Emma Taylor

Brief Life History of Emma

When Emma Taylor was born on 15 June 1829, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Taylor, was 43 and her mother, Jane Clark, was 43. She married William Henry Wright on 5 September 1847, in Handsworth, Staffordshire, England. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Cache, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. In 1880, at the age of 51, her occupation is listed as general retail merchandise clerk in husbands store in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. She died on 16 February 1909, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Henry Wright
1827–1897
Emma Taylor
1829–1909
Marriage: 5 September 1847
Julia Ann Wright
1847–1939
William Henry Wright Jr
1851–1851
Angus Taylor Wright
1856–1928
Jane Taylor Wright
1858–1924
Parley Taylor Wright
1861–1947
Brigham Taylor Wright
1864–1864
Charles Henry Wright
1865–1924
Joseph Edward Wright
1867–1955
William Clarence Wright
1871–1958
Franklin Lorenzo Wright
1874–1934
Florence Emma Wright
1876–1936

Sources (64)

  • Emma Wright in household of William Wright, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
  • Emma Taylor, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Emma Taylor Wright, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

1841

EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Josiah Nelson BIRTH 1841 Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA DEATH 1841 (aged less–than 1 year) Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA BURIAL Ogden City Cemetery Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 240526232 · View Source

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.

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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A Final Testimony to her Children: Martha Emma (Wright) Grant

[Four Generation Picture: L-R, back: Emma (Wright) Grant; Granddaughter, Marilyn Grant Newman; Daughter-in-law, Kathryn (Hoag) Grant. Front: Great-granddaughter, Kim (Rowley) Hawley.] Emma was born J …

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