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Mary Ann <I>Donaldson</I> Taylor

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Mary Ann Donaldson Taylor

Birth
Ontario, Canada
Death
3 Apr 1894 (aged 34–35)
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Date of death shown is service date.
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Source: family recollections, niki cotton (#46934522) Great great grand daughter

Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, 1933-1934
Name: Mary Ann Donaldson
Age: 20
Birth: abt 1859, Woodstock, Ontario
Marriage: 27 Feb 1879, Oxford, Ontario, Canada
Mother: Mary Ann Donaldson
Spouse: Edward Campbell Taylor

Mary Ann Donaldson was born in Ontario, Canada to Mary Ann Donaldson (died in Canada in 1923, single.) Father's name is unknown. She married Edward Campbell Taylor in 1879 and worked in Woolen goods. They moved to Michigan in the early 1890s and had 4 girls, but 3 died, and she died soon after.

The Michigan reference comes from my grandmother - Eva May Taylor, Mary Ann and Edward's daughter. My grandmother was born in Canada, and she told me of their travels to Michigan in a covered wagon. Then after Mary's death, her father worked various jobs while Mary {Eva?} was sent to various foster homes. They eventually moved to Washington State.
I've found the 1930 census that lists Edward as a widowed boarder in Michigan. (My grandmother was married and in Washington State by that time.)

Concerns: no definitive Michigan record, only Canada and Washington State
Date of death shown is service date.
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Source: family recollections, niki cotton (#46934522) Great great grand daughter

Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, 1933-1934
Name: Mary Ann Donaldson
Age: 20
Birth: abt 1859, Woodstock, Ontario
Marriage: 27 Feb 1879, Oxford, Ontario, Canada
Mother: Mary Ann Donaldson
Spouse: Edward Campbell Taylor

Mary Ann Donaldson was born in Ontario, Canada to Mary Ann Donaldson (died in Canada in 1923, single.) Father's name is unknown. She married Edward Campbell Taylor in 1879 and worked in Woolen goods. They moved to Michigan in the early 1890s and had 4 girls, but 3 died, and she died soon after.

The Michigan reference comes from my grandmother - Eva May Taylor, Mary Ann and Edward's daughter. My grandmother was born in Canada, and she told me of their travels to Michigan in a covered wagon. Then after Mary's death, her father worked various jobs while Mary {Eva?} was sent to various foster homes. They eventually moved to Washington State.
I've found the 1930 census that lists Edward as a widowed boarder in Michigan. (My grandmother was married and in Washington State by that time.)

Concerns: no definitive Michigan record, only Canada and Washington State

Gravesite Details

Interment book, unmarked grave



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