On my way back from a meeting earlier this week I got a chance to stop by the local Family History Center for about 1/2 hour and pull up some documents I had searched for at home. Since Ancestry costs money, and I’m cheap, I just do the search at home, narrow down which entries I think might be close, then add it to my to-do list. When I get a chance to go to the Family History Library or a Center I just pull out my to-do list and gather up the documents.
Here’s the 1880 Census for William Taylor’s family when he was a child. His father John and mother Hannah and his siblings.
Source: 1880 U.S. Census, Plain City, Weber, Utah, population schedule, Harrisville Precinct, enumeration district (ED) ED 101, p. 2, dwelling 11, family 11, John A. Taylor Family; digital images, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : downloaded 1 February 2012); Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Transcript:
Dwelling #11, Family #11, lines 12-18
Line 12. Taylor, John A. W, M, 34, married, Farmer, pob: Texas, father pob: Kentucky, mother pob: Pensylvania.
Line 13. —–, Hannah, W, F, 31, Wife, married, Keeping House, pob: Loland Denmark, father pob: Denmark, mother pob: Denmark.
Line 14. —–, John H. W, M, 10, Son, single, at school, attended school, pob. Utah Ter., father pob: Texas, mother pob: Loland Denmark.
Line 15. —–, William, W, M, 8, Son, pob. Utah Ter., father pob: Texas, mother pob: Denmark.
Line 16. —–, Geo. T., W, M, 6, Son, pob. Utah Ter., father pob: Texas, mother pob: Denmark.
Line 17. —–, Hannah C, W, F, 4, Daughter, pob. Utah Ter., father pob: Texas, mother pob: Denmark.
Line 18. —–, Charles C, W, M, 1, Son, pob. Utah Ter., father pob: Texas, mother pob: Denmark.
Interesting:
Both William’s mother and his wife Ada’s mother are named Hannah.
I now have four of William’s siblings added to my tree, as well as birth places for his grandparents.
All the documents I have for William have different birth years, 1870, 1871, even 1884 (although I think that last one was from another William Taylor – its from a family search tree).
Source: 1910 Census, Plain City, Weber, Utah, population schedule, Plain City Precinct, enumeration district (ED) 236, p. 4B, dwelling 76, family 78, William M. Taylor Family; digital images, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : downloaded 1 February 2012); T624, 1178 rolls.
Transcript: Utah, Weber, Plain City Precinct, SD Utah, ED 236, sheet no. 4 B 23-25 April, 1910 by Centennial E. Palmer Lines 71-78. Dwelling #76, Family #78.
Line 71. Taylor, William M, Head, M, W, age 38, Wd. place of birth: Utah, father pob: Texas, mother pob: Den. Danish. Speaks English. Farmer, general farm, Employer, can read, can write. Owned, free, farm, farm schedule #56.
Line 72. —, Edith P, Daughter, F, W, age 18, single, place of birth: Utah, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah. Speaks English. Servant, at home, worker, not out of work, 0 months unemployed, can read, can write.
Line 73. —, William L, Son, M, W, age 16, single, place of birth: Utah, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah. Speaks English. Farm laborer, at home, worker, not out of work, 12 months unemployed, can read, can write, attended school.
Line 74. —, Ada E., Daughter, F, W, age 14, single, place of birth: Utah, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah. Speaks English. No employment, can read, can write, attended school.
Line 75. —, Manilla F., Daughter, F, W, age 12, single, place of birth: Utah, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah. Speaks English. No employment, can read, can write, attended school.
Line 76. —, Lila M., Daughter, F, W, age 9, single, place of birth: Utah, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah. No employment, can read, can write, attended school.
Line 77. —, James L., Son, M, W, age 4, single, place of birth: Utah, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah. No employment.
Line 78. —, Joseph E., Son, M, W, age 2, single, place of birth: Utah, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah. No employment.
Interesting:
William L’s birthplace is listed as Utah, but in the 1900 census it was listed at Idaho. I’ll have to try to confirm one or the other.
Edith is listed as a servant at home. Is she filling in for her mother who passed away not quite a year prior? Is she paid for this “employment”?
I’m continuing my research into the Taylor family. Now I’m looking at Census records.
Source: 1900 U.S. Census, Plain City, Weber, Utah, population schedule, Plain City Precinct, enumeration district (ED) 194, p. 8B, dwelling 160, family 163, William Taylor family; digital images, Family Search (FamilySearch.org : downloaded 1 February 2012); FHL microfilm, 1854 reels.
Transcript: Utah, Weber, Plain City Precinct, SD 273, ED 194 sheet no. 8 B 21 June, 1900 by Edwin Dix Lines 93-98. Dwelling #160, Family #163.
Line 93. Taylor, William, Head, W, M, Sep 1879, age 28, married for 9 years. place of birth: Utah, father pob: Texas, mother pob: Denmark, Farmer, can read, can write, can speak English. Owned, free, farm, farm schedule #96.
Line 94. —, Ada, Wife, W, F, Aug 1878, age 27, married for 9 years, mother of 4 children, 4 living. place of birth: Utah, father pob: Kentucky, mother pob: Wales, can read, can write, can speak English.
Line 95. —, Edith P. Daughter, W, F, June 1891, age 8, single, place of birth: Utah, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah, can speak english.
Line 96. —, William L. Son, W, M, May 1893, age 7, single, place of birth: Idaho, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah, can speak english.
Line 97. —, Ada E. Daughter, W, F, Sep 1895, age 4, single, place of birth: Utah, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah.
Line 98. —, Manilla. Daughter, W, F, July 1898, age 1, single, place of birth: Utah, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah.
Interesting:
There is another Taylor family on this same page. I believe it to be William’s father, John.
I believe that William and Ada’s birth years are listed incorrectly. Otherwise, William would have been 12 years old when Pearl was born, and Ada would have been. Besides, their ages don’t match either. I’d sooner believe that Ada was actually 27 years old in 1900.
According to the gravestone, Ada died the same day as her daughter Hannah. Let’s take a look at Ada’s death certificate.
Source: State of Utah, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956, Entry no. 22738, Ada Rose Taylor death certificate, 9 September 1909; digital images, Utah State Archives and Records Service, Utah State Archives (archives.utah.gov : downloaded 30 January 2012); Series no. 81448.
Interesting:
Her name is listed at the top as Ada Ross, but it is Ada Rose and you can tell that looking at her name in the actual certificate.
We get her birthdate and parents names. Her daughter appears to be named for her mother Hannah Maria Harris.
The last names lead me to question if her relatives had anything to do with the settling of Harrisville or Taylorsville which are both only a few miles from Plain City where she lived with her husband. He also had the last name Taylor so perhaps his family was connected to the settlement as well.
Now I get a confirmation of my suspicions. I knew Ada died the same day as her baby who was still born. I assumed Ada died because of complications due to pregnancy. Now we learn she died because of a Placental Hemmorhage and Placenta Preivia. Both of those are serious even today, so I can’t imagine 100 years ago. Having experienced the former myself, I can sympathize with this woman and her dear child.
Why, its the study of the Lund's, of course! I am jumping in to researching our family history and seeing where it takes me. We are the Lund's. We come from Lund's, Ranson's, DeMacedo's, Lima's, Anderson's, Warner's, Ferreira's, Da Silva's and beyond! Since my own side of the family is from Brazil, it is quite difficult to track things down. Troy's side, on the other hand, has proven to be much easier. So, I'll be jumping back and forth and all around to learn about where we come from.
Are you related to us? I'd love to learn more about you and share what I know about our common ancestors!
