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The Taylor surname comes from exactly where you'd expect it to. Originally given to tailors and other textile workers, the earliest known use of it as a surname dates back to the 1100s. It is one of the most common names in the U.K. Our own Taylor history takes us all over the UK and North America - we have two separate Taylor families in our ancestry, both of which offer their fair share of both interesting stories and maddening mysteries. ​
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John Taylor
Unknown - Unknown

The only thing we know about John is that he married Betty Mellor, and the two had a son named Robert. 

John and Betty's children:
  • Robert Taylor, b. 1793

Sources:
  1. Christening record
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Robert Taylor
​1793 - Unknown

Robert was born in Saddleworth, England, in 1793. In 1818, he married Hannah Bradbury, and the two raised three daughters in Lancashire. 

Robert and Hannah's children:
  • Mary Taylor, b. 1823
  • Harriet Taylor, b. 1833
  • Sarah Taylor, b. 1836, d. 1925

Sources:
  1. West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935
  2. 1851 Census
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Sarah Taylor
​1836 - 1925

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Sarah was born in Lancashire, England in 1836, the youngest child of Robert and Hannah. In 1856, she married John Easthope, and the two had five children after moving to Utah. They later removed to Alberta, where they both passed away - John in 1908, and Sarah in 1925.







Sources:
  1. Marriage record
  2. 1880 and 1906 Census

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