Charles T. Taylor

Charles T. Taylor

• Father: Thomas/Charles Taylor
• Mother: Mary Gordon b. circa February 1833, d. 10 December 1903

• Charles T. Taylor was born circa August 1868 in England.
• It is an educated guess that Mary Gordon and children Ellen, Charles and Louise arrived in the Port of New York on 23 October 1882, traveling from Liverpool in steerage class aboard the Inman Line SS City of Montreal, listed on the manifest as Mary Taylor (age 45), Ellen (16), Charles (14) and Louise as "Mary" (8).
• Mary Gordon appeared in the New York state census of 16 February 1892 in Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York. Other members of the household included Charles T. Taylor, Louise F. Taylor.
• He was a plumber, according to the 1892 census.
• Charles T. Taylor appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Hampton, Virginia, at South King Street boarding at a hotel.
• He was a plumber, according to the 1900 census.
• He married Maude C. Remington, daughter of Cornelius G. Remington and Elizabeth J. Bacon, on 12 October 1902 in Old Point, Virginia.
• The following appeared on 11 December 1903 in the Jamestown Evening Journal: Mrs. Mary Taylor died at her home, over 12 West Third street, at 10 o'clock Thursday evening, aged 72 years and 9 months. She was the mother of [Mrs.] Bert H. Whatford of this city, Mrs. Frank Ingraham of Oil City, Pa., Charles Taylor of Hampton, Va., and Mrs. Albert H. Harrison of this city.
       The funeral will be held from SS. Peter and Paul's Roman Catholic church Monday morning at 9 o'clock.
• Cornelius G. Remington and Elizabeth J. Bacon appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Hampton, Virginia, at 173 Linden Avenue. Other members of the household included Charles T. Taylor, Catherine Remington, Maude C. Remington and Charles T. Taylor Jr.
• He was self-employed as a plumber, according to the 1910 census.
• Charles T. Taylor and Maude C. Remington appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Hampton, Virginia, at 331 Armstead Avenue. Other members of the household included Charles T. Taylor Jr., John Remington Taylor and James C. Taylor.
• He was proprietor of a plumbing company, according to the 1920 census.
• Charles T. Taylor and Maude C. Remington appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Hampton, Virginia, at 331 Armistead Avenue. Other members of the household included John Remington Taylor, James C. Taylor, Charles T. Taylor Jr. and Cornelius G. Remington.
• He was a plumbing contractor, according to the 1930 census.
• Charles T. Taylor and Maude C. Remington appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Hampton, Virginia, at 331 Armistead Avenue. Other members of the household included James W. Kearney.
• He was executive of a plumbing & heating company, according to the 1940 census.
• The following appeared on 1 April 1946 in the Jamestown Post-Journal: Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor Whatford, 82, widow of Bert H. Whatford, died on Saturday at Helmuth, N. Y. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Charles Devine of Jamestown; a brother, Charles Taylor of Hampton, Va; two sisters, Mrs. Nellie Ingham of Niagara Falls, N. Y., and Mrs. Albert H. Harrison of Jamestown, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Mr. Whatford died June 12, 1932. Born in England, she had resided here for over 50 years and was a member of SS. Peter & Paul's Roman Catholic Church and the Catholic Daughters of America. The remains are at the Boyd Funeral Home and funeral services will be held at the church on Tuesday at 9 A. M. with Rev. Patrick F. Tobin officiating. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery.
• The following appeared on 2 April 1946 in The Niagara Falls Gazette: [Died] Suddenly at the home of her son, Mr. Frank B. Ingraham, 429 Fourth street, April 1, 1946, Ellen A. Ingraham, mother of Mrs. John Wood and Mr. Frank B. Ingraham of this city and Mrs. Frank A. Shafer, of Hornell, N. Y. Sister of Mrs. A. H. Harrison of Jamestown, N. Y. and Charles Taylor of Hampton, Virginia. Funeral from the Garner Funeral Home, Weston and Eighteenth St., Thursday at 9:30 a.m. and 10 o'clock at Sacred Heart church. Interment in Gate of Heaven cemetery.
• The following appeared on 16 July 1946 in the Jamestown Post-Journal: Mrs. Louise Taylor Harrison, 72, wife of Councilman and former Police Lieutenant Albert H. Harrison, died at the family home, 313 West Seventh Street, at 6 A. M. today, after an illness of seven mothers.
       She is also survived by four children, Mrs. Margaret Erickson, Charles T. Harrison and Miss Louise Harrison of this city and Lt. Commdr. Albert H. Harrison, Jr., United States Navy, now stationed at Orange, Tex., a brother, Charles Taylor of Hampton, Va; seven grandchildren, andone great grandchild. Her sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Whatford of this city, died on March 30 of this year, and another sister, Mrs. Ellen Ingraham of Niagara Falls, N. Y., died on the following day while en route to Jamestown to attend the former's funeral services.
       Mrs. Harrison was born in London, England, on March 26, 1874, daughter of Thomas and Mary Gordon Taylor, coming to the United States when a young girl. For many years she was active in the affairs of SS. Peter and Paul's Roman Catholic Church, its Rosary Society and Court St. Gertrude, Catholic Daughters of America.
       The remains are at the Boyd Funeral Home, funeral arrangements to be made later.
• Charles T. Taylor died on 26 June 1947.
• Maude C. Remington became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Oakland Cemetery, Hampton, Virginia.

• Last Edited: 7 Jan 2016