Surname Search: "Taylor"

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Taylor

Related surnames or alternate spellings: Tailor, Tayler, Taylour, Tayleur, Tayllur, Taillur

Notable ancestors include:

Charles Elmer “Rip” Taylor, Jr - comedian
Elizabeth Taylor - actress
George Taylor - signer of Declaration of Independence
Jack C. Taylor - founder of Enterprise Rent-a-Car
Jane Taylor - poet, wrote “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” with sister Ann
John Baxter Taylor, Jr. - first black Olympic gold medal winner, track and field athlete
John Henry “J.H.” Taylor - notable golfer
Russi Taylor - voice actress, Minnie Mouse and others
Susie King Taylor - first black army nurse
Zachary Taylor - 12th president of the US

Photographs:

“Adele Taylor, est. 1905” Library of Congress
“Alfred H. Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“Allan Taylor, 1947” Hennepin County Library
“Antoinette Hall Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“Bessie Taylor & Nina Taylor” Uintah County Library
“Buck Taylor, 1887” Denver Public Library
“Captain Joseph Taylor, 1862” Library of Congress
“Captain Robert E. Taylor, 1863” Library of Congress
“Captain Thomas Taylor grandfather and Josephine West Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“Charley Taylor, formerly enslaved child from New Orleans, 1863” Library of Congress
“Chester Taylor” Loveland Museum
“Clarisa Jane Taylor Taylor” Uintah County Library
“Cortlandt Elphinstone Taylor” Minnesota Historical Society
“Daniel Baxter Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“Edith Taylor, 1903” Library of Congress
“Elisha Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“Elmer Z. Taylor, 1920” Library of Congress
“Emily Winslow Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“Emma Taylor, age 89, 1936” Library of Congress
“Eva Taylor, daughter of Nathaniel Green Taylor and Emmaline E. Haynes” Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection
“Everett Taylor Family” Loveland Museum
“Everett Taylor” Loveland Museum
“First Lieutenant and Quartermaster Nelson A. Taylor, 1862” Library of Congress
“First Lieutenant Enoch W. Taylor, 1862” Library of Congress
“Forrest Taylor” Loveland Museum
“Frances Taylor & Jean Taylor” Chester County Historical Society Archives
“Fredric P. Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“Gale Taylor, July 1939” National Archives Catalog
“Gen. Taylor, c. 1861” Library of Congress
“George Elliot Taylor, est. 1828” Minnesota Historical Society
“Harry Rutgers Taylor, Alaska” Minnesota Historical Society
“Helen Taylor, 1903” Library of Congress
“Hugh Taylor and his family” Loveland Museum
“Isaac N. Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“Isaac Taylor, est. 1864” Minnesota Historical Society
“Isabella Taylor, Walter Curzon Taylor” Minnesota Historical Society
“J. Mac Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“Jessie Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“John Phelps Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“John Taylor” Loveland Museum
“Laura Orphelia Jephson Taylor (Mrs. George Elliot Taylor)” Minnesota Historical Society
“Leon Rutherford Taylor, 1913” Library of Congress
“Lewis E. Taylor” Denver Public Library
“Lieutenant General Richard Taylor, 1861” Library of Congress
“Lizzie Taylor” Loveland Museum
“Maggie Taylor” Denver Public Library
“Margaret Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“Mary Elizabeth Beekman Foulke Taylor, Mary Beekman Taylor, Harry Rutgers Taylor” Minnesota Historical Society
“Mary Louise Supka Taylor and George Taylor, January 27, 1962, on their wedding day” National Archives Catalog
“Maud Van Cortlandt Taylor, 1901” Minnesota Historical Society
“Misses Lorraine Taylor and Mary Taylor” Hennepin County Library
“Moses Taylor” National Archives Catalog
“Mrs Robert Taylor, December 1941” Library of Congress
“Mrs. Carrie Parker Taylor” Denver Public Library
“Mrs. Henry C. Taylor, 1918” Library of Congress
“Mrs. Taylor (Frank Whiting’s great-great-grandmother)” Loveland Museum
“Musician Hamilton Taylor of Co. K, 78th Colored Troops Infantry, in rags, 1863” Library of Congress
“Nettie Taylor” Loveland Museum
“Norman W. Taylor, Irenze (Zindle) Tayler, Jackson H. Taylor, Enna (Peggy) Taylor, and others” Taylor-Barry-Roots.com (Wayback Machine link)
“Portrait of Lizzie Taylor” Loveland Museum
“Portrait of Prentiss Taylor, 1932” Library of Congress
“Private William Taylor, 1861” Library of Congress
“Robert William Taylor” Denver Public Library
“Ronald Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“Susie King Taylor, 1902” Library of Congress
“Taylor, C., est 1905” Library of Congress
“Taylor, H., est. 1904” Library of Congress
“Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“Taylor” photographs on Dead Fred
“The Earl Taylor family near Black River Falls, Wisconsin, 1937” Library of Congress
“The John Taylor family of Crystal Springs, Miss. Fighters and patriots all, 1918” Library of Congress
“The Taylor Boys: brothers John and James Taylor of Robertsdale, Pennsylvania” National Archives Catalog
“Theo E. Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“Tom Taylor, 1881” Library of Congress
“Vera Taylor and Doris Taylor” Uintah County Library
“Virginia Taylor, est. 1905” Library of Congress
“William Taylor, alias ‘Skid Taylor’” National Archives Catalog

Website clippings, news articles, blog posts (no paywalls)

“Our Taylor Ancestors” bornofgreatness.weebly.com
“The Taylor Families” 8 April 2018, Goodspeed Histories: New Jersey Histories and Genealogy
“The Taylor Family” St. Clair Sinclair
Barber, Gene. “The way it was: Taylor family genealogy” 27 March 2019, originally 1975. Baker County Press.
“Taylor Family Story” Niles Historical Society
“The Taylor Family” National Park Service
“The Taylors of…all over the place, part 1” 25 June, 2020. The Mill Creek Hundred History Blog
“The Taylors, at Ardgillan” ardgillancastle.ie
“George Charles Taylor family tree” 3 April 2008. Scott County Virginia, Faces and Places
“The Taylor Family” 18 June, 2014. As Canadian as can be, my Hogue and Girardin ancestors
“What’s in a name? The search for Lewis B. Taylor of Brunswick County, Virginia” 10 January 2016. Fred on History
“Charlotte Taylor - Her life and times” charlottetaylor.ca
Hibbert, Bill. “Two hundred years of Taylor History” 31 December 2021. hibberts.co.uk
“Taylor Tales from Winston, Alabama” ourtaylorhistory.blogspot.com
“My Taylor ancestors” 31 August, 2021. In search of my Yorkshire Roots, hmcreativelady
“The curious case of Colonel Thomas Taylor” 25 September 2021. A Long Way to Tennessee

Artifacts

“Diary of William H. Taylor, 1902” Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum
“John Taylor journal, 1844 December - 1845 September” Church History Catalog, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
“Robert B. Taylor diary, 1862” Kentucky Historical Society

Correspondence and letters

“Alexander S. Taylor letter to Thomas Clarkson, 1841” The Huntington
“Letter from Brainerd Taylor to James B. Taylor and Harriet Taylor” Library of Congress
“Letter from Mrs. Nellie Maria Taylor, St. Louis Hospital, New Orleans, Louisia, to Mrs. Stockwell, 1864” Library of Congress
“Letter from Zachary Taylor, Fort Snelling, Minnesota, to George Bomford, Washington D.C., 1828” Minnesota Historical Society

Homes & historical markers

“Charles Taylor residence” Denver Public Library
“Glen Taylor home, 1938” Tennessee. National Archives Catalog
“Home of the Earl Taylor family near Black River Falls, Wisconsin” Library of Congress
“Joseph Taylor House” University of Georgia
“Residence of Robert Taylor, Beverly Hills, Cal.” The Huntington
“The Taylor Family, Sabine Hill State Historic Site” Tennessee

Oral histories

“Don Taylor Collection, 1948” Library of Congress
“Louise G. Taylor Collection” Library of Congress
“Paul Taylor Collection, 1943” Library of Congress
“Robert Taylor Collection, 1952” Library of Congress
“Star Island Oral History Project: Interview with Merle and Ron Taylor, 1985” Minnesota Historical Society
“Vietnam Era Oral History Project: Interview with David Vassar Taylor” Minnesota Historical Society

Finding aids (may not contain any online content)

“A guide to the Taylor family tree, 1851” Archival Resources of Virginia
“Lovering - Taylor family papers, 1727 - 1926” Library of Congress
“Taylor Family Collection” Syracuse University

Books (Online & In Print)

Casey, Albert Eugene. “Southern Taylor families, 1607-1830” Birmingham, Ala., 1958. (Full view on HathiTrust)
“Genealogy of Judge John Taylor and his descendants” Detroit, MI, The Richmond & Backus Co., Stationers and Printers: 1886. (Full view on Internet Archive)
Taylor Kinsfolk Association at Tabernacle Church. “The Taylors of Tabernacle: the history of a family, including the genealogy of its descendants with biographical sketches and family journals with daily accounts of life in Haywood County, Tennessee, for over a century” Brownsville, Tenn. 1957. (Full view on HathiTrust)
Taylor, Eva Mills Lee. “Jasper Taylor and his descendants: with genealogies of related families.” 1950. (Full view on HathiTrust)
Taylor, Frank L. “History of John Taylor of Hadley: including accounts of the organization and meetings of the Taylor Reunion Association of Rushford, New York, and genealogy of the descendants…” 1922. (Full view on HathiTrust)
Taylor, Orla Benedict. “Genealogy of the Taylor families who emigrated from Yorkshire, England to Livingston and Washtenaw counties, Michigan, more than a hundred years ago.” Detroit, The Inland Press, 1942. (Full view on HathiTrust)
Taylor, Peter Alfred. “Some account of the Taylor family (orginally Taylard)” London, 1875. (Full view on HathiTrust)
Taylor, Thomas M. “History of the Taylor Family: The descendants of William and Ann (Wilson) Taylor of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania” Taylor Family Association, 1925. (Full view on Google Books)
Taylor, William Shipey and James Gurney Taylor. “Genealogy of the Taylor Family: Family Record of the descendants of Dr. Edward Taylor to December 1953” Philadelphia, G.W. Jacobs. (Full view on Library of Congress)
Wagenfuhr, Jane T. Taylor; Evelyn Lee Taylor; Ruby Olive Dear Purselley; and Elsworth Mayer. “Taylor” (Full view on FamilySearch)

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