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Taylor Family History
Taylor Genealogy & Family TreeTaylor is an English/Scottish name first found in Kent, England, in the 11th Century, where the family was given lands by King William for assisting in the Battle of Hastings. It refers to the occupation of a tailor, or a person who makes and mends clothes, and comes from the Anglo-Latin word “taliare,” or “to cut.” Roots of this name are also found in Germany, Hungary, Russia, Poland, and the Netherlands. It is the fifth most common name in the U.K.; the thirteenth most common in the United States; and is also very popular in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Northern Ireland. It has also become a very popular first name in recent years. The family motto is “In Cruce Salus” or “Salvation from the cross.”
Other spellings include “Taylour,” “Tayler,” “Taylur,” “Tailour,” “Tailler,” “Tailleur,” “Tailor,” “Tayloe,” “Tyler,” and “Taillefer.” Notable people with the surname include English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor (Cleopatra, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), American musician James Taylor, American President Zachary Taylor (12th President of the United States), English musician Andy Taylor (Duran Duran), and American athlete John Baxter Taylor (the first African American Olympic gold medalist). The first Taylor to come to the Americas was James Taylor in Virginia in the 1600s.
Taylor Birth Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Elizabeth J Taylor -- --, 1860 October 27, 1876 Iowa
- Lewis E. Taylor -- --, 1872 November 29, 1959 California
- Evelyn Jane Taylor -- --, 1900 January 21, 1993 Arizona
- Sylvia Taylor -- --, 1881 December 0, 1906 Iowa
- Joe B. Taylor -- --, 1862 July 6, 1947 Kentucky
Taylor Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Dorothy Mae Taylor -- --, 1911 May 31, 1997 Montana
- Abraham Perry Taylor -- --, 1812 October 0, 1865
- Lela Charity Taylor -- --, 1879 October 18, 1964 Alabama
- Elbert Wallace Arnold Taylor -- --, 1899 December 2, 1961 Illinois
- John William (Lt.Col) Taylor -- --, 1782 July 30, 1824
