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Selina Sarah Tayler, (maiden name Peel, b.1881 Chorlton ) and her husband Bernard were missionaries in China; they were the parents of Gladys Yang
(b. c.1919, Peking) who, along with her husband, was a translator of Chinese literature. Selina died in 1970 on the Isle of Wight; one of her sisters, Annie Isabella Peel, who was my husband's paternal Grandmother, had an ironmonger's shop in Stretford. I'm given to understand that there was a family connection to Robert Peel but, so far, I've drawn a blank...

Please can anyone help?

Thank you

Presume you mean the politician Robert Peel?

Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850)

Where was Robert Peel born?

Have you looked for info about his descendants..........if any?

Don't be too disappointed if you can't find a link.......but if someone has suggested a link, perhaps he/she can furnish some ideas about where the link is/was

Try googling..............I just did, and

Robert Peel was born in Bury, Lancashire, on 5th February, 1788. His father, Sir Robert Peel (1750-1830), was a wealthy cotton manufacturer and member of parliament for Tamworth. Robert was trained as a child to become a future politician. Every Sunday evening he had to repeat the two church sermons that he had heard that day.

Reams of info online about the man...................

Baptism: 28 Mar 1788 St Mary the Virgin, Bury, Lancashire, England
Robert Peel - Son of Robt. Peel
Born: 5 Feb 1788
Abode: Chamber Hall
Register: Baptisms 1782 - 1788, Page 35, Entry 10
Source: LDS Film 559157

look for siblings at............

http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/cgi-bin/mkindx.cgi?parish=Bury&type=Town&community=Bury

You do, of course, need to research Selina's ancestry..................you haven't given any info about her parents............

Do you know their names?

1891 census

Person: PEEL, Selina Address: 283, Stretford Road, Hulme, Manchester

PEEL, Edward Head Married M 55 1836 Ironmonger
Leeds, Yorkshire VIEW
PEEL, Margaret Wife Married F 51 1840
St Pancras, London VIEW
PEEL, Louisa E Daughter Single F 23 1868 Teacher
Hoxton, London VIEW
PEEL, Annie Daughter Single F 16 1875 Ironmongers Assistant
Hoxton, London VIEW
PEEL, Sophia Daughter Single F 15 1876 Mantle Maker
Hoxton, London VIEW
PEEL, Selina Daughter Single F 9 1882 Scholar
Hulme, Manchester

1851 census


Person: PEEL, Edward Address: Dolly Lane, Leeds

PEEL, Joseph Head Married M 40 1811 Cloth Dresser
Hunslet, Yorkshire VIEW
PEEL, Mary Wife Married F 35 1816 Cloth Wife
Leven, Yorkshire VIEW
PEEL, Eliza Daughter Unmarried F 17 1834 Stay Maker
Woodhouse, Yorkshire VIEW
PEEL, Edward Son Unmarried M 15 1836 Tinner (App)
Wortley, Yorkshire VIEW
PEEL, Esther Daughter Unmarried F 13 1838 Cotton Reeler
Wortley, Yorkshire VIEW
PEEL, Louisa Daughter F 7 1844 Scholar
Leeds, Yorkshire VIEW
PEEL, Henry Son M 4 1847 Scholar
Leeds, Yorkshire VIEW
PEEL, Anne Daughter F 2 1849 At Home
Leeds, Yorkshire VIEW
CROSBY, Sarah Ann Niece F 12 1839 At Home
Middleton,

Doesn't look promising....... opposite sides of the Pennines.

Thank you Reggie,
I'm relatively (sorry, no pun intended!) new to this.The Peel family of Stretford Rd. are the correct ones but, I haven't been able to get back any further. I haven't been able to find Edward in any earlier census, but maybe I'll get some other replies. If you ever come across anything that might be useful, I would be very grateful to hear about it.
Once again, thank you.

I wonder if this is the baptism of Selina's father?

England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1970

Name: Edward Peel
Birth Date: 13 Jun 1835
Gender: Male
Event Type: Baptism
Father: Joseph Peel
Mother: Elizabeth Peel
Baptism Date: 23 Aug 1835
Baptism Place: Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Denomination: Independent
Piece Title: Piece 3673: Leeds, George Street Chapel (Independent), 1807-1837

Father Joseph was a cloth dresser and his birth was registered Chapel of Ease, Hunslet Leeds in 1810.

Mother Elizabeth was registered as Elizabeth Woods at Holbeck Bell Chapel, Leeds in 1806.

Joseph and Elizabeth were married 23 Aug 1832 at Leeds Old Church.

At the time of Edward's baptism they lived Burlingthorpe? Leeds.

Edward was their second child and first son.

Susan - do you have any of the children's birth certificates to confirm their mother's maiden name?

Once you have that you can then find the parents marriage to order that certificate to get father's names to work back from.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915

Name: Selina Sarah Peel
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1881
Registration District: Chorlton
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 853

Not sure what you mean, Susan....................

I've given you the 1851 census for Edward.........................

But you must do some research yourself............................

Just in case you didn't have it:

Selina Sarah Peel, "World Miscellaneous Marriages, 1662-1945"

Name: John Bernard Tayler
Birth Date: 1879
Age: 33
Spouse's Name: Selina Sarah Peel

Event Date: 05 Jul 1912
Event Place: Tientsin, China
Father's Name: John Henry Tayler

Spouse's Father's Name: Edward Peel

Marital Status: Single

Spouse's Marital Status: Single

Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00731-8
System Origin: China-EASy
GS Film number: 1818441
Reference ID: FO 674/318 p48 n95