Mary Taylor: Waterloo Region Generations

Generation: 1

1.	Mary Taylor was born 1833, , Ontario, Canada (daughter of Thomas Taylor and Margaret Winton); died Yes, date unknown. Other Events: Eby ID Number: Waterloo-161596 Residence: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Generation: 2

Thomas Taylor was born 1794, Dalkeith, , Midlothian, Scotland; died 14 Aug 1845; was buried , Pioneer Pergola Cemetery, St. Andrew's Park, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Other Events:

Burial: Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Interesting: life story, mill,
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-69931

Notes:

THOMAS TAYLOR 1795-1845

Married: Margaret Winton - 1826

Thomas Taylor was a millwright born in Dalkeith, Scotland and the great-grandfather of Andrew Winton Taylor. While working in New York state, in 1818, Mr. Taylor was engaged by the Honourable William Dickson to supervise the building of the Dumfries Mill, Galt's first grist mill. The mill opened in 1819 and later that same year, Mr. Taylor purchased Woodside farm on the East River Road on Concession 9 in Dumfries Township. Mr. Taylor returned to Scotland in 1826 where he married Margaret Winton. He returned to North America where he built several mills in upper New York state. In the fall of 1832, he returned to Canada and settled his family at Woodside farm. Mr. Taylor died on August 14, 1845 and was buried in the United Presbyterian Cemetery, now Centennial Park. That cemetery was closed in the 1880's and his remains were removed to Mount View Cemetery. Mr. Taylor's original tombstone can be found in the Pioneer Pergola in St. Andrews Park.

Sources:
1. Andrew Taylor Our Todays and Yesterdays North Dumfries and Ayr Centennial Committee Galt 1970.
2. "Early Days of District Are Recalled By Old Plan For Mill", Galt Evening Reporter Monday July 28, 1952.
3. "WHS Salutes Andrew Winton Taylor", Waterloo Historical Society Journal Vol. 53, June 1965.

Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [used with kind permission of Jim Quantrell]

Thomas — Margaret Winton. Margaret was born 1801, , Scotland; died 15 Dec 1877, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Margaret Winton was born 1801, , Scotland; died 15 Dec 1877, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Other Events:

Name: Margaret Taylor
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-70562
Occupation: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
Residence: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian

Children:

Andrew Taylor was born CALC 28 Oct 1829, Medina, Orleans, New York, USA; died 28 Jul 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
1. Mary Taylor was born 1833, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
Thomas Taylor was born 1834, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Oct 1917; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
Margaret Taylor was born 1835, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
Agnes Taylor was born 1836, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
Jennet Taylor was born 1842, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.