Brief Life History of John Taylor
When John Taylor Dick was born on 3 October 1856, in Dalziel, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, John Dick, was 41 and his mother, Agnes Whitelock, was 31. He married Elizabeth Fisher Airmet on 17 November 1881, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He immigrated to United States in 1867 and lived in Election Precinct 1 Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 7 July 1933, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- John Dick, "United States Census, 1900"
- John Taylor Dick, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- John T Dick, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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1857 · Police (Scotland) Act 1857
The Police Act 1857 was an Act put into place by Parliament to establish a mandatory police force in every county of Scotland.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Dick, also found as Dike and Deke, pet forms of Rick (see Richard ). Although found in every part of Britain, the form Dick is especially common in Scotland, and it was from there, in the 17th century, that the surname was taken to northern Ireland and thence to North America.
English: variant of Dyke .
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname from Middle High German dic(ke) ‘thick, strong, stout’, or in the case of the Jewish name from German dick or Yiddish dik ‘fat’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Catherine Kaye Grant S.U.P. National Headquarters - Heritage Hall December 19, 1983 John Taylor Dick, son of John and Agnes Whitelock Dick, was born in Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland, October 3, 1 …
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