Thomas Taylor

1794 - 1845  (51 years)

• Name	Thomas Taylor
  Born	1794	Dalkeith, , Midlothian, Scotland   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Interesting	life story, mill,
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-69931
  Died	14 Aug 1845  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Buried	Pioneer Pergola Cemetery, St. Andrew's Park, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Person ID	I69931	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Margaret Winton,   b. 1801, , Scotland ,   d. 15 Dec 1877, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Children	1. Andrew Taylor,   b. CALC 28 Oct 1829, Medina, Orleans, New York, USA ,   d. 28 Jul 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 61 years)   2. Mary Taylor,   b. 1833, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Thomas Taylor,   b. 1834, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Oct 1917  (Age 83 years)   4. Margaret Taylor,   b. 1835, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Agnes Taylor,   b. 1836, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Jennet Taylor,   b. 1842, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F27840	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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]

  
  

• Sources

  [S530] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Pioneer Pergola (formerly St. Andrews Presbyterian) CC#4488 Internet Link. In/ memory of/ Thomas Taylor/ late of Dalkeith, Scotland/ who departed this life/ Aug't 14th 1845, aged 50 years/ Also of his infant son [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link . Thomas Taylor/ died/ 14th Aug. 1845/ aged 50 years/ his wife/ Margaret Winton/ died 15th Dec. 1877/ aged 76 years/ Arch'd S. Taylor/ Jan. 1865 - Nov. 1924/ Helen M Hanna/ his wife/ Sept 1872 - Mar. 1935/ [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107944605. [S233] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1852, Div. 1, Pg. 25.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1794 - Dalkeith, , Midlothian, Scotland Burial - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Pioneer Pergola Cemetery, St. Andrew's Park, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth