Matilda Taylor

Matilda Taylor

Female 1886 - 1986  (100 years)

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  • Name Matilda Taylor 
    Born 26 Jun 1886  Loa, Wayne, Utah Territory, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 3 Sep 1986  American Fork, Utah, Utah Territory, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 8 Sep 1986  American Fork Cemetery, American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3103  Speirs-Taylor
    Last Modified 26 Jul 2018 

    Father Allen Taylor,   b. 17 Jan 1814, Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Dec 1891, Loa, Wayne, Utah Territory, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Pheobe Ann Roberts,   b. 22 Jan 1843, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1919, Loa, Wayne, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 27 Mar 1857  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F951  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joseph Franklin Edwards,   b. 14 Apr 1876, American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Feb 1939, Salina, Sevier, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 23 Dec 1903  Wayne, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Myrtle Edwards,   b. 23 Apr 1905, Loa, Wayne, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1998, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
     2. Phoebe Lucille Edwards,   b. 22 Jan 1907, Fremont, Wayne, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jan 2001, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
     3. DeVon Edwards,   b. 6 Jan 1909, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 May 1984, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     4. Solen T Edwards,   b. 6 Apr 1910, Loa, Wayne, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jun 1993, St George, Washington, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     5. Martha Fontella Edwards,   b. Abt 1912, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Arda Edwards,   b. 25 Jun 1919, Loa, Wayne, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 May 1921, Loa, Wayne, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     7. Leo Taylor Edwards,   b. 30 Mar 1923, Loa, Wayne, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 2000, Sun City West, Maricopa, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    Last Modified 26 Jul 2018 
    Family ID F700  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 Sep 1986 - American Fork, Utah, Utah Territory, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 8 Sep 1986 - American Fork Cemetery, American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    1900 US Federal Census with the Levi Taylor and Phebe Taylor Families
    1900 US Federal Census with the Levi Taylor and Phebe Taylor Families
    Loa, Wayne, Utah
    Dated 25 June 1900

    Dwelling 185
    Levi A Taylor, 30 year old farmer, born July 1869 in Utah
    Rhoda C Taylor, 27 year old wife, born Aug 1872 in Utah
    Rhoda E Taylor, 8 year old daughter, born Sep 1891 in Utah
    Levi A Taylor, 7 year old son, born Oct 1892 in Utah
    Viola Taylor, 5 year old daughter, born Aug 1894 in Utah
    Arletta M Taylor, 2 year old daughter, born Aug 1897 in Utah
    Loa A Taylor, 1 year old daughter, born May 1899 in Utah

    Dwelling 186
    Phebe A Taylor, 56 year old widow, born Feb 1844; twelve children, nine living.
    Wilford W Taylor, 17 year old son, born Apr 1883 in Utah
    Matilda Taylor, 13 year old daughter, born June 1886 in Utah

    Source:
    1900 US Federal Census; Census Place: Loa, Wayne, Utah; Page: 17; Enumeration District: 0177
    The Death Certificate of Joseph Franklin Edwards in 1939
    The Death Certificate of Joseph Franklin Edwards in 1939
    Joseph's wife was Mitilda Taylor but they are listed as divorced. He was a sheepherder.

    Source:
    Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
    The Obituary of Matilda (Taylor) Devitt in 1986
    The Obituary of Matilda (Taylor) Devitt in 1986
    Matilda was one hundred years old when she died. She was born in 1886 to Allen and Phoebe Ann Roberts Taylor.
    She was married to Joseph Franklin Edwards, who died in 1939, and Ernest C Devitt who died in 1968.
    She had seven children, four of whom were still living.

    Source:
    Newspapers.com; American Fork Citizen, American Fork, Utah; 10 Sep. 1985, page 12

  • Sources 
    1. [S43] Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937, Ancestry.com, ( Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.).
      Name: Joseph F Edwardds
      Age: 27
      Birth Date: 1876
      Spouse: Matilda Taylor
      Gender: Female
      Age: 18
      Birth Date: 1885
      Marriage Date: 23 Dec 1903
      Marriage Place: Wayne, Utah, United States
      FHL Film Number: 0484603