Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Ballantyne was born on 11 April 1813, in Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, David Ballantyne, was 64 and her mother, Ann Bannerman, was 26. She married John Taylor on 25 February 1844, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 26 December 1900, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Jane Tayler, "United States Census, 1870"
- Jane Ballentine Taylor, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Jane B Taylor, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"
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1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1827
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
1839 · Nauvoo is Settled
After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of Ballentine .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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