William Taylor

M, b. circa 1838, d. 11 February 1915
Relationship2nd great-grandfather of David Gardner Crouch
Birth*William Taylor was born circa 1838 at England.1,2  
Marriage*He married Hannah "Anna" Glanville on 11 October 1861 at Darlington Township, Northumberland and Durham, Canada West, British North America. 
Birth of DaughterHis daughter Annie Philipa Taylor was born circa 1865 at Ontario, Canada.1 
Birth of DaughterHis daughter Norah Jane Taylor was born on 10 June 1869 at Fullarton Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada.1,3,2,4,5,6 
Occupation*William Taylor was a farmer between 1871 and 1877 at Lot 13, Concession 8 (front 75 acres), Fullarton Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada .1,7,8,9 
Residence*He and Hannah "Anna" (Glanville) Taylor lived between 1871 and 1877 at Lot 13, Concession 8 (front 75 acres), Fullarton Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada .7,8,9 
Property-Purchase*William Taylor purchased Lot 13, Concession 8 (front 75 acres), Fullarton Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada , on 3 February 1871 from William Porteous and Elizabeth Porteous for $2,800.10  
Mortgage*William Taylor and Hannah "Anna" (Glanville) Taylor mortgaged Lot 13, Concession 8 (front 75 acres), Fullarton Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada , between 3 February 1871 and 22 March 1875 to William Porteous for a loan of $1,800 bearing an annual interest rate of 8%.11,12 
Census*William Taylor appeared as the head of a household along with his wife, Hannah "Anna" (Glanville) Taylor on the census of 1871 at Lot 13, Concession 8 (front 75 acres), Fullarton Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada . The household also included Annie Philipa Taylor, Norah Jane Taylor and Thomas Greenwood

Statistics for this farm:
Total number of acres: 75
Number of acres improved: 65
Number of acres in pasture: 10
Number of acres in gardens and orchards: 1/2

Wheat: 15 acres producing 50 bushels (spring) and 130 bushels (fall)
Barley: 200 bushels
Oats: 270 bushels
Peas: 50 bushels
Potatoes: 3/4 acre producing 75 bushels
Turnips: 100 bushels
Carrots and other roots: 50 bushels
Hay: 12 acres producing 10 tons
Flax: 2 bushels
Apples: 20 bushels

Horses (over 3 years old): 2
Milch cows: 4
Other horned cattle: 5
Sheep: 1
Swine: 10

Livestock killed or sold for slaughter:
Cattle - 4
Sheep - 5
Swine - 7

Pounds of butter: 300
Pounds of homemade cheese: 30
Pounds of wool: 25.1,13,14 
Birth of DaughterHis daughter Mabel Hannah Taylor was born on 20 May 1872 at Fullarton Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada. 
(Informant) BirthWilliam Taylor was listed as an informant on the birth certificate of Luther William Taylor on 8 May 1873 at Fullarton Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada.7 
(Informant) BirthWilliam Taylor was listed as an informant on the birth certificate of Fletcher John Russell Taylor on 9 June 1877 at Fullarton Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada.8,9 
Property-PurchaseWilliam Taylor purchased 148 St. David Street, Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada , on 31 October 1889 from Charles Frederick Hennicke and Emily Hennicke for $800.15  
MortgageWilliam Taylor and Hannah "Anna" (Glanville) Taylor mortgaged Lot 13, Concession 8 (front 75 acres), Fullarton Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada , between 4 November 1889 and 17 September 1898 to William J. Levy for a loan of $800 bearing an annual interest rate of 6%.16,17 
MortgageWilliam Taylor and Hannah "Anna" (Glanville) Taylor mortgaged Lot 13, Concession 8 (front 75 acres), Fullarton Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada , between 28 February 1890 and 17 September 1898 to William J. Levy for a loan of a further $300 bearing an annual interest rate of 6%.18,19 
Marriage of DaughterHis daughter Norah Jane Taylor married James Henry Wills, son of William Bird Wills and Mary Ann Toogood, on 28 February 1894 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada.5  
Property-Sell*William Taylor sold Lot 13, Concession 8 (front 75 acres), Fullarton Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada , on 21 January 1896 to Hannah "Anna" (Glanville) Taylor for "in consideration of natural love and affection and the sum of one dollar".20 
Property-SellWilliam Taylor sold 148 St. David Street, Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada , on 21 January 1896 to Hannah "Anna" (Glanville) Taylor for "natural love and affection and the sum of one dollar".21 
Property-SellHannah "Anna" (Glanville) Taylor and William Taylor sold Lot 13, Concession 8 (front 75 acres), Fullarton Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada , on 15 September 1898 to Archibald Campbell Morris for $3,750.22 
Property-PurchaseWilliam Taylor purchased Park Lot No. 10 (part of), Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada , on 20 December 1899 from John Göllnitz, executor(s) of the estate of Jacob Drumm for $80.23  
Property-SellWilliam Taylor and Hannah "Anna" (Glanville) Taylor sold Park Lot No. 10 (part of), Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada , on 13 January 1902 to Thomas F. Stoneman for $100.24 
Mortgage*William Taylor loaned $3,000 bearing an annual interest rate of 4-1/2% to Archibald Campbell Morris and Jane Bain (Good) Morris between 25 February 1905 and 2 August 1915 and received a mortgage of Lot 13, Concession 8 (front 75 acres), Fullarton Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada , as security.25,26 
Will*William Taylor left a will on 2 March 1911 at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada, witnessed by Roy E. Alexander and George Kennedy Matheson. The beneficiaries were Annie Philipa Taylor, Norah Jane (Taylor) Wills, Mabel Hannah (Taylor) Beech, Luther William Taylor and Fletcher John Russell Taylor

The will contained the following bequeaths:

To Anna Taylor:
(1) his house and lot in the Town of Mitchell, (2) $600.00 and (3) one-fifth of the residue of the estate

To Nora Jane (Taylor) Wills:
(1) $300.00 and (2) one-fifth of the residue of the estate

To Mabel (Taylor) Beech, Luther W. Taylor and Fletcher R. Taylor:
(1) one-fifth of the residue of the estate.27 
Death*William Taylor died on 11 February 1915 of "pneumonia" at Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, Canada. The informant listed on the death certificate was Fletcher John Russell Taylor.28,27 
Probate*His estate was probated on 16 April 1915 at Surrogate Court, Stratford, Perth, Ontario, Canada. The executors assigned by the court were Luther William Taylor. The estate was valued at $3635.03.27 

Family

Hannah "Anna" Glanville b. c 1837
Marriage*William Taylor married Hannah "Anna" Glanville on 11 October 1861 at Darlington Township, Northumberland and Durham, Canada West, British North America. 
Children
Last Edited25 May 2025

Citations

  1. [S4372] 1871 census of Canada, Perth South, Ontario, population schedule, district 29, subdistrict d, division 01, p. 35, dwelling 120, family 120, William Taylor household; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 3 Mar 2024); citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm roll C-9939.
  2. [S4299] Ontario Ministry of Government Services, death certificate 0236[0]3 (29 Jun 1950), Nora Jane Wills; Office of the Registrar General, Thunder Bay.
  3. [S4263] 1931 census of Canada, Essex West, Ontario, population schedule, district 104, subdistrict 20, p. 9, dwelling 75, family 109, James Wills household; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 29 Jan 2024); citing Library and Archives Canada Series RG31.
  4. [S4300] Nora Jane Taylor funeral card, Heath Funeral Home, Mitchell, Perth, Ontario, 02 Jul 1950; privately held by David Gardner Crouch ([ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Waterloo, Ontario, Canada).
  5. [S4315] "Mrs. J. H. Wills," undated clipping, circa Jul 1950, from unidentified newspaper; Crouch / Wills Family Papers, privately held by David Gardner Crouch, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 2024.
  6. [S4516] Main Street United Church (Mitchell, Ontario), "Burial Register [1943-1960]," 2013.258L, Box 1, File 3, unpaginated, burial entry for Mrs. Nora Jane Wills, died 29 Jun 1950; United Church of Canada Archives, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  7. [S4454] Ontario Registrar General, Registrations of Births and Stillbirths, 1869-, Luther William Taylor registration no. 042168 (8 May 1873); digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 30 Mar 2024); citing microfilm MS 929, roll 14, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  8. [S4455] Ontario Registrar General, Registrations of Births and Stillbirths, 1869-, Fletcher John Russell Taylor registration no. 023338 (9 Jun 1877); digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 30 Mar 2024); citing microfilm MS 929, roll 30, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  9. [S4456] Ontario Registrar General, Registrations of Births and Stillbirths, 1869-, Fletcher John Russell Taylor registration no. 023970 (9 Jun 1877); digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 30 Mar 2024); citing microfilm MS 929, roll 30, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  10. [S4642] Fullarton Township, Ontario, Deed of Bargain and Sale, instrument no. FUL2035, Lot 13, Concession 8 (front 75 acres) (1871), Elizabeth Porteous to William Taylor William Porteous and his wife, 03 Feb 1871; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 14 May 2024).
  11. [S4703] Fullarton Township, Ontario, Mortgage, instrument no. FUL2036, Lot 13, Concession 8 (front 75 acres) (1871), William Taylor and Hannah Taylor, his wife to William Porteous, 03 Feb 1871; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 28 May 2024).
  12. [S4704] Fullarton Township, Ontario, Discharge of Mortgage, instrument no. FUL2554, Lot 13, Concession 8 (front 75 acres) (1875), William Porteous to William Taylor, 22 Mar 1875; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 28 May 2024).
  13. [S4373] 1871 census of Canada, Perth South, Ontario, Schedule No. 4 - Return of Cultivated Land, of Field Products and of Plants and Fruits, district 29, subdistrict d, division 01, p. 6, (reference to schedule no. 1: p. 35, no. 120); digital image, Ancestry.ca (https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/1578/images/… : accessed 3 Mar 2024); citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm roll C-9939.
  14. [S4374] 1871 census of Canada, Perth South, Ontario, Schedule No. 5 - Live Stock, Animal Products, home-made Fabrics and Furs, district 29, subdistrict d, division 01, p. 6, (reference to schedule no. 1: p. 35, no. 120); digital image, Ancestry.ca (https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/1578/images/… : accessed 3 Mar 2024); citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm roll C-9939.
  15. [S4696] Mitchell, Ontario, Deed of Land, instrument no. MIT4288, Lot 210, Plan 339 (1889), Charles Frederick Hennicke and Emily Hennicke, his wife to William Taylor, 31 Oct 1889; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 26 May 2024).
  16. [S4707] Fullarton Township, Ontario, Mortgage, instrument no. FUL4300, Lot 13, Concession 8 (front 75 acres) (1889), William Taylor and Hannah Taylor, his wife to William J. Levy, 04 Nov 1889; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 28 May 2024).
  17. [S4708] Fullarton Township, Ontario, Discharge of Mortgage, instrument no. FUL5245, Lot 13, Concession 8 (front 75 acres) (1898), William J. Levy to William Taylor, 17 Sep 1898; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 28 May 2024).
  18. [S4709] Fullarton Township, Ontario, Mortgage, instrument no. FUL4350, Lot 13, Concession 8 (front 75 acres) (1890), William Taylor and Hannah Taylor, his wife to William J. Levy, 28 Feb 1890; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 28 May 2024).
  19. [S4710] Fullarton Township, Ontario, Discharge of Mortgage, instrument no. FUL5246, Lot 13, Concession 8 (front 75 acres) (1898), William J. Levy to William Taylor, 17 Sep 1898; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 28 May 2024).
  20. [S4643] Fullarton Township, Ontario, Deed of Land, instrument no. FUL4966, Lot 13, Concession 8 (front 75 acres) (1896), William Taylor to Anna Taylor, his wife, 21 Jan 1896; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 14 May 2024).
  21. [S4697] Mitchell, Ontario, Deed of Land, instrument no. MIT5082, Lot 210, Plan 339 (1896), William Taylor to Anna Taylor, his wife, 21 Jan 1896; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 26 May 2024).
  22. [S4644] Fullarton Township, Ontario, Deed of Land, instrument no. FUL5247, Lot 13, Concession 8 (front 75 acres) (1898), Anna Taylor and William Taylor, her husband to Archibald Campbell Morris, 15 Sep 1898; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 14 May 2024).
  23. [S4699] Mitchell, Ontario, Deed of Land, instrument no. MIT5503, Park Lot No. 10 (part of) (1899), John Göllnitz, executor of the estate of Jacob Drumm to William Taylor, 20 Dec 1899; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 26 May 2024).
  24. [S4700] Mitchell, Ontario, Deed of Land, instrument no. MIT5700, Park Lot No. 10 (part of) (1902), William Taylor and Hannah Taylor, his wife to Thomas F. Stoneman, 13 Jan 1902; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 26 May 2024).
  25. [S4711] Fullarton Township, Ontario, Mortgage, instrument no. FUL6013, Lot 13, Concession 8 (1905), Archibald Campbell Morris and Jane Bain Morris, his wife to William Taylor, 25 Feb 1905; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 28 May 2024).
  26. [S4712] Fullarton Township, Ontario, Discharge of Mortgage, instrument no. FUL7105, Lot 13, Concession 8 (1915), Luther William Taylor, executor of the estate of William Taylor to Archibald Campbell Morris, 02 Aug 1915; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "PERTH (LRO 44)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 28 May 2024).
  27. [S4453] Perth County Surrogate Court, "William Taylor Estate File," no.6757, bundle of loose papers, Letters Probate issued16 Apr 1915; Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  28. [S4457] Ontario Registrar General, Registrations of Deaths, 1869-, William Taylor registration no. 025602 (11 Feb 1915); digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 30 Mar 2024); citing microfilm MS 935, roll 212, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.