Brief Life History of Floy
When Floy Taft was born on 11 August 1884, in Warrens, Monroe, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Justin Wheelock Taft, was 35 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Forrest, was 23. She died on 5 March 1892, in Monroe, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 7, and was buried in LaGrange Cemetery, Warrens, Monroe, Wisconsin, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Taft, "Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926"
- Floy Taft, "Find A Grave Index"
Parents and Siblings
1849–1921 Male
1861–1928 Female
Siblings (1)
1884–1892 Female
World Events (4)
1886
Age 2
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
Age 2
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 6
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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