Brief Life History of Richard
When Richard Taylor was born on 10 January 1862, in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Taylor, was 37 and his mother, Mary Ann Dean, was 33. He died on 30 July 1866, in Nebraska, United States, at the age of 4, and was buried in Nebraska, United States.
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- Richard Taylor in 1862 England & Wales Births West Derby, Lancashire, England (Mother's maiden name Dean)
- Legacy NFS Source: Richard Taylor - death:
- Richard Taylor, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
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World Events (5)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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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BIOGRAPHY OF RICHARD TAYLOR
Richard Taylor was born on 10 January 1862 in Liverpool. Lancashire, England to William and Mary Ann Dean Taylor. He was the ninth of thirteen children, six, girls and seven boys. His father …
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