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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

According to available records, Roy Taylor was born in 1916 in Four Mile, Bell, Kentucky, USA, the child of Christopher Taylor and Ruth Gross. Following those early years, Roy Taylor married Ada Messer, and their family grew to include Lorene Taylor and Charles Taylor. In the later years of life, Roy Taylor died in 1998 in Knox, Kentucky, USA.

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Parents

Christopher Taylor
1881 – 1925
Birth Location: Bell, Kentucky, USA
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Ruth Gross
1882 – 1954
Birth Location: Leslie Co., Kentucky, USA
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Spouses(s)

Ada Messer
1918 – 1994
Birth Location: Knox, Kentucky, USA
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Children(s)

Lorene Taylor
1937 – 1957
Birth Location: –
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Charles Taylor
1953 – 2006
Birth Location: Walker, Knox, Kentucky, USA
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Sources

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

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 29 JUN 1998
    Event Place: Knox, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

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

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

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