Robert Taylor was born 30th April 1834 in Brighton, Sussex, England and educated at Haileybury College, Hertford, which trained people for civil service in India! He became a teacher and came to Australia 1854/1855 with his wife Elizabeth whom he had married in 1854 at St Nicholas, Brighton.
Robert commenced theological training in Australia and studied at Moore College, Liverpool, NSW in 1858. He was deaconed by Bishop Barker in 1859 and became Locum Tenens in the parish of St Barnabas', Sydney and in Castle Hill with Pennant Hills and Dural, where he was ordained priest on 24 February 1861. In January 1866 Rev Robert Taylor was appointed curate, St Stephens Newtown and in 1868 appointed curate-in-charge. In 1870/1872 he was appointed Rector, St Stephens, Church of England, Newtown (original church designed by Edmund Blacket and begun in 1844, dedicated in 1845, but became too small for the congregation growth that followed appointment of Robert Taylor). From 1871 until 1874 he oversaw the construction of the new church building, also designed by Edmund Blacket. Marked progress was made under his ministry, and the church became too small to accommodate the large congregation. It was decided to erect a new church, but how could it be built? The parish was large and populous but the majority of the people poor. Before any subscriptions were solicited 1000 pounds was raised in answer to prayer. The rector objected to other means of raising money, baseing his assurance that the church would be built upon the promise "God shall supply all our needs" (Rev John Bidwell, 1924, at the time of the church's jubilee)
Robert Taylor
Rector of St Stephens for 41 unbroken years.
1884 - 1885 Rural Dean of West Sydney
1891 - 1907 Canon, St Andrews Cathedral Memorials in St Andrews Cathedral and in St Stephens Newtown (church hall named in his memory)
Lived in Raper House, 50-74 Egan St (according to Bruce Baskerville), corner Prospect St
Died 21 July 1907 at The Rectory, 50-74 Egan St, Newtown buried CoE cemetery, Long Bay, Randwick ? (Botany Cemetery?).
| 2nd marriage | Robert Taylor | m: 4th Mar 1809 St. Nicholas Church, Brighton, Sussex | Hannah Botting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: c 1780 | b: c 1780 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert | Henry | Charles | William | Thomas Edmund | Ann | William | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1811 Brighton, Sussex ch: 24th Aug 1811 St. Nicholas Church | b: 1815 Brighton, Sussex ch: 17th May 1815 St. Nicholas Church | b: 1819 Brighton, Sussex | b: 1821 Brighton, Sussex ch: 15th Mar 1822 St. Nicholas Church | b: 1822 Brighton, Sussex ch: 2nd Jun 1822 St. Nicholas Church | b: 1824 Brighton, Sussex ch: 17th Oct 1824 St. Nicholas Church | b: 1830 Brighton, Sussex ch: 21st Feb 1830 St. Nicholas Church | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st marriage | Robert Taylor | m: 29th Jul 1833 All Saints, Lewes, Sussex | Elizabeth Barnard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1811 Brighton, Sussex ch: 24th Aug 1811 St. Nicholas Church | b: 1812 Brighton, Sussex ch: 10th May 1812 St. Nicholas Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert | Mary Anne | William | Thomas | Marianne | Elizabeth | Albert | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1834 Brighton, Sussex ch: 18th Jun 1834 St. Nicholas Church | b: 1836 Brighton, Sussex ch: 8th May 1836 St. Nicholas Church | b: 1838 Brighton, Sussex ch: 23rd Dec 1838 St. Nicholas Church | b: 1840 Brighton, Sussex ch: 14th Jun 1840 St. Nicholas Church | b: 1841 Brighton, Sussex ch: 2nd Jan 1842 St. Nicholas Church | b: 1842 Brighton, Sussex ch: 7th Oct 1842 St. Peter, Sussex | b: 1844 Brighton, Sussex ch: 11th Oct 1844 St. Peter, Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st marriage | Robert Taylor | m: 29th Jul 1833 All Saints, Lewes, Sussex | Elizabeth Stevenson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1834 Brighton, Sussex ch: 18th Jun 1834 St. Nicholas Church | b: 1829 Fletching, Sussex ch: 14th Jun 1829 St Andrew & St Mary Church d: 19th Dec 1897 Sydney, NSW, Australia bur: 20th Dec 1897 Castle Hill, Sydney, NSW, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Raynor Elizabeth | George | Frances Jane | Arthur Henry | Frederick William | Mary J. | Stephen J. | Charles James | b: 1856 Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia d: 1937 Kogarah | b: 1860 In Glebe, NSW, Australia d: 1864 Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia | b: 1862 Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia d: 1927 Neutral Bay | b: 1864 NSW, Australia d: 1944 Chatswood, NSW, Australia | b: 1865 Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia d: c 1942 | b: 1867 Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia d: 1868 Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia | b: 1869 Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia d: 1953 Chatswood, NSW, Australia | b: 1871 Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia d: 1942 Granville | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| b: 30th Jan 1858 Dowling St., Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia d: 1928 NSW, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd marriage | Robert Taylor | m: 28th Dec 1898 Christchurch CoE, Gladesville, NSW, Australia | Mary Schleicher | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1834 Brighton, Sussex ch: 18th Jun 1834 St. Nicholas Church | b: 1855 Mill Park, Victoria, Australia d: 1906 Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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