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Record #4051
Name :
: Donald Harbourne TAYLOR (1896 - 1968)


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Date of Birth
: 5 Oct 1896

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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 24 Jul 1968
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Worcestershire, King's Norton
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialUnited States of America, San Francisco
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 24 May 1907
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Carthaginian

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Agency
: Middlemore
NotesA birth registration was found for Donald Harborne Taylor: Year of Registration: 1896; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: Kings Norton (To 1912); County: Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire; Volume: 6c; Page: 485. (Parents: Joseph Harborne Taylor and Alice Hocking, married 1893 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.)

In 1901, Donald Taylor, 4 years of age, was shown residing at 179 Bath Row, St. Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Other family members included: servant Annie Dogherty, 29; Elsie Hocking, 12; Ernest Hocking 10; Percy Hocking, 8; Alice Taylor, 36, music book seller manageress; Harold C. Taylor, 3; Joseph H. Taylor, 33, upholsterer; and Mary H. Taylor, 5. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 2834; Folio: 6; Page: 4.)

In 1907, Donald H. Taylor, 10, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, along with 137 children from the Middlemore Home, Birmingham, England.

In 1911, Donald Taylor, 14, is shown as a domestic to George Lamoreaux and family in Wicklow, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada. His date of birth is shown as June 1896 and his immigration year as 1907.

On September 18, 1917, Donald Harbourne Taylor, 21, enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. He declared that he resided at 734 East Main Street, Portland, Maine, USA; that he was born in Birmingham, England; that his next of kin was his mother, Mrs. Alice Taylor, who resided at Hope Cottage, Stratford Road, Shirley, England; that his date of birth was June 1, 1896; that he was a miner; and that he was not married. He was described as 5 foot 8 inches in height; fair complexion; gray eyes; fair hair. He was a member of the Christian Science Church. (EDITORS NOTE: His father, Joseph Harborne Taylor, also enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces (Service No. 258881). He was residing at 1423-5 North Monroe Street, Spokane, Washington, USA at the time. Donald's brother, Private Harry Harborne Taylor, 50th Battalion (Canadian Infantry) Alberta Regiment, died, aged 17, in the service of the Canadian Armed Forces at Vimy Ridge.)

In 1920, Donald H. Taylor, 23, laborer in a lumber mill, was shown residing as a boarder at 1466 Villard(?) Avenue, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon. His immigration to the United States is shown as 1916. (Source: 1920 Census of the United States; Census Place: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: T625_1503; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 182; Image: 379.)

In 1930, Donald H. Taylor, 34, bookkeeper for an oil company, was shown residing at 1730 Pearl, Alameda, Alameda, California. Other family members included his wife, Irva J. Taylor, 27; and son Carl G. Taylor, 1 year, 5 months. He had been married for 4 years and had immigrated to the United States in 1916.

Donald H. Taylor died in San Francisco, California on July 24, 1968 at the age of 72. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-08-24 22:57:32 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-02-01 15:18:08 /

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