Andrew Winton Taylor

1907 - 1986  (~ 79 years)

• Name	Andrew Winton Taylor
  Born	Nov 1907	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Honoured	Waterloo Region Hall of Fame
  Interesting	life story, author, public service
  Residence	1911	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-195932
  Died	16 Nov 1986	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Cause: exposure and Alzheimer's disease
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I195932	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas W. Taylor,   b. 11 Oct 1863, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Jan 1948  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Mary E. McPherson,   b. 20 Sep 1873, Near, Galt, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Dec 1961  (Age 88 years)
  Married	24 Jun 1896	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Family ID	F19399	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Verna Marie Babcock,   b. Feb 1906, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Thomas Taylor   2. Neil Taylor   3. Alexander Taylor   4. William Taylor
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F47736	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Andrew Winton Taylor from Waterloo Region Hall of Fame
  		Museum Petition Signing 1953

  
  

• Notes

  ANDREW W. TAYLOR 1907-1986 Married: Verna Marie Babcock - 1942 Andrew Winton Taylor was born at Woodside Farm on the East River Road, just south of Cambridge. He represented the fourth generation to be raised on the farm first settled by his ancestors in 1819. He received his education at Riverside Public School, Central Public School in Galt and the Galt Collegiate Institute. He graduated from the Ontario Agricultural College, in Guelph, in 1931. Mr. Taylor was president of the of the Waterloo Historical Society in 1961 and 1962, was a member of the Society's publications committee from 1946 to 1962 and contributed numerous articles to the Society's annual journal. He served on the executive of the Ontario Historical Society first as first vice-president in 1960 and 1961 and then as president in 1962. He was also editor of the newsletter of the Ontario Historical Society's museum section and was chairman of the museum section from 1956 to 1958. Mr. Taylor was the assessor, tax collector and building inspector in North Dumfries Township from 1960 to 1965. He was president of both the Central Dumfries Farmers' Club, in 1940 and 1941, and of the Soil and Crop Improvement Association of Waterloo County. Mr. Taylor was also secretary of the Waterloo County Federation of Agriculture for five years and secretary treasurer of the Central Dumfries Co-operators Association for thirty-three years. Mr. Taylor also served as chairman of the historical committee for the 1954 International Plowing Match and was the first Vice-President and a director of the Ontario Pioneer Community Foundation when it was organized on December 8, 1954. Mr. Taylor later also served as president of the Ontario Pioneer Community Foundation and played a prominent role in the creation and development of the Doon Pioneer Village now Doon Heritage Crossroads, serving as the facility's administrator until 1960. Mr. Taylor is probably best remembered for his three books, Banners Unfurled, a history of First United Church in Galt, published in 1949, Our Yesterdays, a history of North Dumfries township, published in 1952 and Our Todays and Yesterdays, a 1967 update of his North Dumfries history. Mr. Taylor died on November 16, 1986 and is buried in Mount View Cemetery. Sources: 1. James Barrie "Andrew Winton Taylor, Waterloo Historical Society Journal Vol. 74, 1986. 2. Jennie F. Cowan "History at the International Plowing Match", Waterloo Historical Society Journal Vol. 42, 1954. 3. Dr. Louis C. Jones "Ontario Pioneer Community Foundation", Waterloo Historical Society Journal Vol. 47, 1959. 4. Obituaries Cambridge Reporter Monday November 17, 1986. 5. "The Ontario Pioneer Community, an outdoor museum", Waterloo Historical Society Journal Vol. 45, 1957. 6. "The Ontario Pioneer Community Foundation", Waterloo Historical Society Journal Vol. 42, 1954. 7. Andrew Taylor Our Todays and Yesterdays North Dumfries and Ayr Centennial Committee Galt 1970. 8. A.W. Taylor Quits Pioneer Village", Galt Evening Reporter Thursday March 3, 1960. 9. "Two local men named to regional hall of fame", Cambridge Reporter Thursday May 19, 1988. 10. "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] _____________________________________ One of Waterloo County's best known historians, Andrew Winton Taylor of RR 5. Cambridge, died over the weekend. A sufferer of Alzheimer's disease, Mr. Taylor, 78, wandered away from his home Saturday and was discovered by searchers 16 hours later in a nearby field. A son of the late Thomas Taylor and Mary McPherson, he was born in North Dumfries Township and lived all his life on the farm settled 160 years ago by his pioneer great-grandfather Thomas Taylor. Mr. Taylor's interest in local history led him to write two histories of North Dumfries - Our Yesterdays in 1957 and Our Todays and Yesterdays in 1967. He was the president of the Waterloo County Historical Society in the mid 1950's and helped found Doon Pioneer Village. He was inducted into the county hall of fame. He served as township building inspector and tax collector for 12 years prior to retirement. Surviving are his wife, the former Verna Babcock; four sons Thomas of Toronto, Neil and Alexander of Cambridge, and William of Edmonton; a sister Florence Moore of California; and two grandchildren. Rested at the Little Funeral Home, Galt, where service was held Tuesday. Interment in Mount View Cemetery. The Ayr News 19 Nov 1986 pg 13

  
  

• Sources

  [S562] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1911, Div. 2 Pg. 5. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 013399. Thomas W Taylor Age: 33 Birth Year: abt 1863 Birth Place: Canada Marriage Date: 24 Jun 1896 Marriage Place: Wellington, Ontario, Canada Father: Andrew Taylor Mother: Margaret Taylor Spouse: Mary E McPherson

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Nov 1907 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1911 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: exposure and Alzheimer's disease - 16 Nov 1986 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth