Ellen Taylor Holroyd

Brief Life History of Ellen Taylor

When Ellen Taylor Holroyd was born on 27 March 1850, in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Edward Holroyd, was 30 and her mother, Dinah Williams, was 35. She married Joseph Argyle Jr. on 28 September 1867, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 6 October 1939, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Argyle Jr.
1842–1927
Ellen Taylor Holroyd
1850–1939
Marriage: 28 September 1867
Joseph Hyrum Argyle
1868–1950
Thomas Holroyd Argyle
1870–1947
Benjamin Holroyd Argyle
1873–1941
Robert Holroyd Argyle
1875–1929
William Holroyd Argyle
1877–1953
Jesse Holroyd Argyle
1880–1955
Mary Ellen Argyle
1882–1965
Delpha Holroyd Argyle
1885–1885
Adelbert Holroyd Argyle
1885–1960
Dina May Argyle
1887–1964
Anne Argyle
1889–1889
Hazel Holroyd Argyle
1891–1972
Emeline Holroyd Argyle
1893–1980

Sources (75)

  • Elleanor Holroyd in household of Thomas E Holroyd, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
  • England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
  • Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937

World Events (8)

1854 · The Crimean War

The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English (Yorkshire): habitational name from Howroyd in Barkisland (Yorkshire), from Old English hol ‘hole, hollow’ + rod ‘clearing’. Compare Rhodes .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Life Sketch - Ellen Taylor Holroyd Argyle

birth: 2 mar 1851 John Pack Camp West Bountiful, Davis County Life Sketch of --- Ellen Taylor Holroyd Argyle Born March 27, 1851Died October 6, 1939 Life History of Ellen Taylor Holroyd Argyle Writ …

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