Brief Life History of William
William Taylor was born on 8 July 1827, in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom as the son of Charles Taylor and Anne. He had at least 3 sons and 4 daughters with Alice Harris. He lived in Bolton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Loami, Sangamon, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died on 19 January 1904, at the age of 76, and was buried in Waverly, Morgan, Illinois, United States.
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- William Taylor, "United States Census, 1860"
- William Taylor, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- William Taylor, "Illinois Deaths and Burials, 1749-1999"
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1836
Historical Boundaries: 1836: Morgan, Illinois, United States
1855
Historical Boundaries: 1855: Sangamon, Illinois, United States
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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