John MacKay Taylor

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-128195
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of Scotland
• Occupation: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tailor

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At New Orleans, on the 9th inst., of yellow fever, John Taylor, son of James Taylor, and brother of Alfred Taylor, of Woods & Taylor, Galt, aged 26 years.

Galt Reporter - Sep 20, 1878, pg 3

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-128190
• Occupation: 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; tailor
• Business: 1851, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Taylor & Green
• Occupation: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tailor
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of Scotland
• Occupation: 1881, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tailor
• Residence: 1887, Cedar St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

The first great fire in Galt took place in 1851. The buildings on Main Street were then chiefly wooden, more especially on the south side where the long and handsome Granite Block now stands. The fire broke out in the store carried on by one McKinnon, and soon all that portion of the street was in flames, The fire engines were worked with a will, but they were powerless against such a mass of flame as soon arose. Messrs Peter Cook, Alex. H. Mowat, R. McKinnon, Andrew Elliott, John McVenn, Robert Wallace all well-remembered names were among those burned out on the occasion. *

*The Granite Block which replaced these buildings was abo destroyed by fire in 1862. The fire originated from a barrel of Naptha in Fleming A Robinson's grocery, and in consequuence of having a lighted lamp brought too close to it. It occurred about seven o'clock on Saturday evening, the 31st May, 1862, and the fire spread with unprecedented rapidity. The following shops were destroyed: Fleming & Robinson, groceries; John Fleming, books and stationery; William Frier, dry goods; John Orchard tailor and clothier; R. S. Strong, drugs and chemicals; William Kerr, boots and shoes. Besides these establishments, the buildings of Mr. Robert Wallace, and the stocks of Messrs. W. H. Job, Wm. Prest, Angus Polson, Taylor & Green, and George West, were injured by removal, or otherwise. The losses were very heavy

Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young, 1880 Toronto: Hunter, Rose Pg. 220


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In Galt, on Wednesday morning, August 3rd, 1887, at 6 o'clock, James Taylor, father of Messrs. Alfred and Alexander Taylor, in his 85th year.

Funeral, this (Friday) afternoon, at 4 o'clock, from his late residence, Cedar Street, to Mount View Cemetery.

Galt Reporter Aug 5 1887 pg 1

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Death of an Aged Resident

We regret to announce this week the death of Mr. James Taylor, father of Messrs. Alfred and Alexander Taylor, of Galt, which occurred at his residence on Wednesday last. Mr. Taylor had been long a resident of Galt. For the past year or more, - he was n his 85th year at the time of his death, - he has been confined to his house by bodily infirmities consequent upon his age, but the immediate cause of his death was an attack of dysentery. Unfortunately, on Tuesday last, Mr. Alfred Taylor with Mrs. Taylor, left Galt for Orchard Beach, with the intention of spending a few weeks there. Telegrams announcing his father's death reached him at Cornwall, from whence he at once left for home.

Galt Reporter Aug 5 1887 pg 1

James — Mary Barin. Mary was born 1810, , Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died 30 Apr 1896, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Baron
• Name: Mary Taylor
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-128191
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of Scotland
• Occupation: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tailor
• Residence: 1887, Cedar St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1896, Blair Rd, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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An Aged and Respected Resident of Galt

There died Thursday, at the residence of her son, Mr. Alex. Taylor, Blair road, Mary, widow of the late James Taylor, aged 87 years. Deceased was a. native of Aberdeenshire, Scotland and has been in this country, over forty years, the greater portion of that time she being a resident of Galt. She was a lady of more than ordinary intelligence and was highly respected throughout the town. Her husband died a number of years ago. For some time after his death, she lived alone, but as she found old age and infirmities creeping over her, she gave up the house and went to reside with her son. Deceased leaves four sons, Alfred and Alexander, Galt and two in the United States.

The Weekly Reformer 7 May 1896 pg 3