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Emma Taylor nee Case c 1930s Oops - I'm a day late with this one.   This is one of those frustrating photos.  There's nothing written on the back.   It's a photo of a photo - again. I think it is of Emma Taylor nee Case - my maternal grandfather's maternal grandmother - my 2nd great grandmother. Emma was born 2 January 1855 at Gundaroo, NSW.   Her parents were Thomas Case and Maria Mussel.    At the age of twenty-one she married John Thomas Taylor 7 May 1876 at the Wesleyan Church Yass.  John was described as a labourer on the marriage certificate but a year later on his daughter's certificate he was described as a farmer.   They had I think at least nine children.  Their eldest, Margaret, married John McLoughlin.  Margaret and John were my grandfather's parents. Emma died in 1936 at the age of 81.  My father's papers contain a photocopy of a document I have never seen before which is ...