year dates on these Census are not as either the BMD Index nor my own research and this is because  the CENSUS is (often) incorrect, usually by one year too many for a person's birth. I imagine a  criteria and date threshold was set regarding people's birthdays and this is why there are  inaccuracies. Thank you.

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PHOTOGRAPHS UPLOADED - Almost 5,000 photos are herein, to date (29.04.2011). I have only  linked a few to individuals (if any available) - the others are in the ALBUMS so look there  please. Thank you. n.b. Many of the Album photos are for my storage purposes of the majority of  all pictures I have and wil not specifically relate to the eft but I hope you enjoy seing them if  you wish to.

Click actually ON an image and this will offer better viewing in my, well, view!.

At the base of the PHOTO ALBUMS' PICTORIAL PAGE one can see the names of people who do have  photographs linked to them - many are 'only' documents because unfortunately I have few 'older'  people photos of many of my family.

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STARTING OFF VIEWING :

One tip : Look at Menu : People : Name Index first - it might help!

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Further tip : Whether a STORY or the SITE ITSELF, for seeking particular words, USE EDIT/ FIND ON  THIS PAGE' then, in the 'Find' box, [assuming you are on a pc which is the most likely event at  present], type in one word / phrase and it will take one to that word / phrase (if it exists of  course!). Then just click on 'Next' (if there is more than one match (there may be none at all of  course!)) and it will take one to the next entry through the document. Even use for picture  viewing (in some areas of the site) thus saving scrolling through lots of pictures. EXCELLENT!

ALSO : One can use the keyboard keys Ctrl and Home to leap to the top of a page (this one  included) and / or Ctrl and End (hold both keys down together) or use Page Up and / or Page Down.

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Another tip : PHOTOS : Linked to some stories AND individuals. However if one looks at the Photo  Index then click actually on a picture, then the slideshow comes up (but not as the  other 'automatic' slideshow). In the 'non-automatic' slideshow, it will have any Descriptions  [that I have written] showing too. The software also 'writes' information within this. Then one  can just click each photo on to, well, get to the next one!

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On the Visitor section there is a Bonus View which is good as the descriptions that I have written  (not many!) come up too.I HOPE that is included in the dvd which I wil not know till I have bought  and received it and then it will be too late for me to amend anything on it, including this page  of course.

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NOTE: The Family Line coloured squares : I have classified these as BLOOD LINE.

FURTHER NOTE : IF you are looking at this OFF LINE on a Memory Stick that I have given  you, then hopefully I will have added a few video tiny clips (if there is enough mb space) and   it should be reasonably clear as I have tried to add such things as VOICE recordings (only a few)  and some small video clips by folder description  therein as appropriate.

ALL pictures (well, up to the 29th of April 2011) should be within the actual eft (electonic  family tree) and any photos therefter I hope to have on this memory stick too. Each photo in the  eft, I had to load them all into it and try and categorise as easily as I could for you Reader /  Viewer.

As I mention above, I THINK you can utilise the DVD and access for printing out any part you would  like for your own records. I usually go right back to the earliest dated person in a line that I  want and then 'run' it forward. However, if you want to do it the other way, that might be best -  it rather depends on who and what you want. For example, if one chose the 'latest arrival', then  did 7 generations back (say) then one would get everyone back from that first arrival and the  siblings (if any, of course) of that 'latest arrival' would be shown but not as prominently as  they are not 'the chosen one'. Oh, you work it out - I am sure you are all sensible people.

See how many pages you might be printing out before you do any of this and IF you want pictures,  ensure you have the printer set to Normal or Photo rather than Quick Print (the latter is fine for  just words and takes very little time to print out).Obviously, the longer the line and perhaps  branches (it depends upon what you have selected of course), then the more pages. I suggest you  try and keep it finite so that it makes interesting and easy reading once you have the print out.  Just perhaps print out diferent sections. I do not mind if you print but PLEASE RETAIN FOR  PERSONAL PURPOSES ONLY. Any other reason, then contact me (or my predecessors ! - ages away I  hope !) to request permission for what you wish to do. Thank you.

Laoding these 5,000 photos was a task indeed. I did use a software photograph program which helped  a little so one could load up to 50 in at a time but then some of my chosen photos still had to be  linked individually or managed in some way by putting into the ALBUMS which was vastly eye- goggling for me to do - no matter, tis all done now as far as I am able ! There are not many  linked to individuals because either it would repeat or get confusing - especially as most are  documents and sadly not actual people - but every photo is within the rather large selection of  ALBUMS.

I hope the photos make it more interesting as I thought it looked somewhat bland without. As I  write above, sadly I do not have many people photos but a record of documentation which I think is  useful.

SOME photos are irrelevant to the genealogy - I have used the facility to store ALL as a record. I  HOPE IT DOES NOT CRASH!!

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I am recording my maternal (Gustar / Taylor) and paternal (Pittaway) people because I want to. I  have called the site earthchildren because that is what we all are. Discovery and verification is  time consuming and the latter is particularly tricky. This shows why this research is called a  TREE - there are SO many BRANCHES thereto !!

As I mention above, I have included a huge database of STORIES - thank goodness for cut and paste - it took a while even then! Unfortunately (as I say in the Intro. to Stories or something like  that), none of the different styles and coloured fonts and paragraphing pasted over and neither  did the photos, sadly. So I have tried to put them and many more in AGAIN within STORIES or PHOTO  ALBUMS if not really needed within the Stories' section and a few I have linked to individual(s).  Basically there are SO many that I will likely put say an early age, then middle, then more up to  date photo in the actual tree and then one can see the album for more of tha person within  specific groupings. Otherwise, I shall be far too long on this Project and go bonkers! as it is  very time consuming!

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MASSIVE THANK YOU's : 

Mark and Christine (nee Walker) Pittaway my dear Brother and Sister-In-Law without whose massive  help I would be far less further on than I am.

Jean Pierce (nee Retford) and her lovely Husband Richard. Jeanie lives nearby and is a Cousin to  Mark and myself and thus our issue and thier issue; she has the MOST AMAZING MEMORY and it is  highly detailed - addresses -inlcuding the number of the house (I forgot most - sorry), names,  facts.

Andrew Gustar, a distant relation whom I have never met but also without whose help I would be  tearing my hair out by now ! (14.10.2010).

My thanks to my darling Patrick who provides and pays for all my technological requirements and  makes the Dinner when I am rather engrossed!

Last yet not least : my immense thanks to Chub, our Daughter Stephanie Pearson and her delightful  Partner Rob (and his three Children, James (and Becky, his Partner), Amelia (Milly) and Giorgio  (Eo))and our two lovely Grandchildren, Jack and Jemma Meek who show a polite and keen interest in  my work albeit they are not yet full adults (17th February 2011).

Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, my thanks to Jemma Meek (my Granddaught) for her  awesomely quick photographing of some of the papers etc for me to then input into the eft (Winter  period 2010 and 2011). She worked on my dining room table using the mini tripod to stablilize the  camera (which of course I used a great deal too !). Patrick bought everything of course -  my 'Walking Wallet'.

Also, last but by no means least, Trish my friend and Godmother to Stephanie.

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Some Quotations I like :

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In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes . Benjamin Franklin (1706-90) used a form of this in a letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy, 1789, which  was re-printed in The Works of Benjamin Franklin, 1817.

(Daniel Defoe wrote similarly before him ! (about 1661 - 1731)).

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I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

Attributed to Voltaire (1694-1798) but written by S.G. Tallentyre aka Evelyn Beatrice Hall (1868- 1919) thinking this would be what Voltaire's view on life would be.

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Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid  it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give  me death!

Patrick Henry (1736-1799)

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ADDENDUM :

About the 1841 census : The 1841 census is the first modern UK census, when the first Registrar  General of England and Wales was made responsible for organising the count.

This is the earliest census that has survived in its entirety: only local fragments of the 1801,  1811, 1821 and 1831 censuses survived once the statistical information was collected.

Note:

In the 1841 Census a policy of rounding down ages was in place. 

As such people aged: 
 15-19 were recorded as 15; 
 20-24 were recorded as 20; 
 25-29 were recorded as 25; 
 30-34 were recorded as 30; 
 35-39 were recorded as 35; 
 1841 was the first time that the head of each household was given a form to fill in on behalf of  everyone in the dwelling on a set day. This system still forms the basis of the method used today.

The 1841 census was taken on the night of 6 June 1841 and gave the total population as 15,914,000.

1801 Census Tuesday 10th March 1801  
 1811 Census Monday 27th May 1811  
 1821 Census Monday 28th May 1821  
 1831 Census Sunday 29th May 1831  
 1841 Census Sunday 6th June 1841  
 1851 Census Sunday 30th March 1851  
 1861 Census Sunday 7th April 1861  
 1871 Census Sunday 2nd April 1871  
 1881 Census Sunday 3rd April 1881  
 1891 Census Sunday 5th April 1891  
 1901 Census Sunday 31st March 1901  
 1911 Census Sunday 2nd April 1911  
 1921 Census Sunday 19th June 1921  
 1931 Census Sunday 26th April 1931

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 1941 Census -- see note below -- 
 No census was held in 1941 because of the second world war but a "mini-census" was held in 1939 so  that everybody could be issued with a National identity card. This was held on Friday 29th  September 1939. 
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 1951 Census Sunday 8th April 1951  
 1961 Census Sunday 23rd April 1961  
 1971 Census Sunday 25th April 1971  
 1981 Census Sunday 5th April 1981  
 1991 Census Sunday 21st April 1991  
 2001 Census Sunday 29th April 2001  
 2011 Census Sunday 27th March 2011

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 There has been a population census taken every ten years in the UK ever since the first census of  1801 with the exception of 1941 when the nation was at war with Germany. March 27th, 2011 is the  date of the 21st UK census when householders have to fill in details of everyone staying in their  home on that night.

The first Census in 1801 was simply used to count the UK Population - 1801 saw the first UK census  set up by an Act of Parliament to determine the population of the nation. It was deemed necessary  in order to work out if the country was producing enough food and meat products to sustain its  natives after concerns that the population was increasing at a faster rate than agricultural and  horticultural output could cope with.

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The UK Census that took place on the 27th of March 2011 was the 21st such population count to be  taken.

According to some sources, it may be the last. ALSO it states on the form (because I have just received ours through the post - ...'on March 27th or as soon as possible after'....WHAT ! It SHOULD  BE DONE ON THE DAY !

Mind you, many people do not complete it or incorrectly record it and (as has happened in the 2001  Census, several seemingly very unprofessional people were responsible for collecting some Census  papers and some papers were even (reportedly) found in Parks, lying around - disgraceful! We can  post it back or send it on line - I would not do this type of matter on line personlly!!

Of course, as people do not marry so much it will / may be of little use for future researchers.  HOW SAD !!

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An IOW most helpful gentleman Researcher's and my information about CHRISTMAS DAY  WEDDINGS / EVENTS [see below please]////////

P.S. From TP : Liking the works of Charles Dickens, I have of course read 'A Christmas Carol' -  written / published 1843. ///:

Charles Dickens b. 17th February 1812 in a house in Mile End Terrace, Commercial Road, Landport  (Portsea) - Portsmouth, Hampshire, England [it is now [before and @ 2011) a Dickens' Museum] : d.  9th of June 1870. : During 1869, his readings continued in England, Scotland, and Ireland until at  last he collapsed, showing symptoms of a mild stroke. Further provincial readings were cancelled  but he began upon The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

Dickens's final public readings took place in London in 1870. He suffered another stroke on the  8th of June 1870 and died of cerebral haemorrhage the next day at his home being Gad’s Hill near  Chatham, Kent after a full day's work on 'Edwin Drood'.

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 He was buried at Westminster Abbey on the 14th of June 1870 and the last episode of  the unfinished 'Mystery of Edwin Drood' appeared in September 1870.

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 CHRISTMAS DAY was celebrated much as today [2011] since Queen Victoria's time at least (24th of  May 1819 – 22nd of January 1901 - her Husband, Prince Albert, died in 1861). ////////

To some degree, this has not changed since William the Conqueror :   Nationality: Norman. Also  Known by the Nickname: William the Bastard. Lifespan: b. 1028 (exact date is unknown) - d. on the  of 9th September 1087 at Saint-Gervais near Rouen, France Riding due to an accident when he fell  from his horse. ////////////King William I (i.e. William the Conqueror) was crowned King of  England on CHRISTMAS DAY 1067 at Westminster Abbey, London.

///////// William the Conqueror commissioned the great survey (the first Census) called known as  the Doomsday Book, the Book of Winchester and the Great Survey. The Middle English spelling of  Domesday is Doomsday. The document was first held in Winchester and then moved to Westminster.

/////////It was intended to document "What, or how much, each man had, who was an occupier of land in England either in land or in stock and how much money it were [sic.]worth". //////////This   enabled the Normans and William the Conqueror to administer England and levy taxes. The survey was  completed in 1086.

////////(The first Book had too much detail in it and was HUGE (TP writes) so they began a second  which had less detail and thus was more manageable to 'cart around'!).//////////The first draft  was completed in 1085 and the document was completed by 1086.////////The English gave it this  title as a clear Biblical reference to the last Day of Judgement as there was no appeal against the survey ; it became the law of the land.

/////////HENCE our Census legal obligations now (2011) and prior. 

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 The reason for the CHRISTMAS DAY marriage was far more practical.  
 It was the ONLY holiday in the whole year they would have had and so was when all of both families  would have been free to come and to celebrate the Wedding.

If you like, read Charles Dickens. Ebenezer Scrooge only VERY reluctantly gave his clerk Christmas  Day off as "everybody else was doing it".

Today [2011] with three weeks' guaranteed holiday plus Bank holidays and even the "right" to take days off, unpaid, we may forget that the working year in Queen Victoria's time  was 364 / 365 with Christmas Day off if you were lucky.//////

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 12th March 2011 - The local news states that OSBORNE HOUSE, Queen Victoria's former Palace on the  Isle of Wight (see PHOTOS ALBUM ON OSBORNE HOUSE IF YOU LIKE), is having an official name change  to ROYAL OSBORNE. The 342 acre Estate at East Cowes was bought by Prince Albert and Queen Victoria  in 1845. It was their main residence with their nine children. Queen Victoria stayed there in the  main after the death of Prince Albert - mourning in black dress thereafter. An English Heritage  spokesman said "We hope that people will be delighted with the new name and will celebrate this  royal association". Well, it always HAS had this 'royal association' so what on earth is the point  in changing the name? There is a saying "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!".

UPDATE : In the first week of April 2011, I was visiting the IOW for a three night break. In the  local news, it had that English Heritage had seemingly not sought Royal permission to put the  name 'Royal' into their new plan. [This applies to all organisations]. Accordingly, it has been  queried and I am surprised that procedures were not perhaps understood nor apparently followed yet  I am DELIGHTED as I hope it stays as it has always been.

I have Queen Victoria's handwritten completed 1881 Census in the eft. It was ususally a male as  the 'Head' unless a Widow or no man in the household. Her Majesty declares herself the 'Head'  whereas her Husband is not. Fair enough !

See also STORIES - Our future King....