John Postles Taylor

Brief Life History of John Postles

When John Postles Taylor was born on 7 September 1821, in Lostock Gralam, Cheshire, England, his father, William Taylor, was 25 and his mother, Nancy Ann Postles, was 25. He married Ann Sanders on 24 May 1848, in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1860 and lived in Mobberley, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 4 December 1884, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Postles Taylor
1821–1884
Ann Falkner
1829–1916
Marriage: 18 September 1855
Jessie Rosella Taylor
1856–1857
John Falkner Taylor
1858–1929
Elizabeth Agnes Taylor
1860–1950
James Postles Taylor
1865–1866
Florence Emily Taylor
1867–1918
Charles Abner Taylor
1870–1871

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  • John P Taylor, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
  • John Taylor, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949"
  • John Taylor in entry for Elizabeth Falkner Taylor, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor

The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

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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John Postles Taylor's Biography

John Postles Taylor, an active Elder in the Church, was born September 7, 1823, at Knutsford, county of Cheshire, England, the son of William Taylor and Nancy Postles, of Cheshire, England. He was b …

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