Ira Chapman Taylor

Brief Life History of Ira Chapman

When Ira Chapman Taylor was born on 21 February 1887, in Eastport, Washington, Maine, United States, his father, Hugh Taylor, was 31 and his mother, Bertha J Chapman, was 32. He married Jennie B. Damon on 22 April 1942, in Caribou, Aroostook, Maine, United States.

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Ira Chapman Taylor
1887–
Jennie B. Damon
1883–
Marriage: 22 April 1942

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  • Ira C Taylor, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Ira C. Taylor, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
  • Ira C Taylor, "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996"

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World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1898 · Sinking of USS Maine

During the Cuban War for Independence, the USS Maine had been sent to Havana to look out for the interests of the United States. On February 15, 1898, at approximately 21:40, an explosion on USS Maine was caused by roughly 5 long tons of powder. The front of the ship was demolished and the remains quickly sunk to the bottom of the ocean. 260 men lost their lives in the explosion itself, with at least six more dying afterwards from related injuries. The event kicked off an atmosphere of contention that would eventually lead to the Spanish-American War.

1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

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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