Catherine Taylor

Brief Life History of Catherine

When Catherine Taylor was born on 6 October 1778, in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States, her father, Argyle Taylor, was 28 and her mother, Mary Anne Tebbs, was 28.

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Family Time Line

Argyle Taylor
1750–1826
Mary Anne Tebbs
1750–1829
Artemesia Taylor
1774–
James W. Taylor
1790–
John F. Taylor
1776–1802
Catherine Taylor
1778–
Lucretia E. Taylor
1781–1815
Meredith Fleet Taylor
1784–1793
Foushee Tebbs Taylor
1785–1843
Willey Taylor
1788–1793

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    World Events (3)

    1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital

    On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.

    1781 · The First Constitution

    Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

    1783 · A Free America

    The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

    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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