Brief Life History of Taft
When Taft was born on 13 November 1887, in Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, William Lamb Taft, was 28 and his mother, Mabel A. Kidder, was 28. He died on 13 November 1887, in Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 0, and was buried in Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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Sources (3)
- Taft, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
- Taft, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
- Infant Son Taft, "Find A Grave Index"
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Name Meaning
English (mainly Staffordshire and Derbyshire): variant of Toft .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial or metonymic occupational name from German Taft ‘taffeta’.
History: Robert Taft (born c. 1640), lived in Braintree, MA, and subsequently Mendon, MA. — Alphonso Taft (1810–91), jurist and politician born in Townshend, VT, was the father of William Howard Taft (1857–1930), 27th president of the US and chief justice of the US Supreme Court.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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