I had to wait a few days before I could head the local Family History Center to look up Ada Rose Taylor’s 1880 US Census. So I thought I might search for a Joseph Taylor on FindAGrave.com, and narrowed the search to Utah. There were 60 matches! And remember, I didn’t know his birth date or even death date. I tried to look through those that died before 1880, because I thought since he wasn’t in the census with his family that he may have died already. But still, too many options. So I just had to wait.
Then, I finally got the image of the 1880 census –
Source:
Ada is listed with her mother.. Here’s the transcription:
Dwelling 72, Family 72, Lines 9-15 Line 9. Taylor, Hannah M. W, F, 45. Wife, Married, Keeping House. Pob: North Wales, father pob: North Wales, mother pob: England. Line 10. —–, James H. W, M, 21. Son, Single, Farm Hand. Pob: Utah, father pob: Kentucky, mother pob: North Wales. Line 11. —–, Heber. W, M, 20. Son, Single, Farm Hand. Pob: Utah, father pob: Kentucky, mother pob: North Wales. Line 12. —–, Franklin D. W, M, 15. Son, Single, Farm Hand. Pob: Utah, father pob: Kentucky, mother pob: North Wales. Line 13. —–, Ada Rose. W, F, 7. Daughter. Pob: Utah, father pob: Kentucky, mother pob: North Wales. Line 14. —–, Eveline. W, F, 5. Daughter. Pob: Utah, father pob: Kentucky, mother pob: North Wales. Line 15. —–, Elizabeth. W, F, 88. Mother, Widowed. Infirmity from age, maimed, crippled, bedridden or otherwise disabled. Pob: Virginia, father pob: Virginia, mother pob: Virginia.
Notice anything – go ahead, take a good look. Click on the image to see it larger.
Hanna M. Taylor, Ada’s mother, is not listed as the “Head” of household, she’s listed as “Wife”. Also, she’s not listed as “Widow” as I expected, but rather as “Married”. But where is her husband?
Looking back at the census image I found him in the previous Dwelling with his other wife!
Dwelling 71, Family 71, Lines 5-8 Line 5. Taylor, Joseph. W, M, 55. Married, Farmer. pob: Kentucky, father pob: North Carolina, mother pob: Virginia Line 6. —–, Jane. W, F, 49. Wife, Married, Keeping House. Pob: Upper Canada, father pob: New York, mother pob: Vermont. Line 7. —–, Elizabeth. W, F, 14. Daughter, Single, at home. Attended school during census year. Pob: Utah, father pob: Kentucky, mother pob: upper Canada. Line 8. —–, Amanda. W, F, 10. Daughter, Single, at school. Attended school during census year. Pob: Utah, father pob: Kentucky, mother pob: upper Canada.
So, apparently Joseph Taylor was in the 1880 census all along, but if I hadn’t pulled up the original image and just based my findings on the index, I may have never have known that!
The other day I was showing my husband Troy what I was working on…starting to investigate the Taylor Family. He asked how many generations back I had for his various lines and I showed him. On his mother’s side (which I haven’t even begun to look at) he had up to 9 generations back! On his father’s side, I told him that any of the names we had I had personally added to the database – no one had given me anything to work with. So, his Lund side which I have already researched extensively (although there is always more work to do) went back 6 generations. His Taylor line…not so much. So, looking at the pedigree he asked about one man in particular – “Who is Joseph Taylor?”
As you can see I didn’t know Joseph’s parents…he’s was the end of the line. When I opened up his person window, here’s all I had:
All I knew was that he was born in Kentucky. The only sources I had for that information was his daughter’s death certificate, which gave me his name and birth place and the 1900 census which just listed her father’s birth place as Kentucky. That’s it! So the search began.
I was trying to show Troy right then how I go about researching people and thought I might try to find Joseph Taylor with his daughter Ada Rose in a census. I knew a lot more about Ada –
I figured since she was born in 1872 I would try to find her in a census as a child living with her parents. I already had her living with her husband in the 1900 census, the previous census 1890 was destroyed in a fire so I decided to search for her in the 1880 census. I did a quick FamilySearch search and here’s what I got –
Now, FamilySearch didn’t have the images online for this, so all I had was the index. Here, Ada is listed as 7 years old living with her mother Hannah, no Joseph Taylor as her father. Discussing this with my husband I reasoned – Perhaps Joseph Taylor had already died by now?!
My next step was to go to the local Family History Center and download the original image.
Note:Why not just search for Joseph in the 1870 census. Here was my reasoning – I know nothing about him except his name, that he was born in Kentucky (and I knew that only according to his daughter Ada’s death certificate which her husband filled out, and a census that may or may not be accurate) I have no idea how old he is or where he would have been living in 1870. I believe his wife’s name is Hannah, but how many Joseph Taylor’s married to a Hannah might there be in the 1870 census? So I thought I better exhaust the 1880 census before moving on.
A few months ago, on one of my trips to the Family History Library in Salt Lake I discovered the Plain City Ward Records from 1859-1948 (US/CAN Film #26388), which included a record of members. Since the Lund’s had settled there this was a goldmine!
Now that I’m turning my attention to the Taylor line, I’m starting at the end. Remember, in genealogy we start with the most recent information and work our way back. That means starting with the Victor Erastus Lund and Edith Pearl Taylor family.
I did find a great resource online, the Taylor Family Association which has done a lot of research on this line of Taylors. However, I already found a few errors when reviewing their database, which I already submitted to the moderator. Basically, this means that I will need to go through all the information I found there and verify it with some kind of source. At least it gives me a general direction to work in.
For now, let’s take a look at these LDS Church Records for the Victor Lund family, from the late 1930’s.
Source: Plain City Ward, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Plain City, Utah), Plain City Ward record of members, 1859-1948, no. 337, Victor E. Lund; FHL microfilm 26388.
No. 337 Name in Full – Victor E. Lund Sex – Father’s Name – Mathias C. Lund Mother’s Maiden Name – Pauline Swensen Born at Plain City, Weber, Ut – 13 Dec 1888 Baptized by Jos. Rawson – 11 Jul 1897 Confirmed by Mathias C. Lund – 11 Jul 1897 Priest – ordained by Wm. G. Rhead – 1 Jun 1908 Elder – ordained by Wm. G. Rhead – 21 Dec 1908 Seventy – ordained by Brigham H. Roberts – 20 Nov 1910 Married to Pearl Taylor – Temple – 18 Jan 1911
Source: Plain City Ward, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Plain City, Utah), Plain City Ward record of members, 1859-1948, no. 338, Pearl Lund; FHL microfilm 26388.
No. 338 Name in Full – Pearl Lund Sex – Female Father’s Name – William Taylor Mother’s Maiden Name – Ada Taylor Born at Plain City, Weber, Ut – 28 Jun 1891 Baptized by S.C. Praney – 3 Jul 1890 Confirmed by —– – 3 Jul 1890 Married to Victor E. Lund – Temple – 18 Jan 1911
Source: Plain City Ward, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Plain City, Utah), Plain City Ward record of members, 1859-1948, no. 339, Ada May Lund; FHL microfilm 26388.
No. 339 Cancellation {X} Name in Full – Ada May Lund Sex – Female Father’s Name – Victor E. Lund Mother’s Maiden Name – Pearl E. Taylor Born at Plain City, Weber Co., Ut – 11 Sep 1914 Blessed by Mathias C. Lund – 1 Nov 1914 Baptized by Edwin R. Wooley – 3 Jun 1923 Confirmed by Hyrum E. Lund – 3 Jun 1923 Married to Howard M. Frasier – Temple – 24 Oct 19[34?] Removed to – Clinton.
Source: Plain City Ward, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Plain City, Utah), Plain City Ward record of members, 1859-1948, no. 340, Eugene Victor Lund; FHL microfilm 26388.
No. 340 Name in Full – Eugene Victor Lund Sex – M Father’s Name – Victor E. Lund Mother’s Maiden Name – Pearl Taylor Born at Plain City, Weber Co., Ut – 3 Dec 1918 Blessed by Mathias C. Lund – 2 Feb 1919 Baptized by Elmer P. Carver – 3 Apr 1927 Confirmed by Thomas Jenkins – 3 Apr 1927 Deacon – ordained by George A. Palmer – 21 Jun 1931 Teacher – ordained by Thomas Jenkins – 4 Feb 1934 Priest – ordained by Geo A. Palmer – 19 Jan 1936
I’ve postedaboutAda before but today after showing Troy some of what I’ve been doing, I ended up finding a newspaper notice for her death.
Source: University of Utah, “Random References,” death notice, Ogden Standard Examiner, 10 September 1909, Ada Rose Taylor death announcement; online images, Utah Digital Newspapers (digitalnewspapers.org : downloaded 15 March 2012).
Mrs. Taylor Passes Away — Mrs. Ada Rose Taylor, wife of William Taylor of Plain City and daughter of Joseph Taylor of Harrisville, died yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Her bebe died a few minutes after. Mrs. Taylor had many friends by whom she was held in high esteem. She was but thirty-seven years old and leaves a husband and seven children.
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!
