Velma Taggart

Brief Life History of Velma

When Velma Taggart was born on 1 November 1903, in Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States, her father, James Taggart, was 32 and her mother, Valeria Ann Laird, was 29. She married Thomas Wendell Bayles on 22 June 1932, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. She lived in Parowan Election Precinct, Iron, Utah, United States in 1940 and St. George, Washington, Utah, United States in 1950. In 1922, at the age of 21, her occupation is listed as taught school six years. She died on 14 January 1998, in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Saint George City Cemetery, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Wendell Bayles
1900–1998
Velma Taggart
1903–1998
Marriage: 22 June 1932

Sources (37)

  • Velma J Bayles, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Tagard, "Utah, Births and Christenings, 1892-1941"
  • Velma Taggart, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

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World Events (8)

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1908 · Utah's First National Monument

Natural Bridges National Monument was designated a National Monument in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt. It is Utah’s first National Monument but didn’t get many visitors until after the uranium boom of the 1950s. Today the Monument and its park became the first International Dark Sky Park certified by the International Dark-Sky Association.

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

Name Meaning

Scottish, Irish, and Manx: shortened form of McTaggart .

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

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Old Grandma was a beautiful artist! We having paintings that plaster our home and all of the relatives homes. She loved the outdoors and would paint the mountain. She was going blind when I knew her b …

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