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Roy Taylor 1916 – 1998 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 FEB 1916

Birth Location: Four Mile, Bell, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 29 JUN 1998

Death Location: Knox, Kentucky, USA

Father: Christopher Taylor

Mother: Ruth Gross

Spouse(s): Ada Messer

Children(s): Lorene Taylor, Charles Taylor

Roy Taylor was born in 1916 in Four Mile, Bell, Kentucky, USA, the child of Christopher Taylor and Ruth Gross. Roy Taylor married Ada Messer, and had children including Lorene Taylor, Charles Taylor. Roy Taylor passed away in 1998 in Knox, Kentucky, USA.

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Biography

  • Roy Taylor was born in 1916 in Four Mile, Bell, Kentucky, USA, the child of Christopher Taylor and Ruth Gross.
  • Roy Taylor married Ada Messer, and had children including Lorene Taylor, Charles Taylor.
  • Roy Taylor passed away in 1998 in Knox, Kentucky, USA.

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Roy Taylor's Ancestors

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Roy Taylor
1916 – 1998
Birth Place: Four Mile, Bell, Kentucky, USA
Parents
Christopher Taylor
1881 – 1925
Bell, Kentucky, USA
Ruth Gross
1882 – 1954
Leslie Co., Kentucky, USA
Grandparents
Joshua Taylor
1845 – 1925
Knox, Kentucky, USA
Mary (Ellen) Smith
1850 – 1918
Clay Co. Ky.
Great-Grandparents
Nelson Taylor
1817 – 1870
Nancy Rice
1823 – 1897
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Cornelius Taylor
1794 – 1874
Sarah Walker
1794 – 1880

Roy Taylor's Descendants

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Roy Taylor (2 FEB 1916 – 29 JUN 1998) m. Ada Messer (2 NOV 1918 – 15 DEC 1994)
  1. 1. Lorene Taylor (12 MAY 1937 – 13 MAY 1957)
  2. 2. Charles Taylor (16 MAR 1953 – 7 JAN 2006)

Roy Taylor's Timeline

2 Records

1916
2 FEB 1916
Birth of Roy Taylor in Four Mile, Bell, Kentucky, USA
Four Mile, Bell, Kentucky, USA
1998
29 JUN 1998
Age 82
Death of Roy Taylor in Knox, Kentucky, USA
Knox, Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 FEB 1916
    Event Place: Four Mile, Bell, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees
    [2] Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Woollum, Knox County, Kentucky, United States of America
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Knox, Pike, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees
    [2] Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 JUN 1998
    Event Place: Knox, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees
    [2] Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Woollum, Knox, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees
    [2] Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Mills, Knox, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

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