Verna Mable Taylor

15 June 1886–March 1977 (Age 90)
Stokes, White, Illinois, United States

The Life Summary of Verna Mable

When Verna Mable Taylor was born on 15 June 1886, in Stokes, White, Illinois, United States, her father, Henry Arthur Taylor, was 26 and her mother, Euphemia Jane Montgomery, was 27. She married Leslie Close Giffen on 15 February 1908, in White, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States in 1910 and Rocky Ford, Otero, Colorado, United States for about 20 years. She died in March 1977, in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, California, United States, at the age of 90.

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Family Time Line

Leslie Close Giffen
1886–1955
Verna Mable Taylor
1886–1977
Marriage: 15 February 1908
Grace Giffen
1923–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    15 February 1908White, Illinois, United States
    • Children

    (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1889
    Age 3
    Historical Boundaries: 1889: Otero, Colorado, United States
    1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
    Age 4
    This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
    1910 · The BSA is Made
    Age 24
    Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Tayloe
    Schneider
    Tayler
    Tailor

    Sources (9)

    • Verna Giffin in household of Leslie C Giffin, "United States Census, 1920"
    • Verna M Taylor, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
    • Verna Taylor in household of Author Taylor, "United States Census, 1900"

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