Orion Lindel Taylor

Male14 April 1859–11 May 1925

Brief Life History of Orion Lindel

When Orion Lindel Taylor was born on 14 April 1859, in Cecil, Maryland, United States, his father, Lorenzo Dow Taylor, was 44 and his mother, Rebecca Ann Sidwell, was 24. He married Mary W Paul on 19 April 1891, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Brick Meeting House, Rising Sun, Cecil, Maryland, United States in 1880 and Calvert, Cecil, Maryland, United States for about 20 years. He died on 11 May 1925, in Oxford, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Rosebank Cemetery, Calvert, Cecil, Maryland, United States.

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Orion Lindel Taylor
1859–1925
Mary W Paul
1865–1952
Marriage: 19 April 1891
Harold Sidwell Taylor
1896–1966
Sara E. Taylor
1899–

Sources (10)

  • Richard Taylor, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Orion Taylor - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Orion Taylor
  • Orion Leindel Taylor, "Find A Grave Index"

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  • Marriage
    19 April 1891Pennsylvania, United States
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    World Events (8)

    1863

    Age 4

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg

    Age 4

    The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.

    1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad

    Age 18

    Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.

    Name Meaning

    English, Scottish, and Irish: occupational name for a tailor, from Anglo-Norman French, Middle English taillour ‘tailor’ (Old French tailleor, tailleur; Late Latin taliator, from taliare ‘to cut’). The surname is extremely common in Britain and Ireland. In North America, it has absorbed equivalents from other languages, many of which are also common among Ashkenazic Jews, for example German Schneider and Hungarian Szabo . It is also very common among African Americans.

    In some cases also an Americanized form of French Terrien ‘owner of a farmland’ or of its altered forms, such as Therrien and Terrian .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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