John Taylor

Brief Life History of John

When John Taylor was born on 17 March 1839, in Newchurch in Rossendale, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Taylor, was 29 and his mother, Ellen Bridge, was 24. He married Eleanor Riley on 2 January 1860, in Haslingden, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1882 and Beaver, Utah, United States in 1882. He died on 17 May 1907, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Taylor
1839–1907
Eleanor Riley
1840–1880
Marriage: 2 January 1860
Emma Jane Taylor
1860–1861
Sarah Helena Taylor
1876–1880
James Wilfred Taylor
1863–1864
Mary Emily Taylor
1864–1867
Elizabeth Ellen Taylor
1867–1938
Anna Mae Taylor
1870–1948
John William Taylor
1875–1928
George Albert Taylor
1878–1944
Joseph Taylor
1879–1880
Henry Taylor
1880–1881
Richard Taylor
1880–1881

Sources (49)

  • John Tailor Family, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
  • John Taylor, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • John Taylor, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"

World Events (8)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1859 · Lancashire Rifle Volunteers

The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers started in the eighteenth century. Those that fought in the militia were selected by ballot. They were formed because of threat due to the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War.

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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