Virgil Austin Taylor

21 September 1893–14 November 1956 (Age 63)
Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States

The Life Summary of Virgil Austin

When Virgil Austin Taylor was born on 21 September 1893, in Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States, his father, Frank Pierce Taylor, was 20 and his mother, Helen Wygelia "Hattie" Underwood, was 15. He married Neva G Pruitt on 26 January 1916, in Denver, Colorado, United States. He lived in Election Precinct 112, Pueblo, Colorado, United States in 1930. He died on 14 November 1956, in Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in La Junta, Otero, Colorado, United States.

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Family Time Line

Virgil Austin Taylor
1893–1956
Callie Donna Newton
1893–1990
Marriage: 9 November 1925
Vernon Delbert Taylor
1932–1932
Virgil Austin Taylor Jr
1932–2011

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    9 November 1925Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States
    • Children

    (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (4)

    World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
    Age 3
    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
    1901 · City Hall Built
    Age 8
    The Old Colorado Springs city Hall was built between 1901-1905. It was in use until 1997. The historical building was designed by Thomas Barber and Thomas MacLaren.
    1910 · The BSA is Made
    Age 17
    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 (13)

    • Virgil A Taylor, "United States Census, 1930"
    • 1925 Nov- Virgil A Taylor, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006"
    • V A Taylor in entry for Lee Newton Donegan, "Colorado, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"

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