Researching Catherine Taylor
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 191515 people with the Taylor surname? In that year Taylor was ranked number 5 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Catherine means "Pure" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Catherine Taylor on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Catherine Taylor and the Taylor Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Taylor Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Taylor family tree.
Search Parish Records for Catherine Taylor at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Catherine Taylor using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about Catherine Taylor.
Research the Taylor surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Taylor Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 239073 people with the Taylor surname in the UK? Taylor is now ranked number 5 for popularity in the UK. |
Taylor Family History Databases
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Investigate the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Catherine Taylor.
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Taylor Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 944895 people with the Taylor surname in the USA? Taylor is ranked number 9 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Taylor Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Catherine Taylor. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Catherine Taylor
Catherine Taylor (South African politician)
Catherine Dorothea Taylor (4 February 1914 in Birmingham, England – 9 April 1992 in Cape Town) was a South African politician. She was the Member of Parliament for Wynberg, Cape Town until she resigned from the United Party in 1974.
Taylor was a United MP for Wynberg, 1953–74, Shadow Minister of Education 1971-74 and Shadow Secretary for Coloured Affairs 1972–74. She also wrote an autobiography, "If Courage Goes".
She was a daughter of Harold Stephen Sharpe an Anglican priest and archdeacon. She read philosophy, languages, psychology and history at Bristol University.
Taylor married Lance Gordon Taylor in Cape Town on 5 September 1939. They had three sons.
Source: Catherine Taylor (South African politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaCatherine Taylor (orienteer)
Catherine Taylor or Cat Taylor (born 11 August 1989) is a British orienteer.
She made her international breakthrough by winning a bronze medal in the long distance at the 2014 European Orienteering Championships in Palmela. The next year at the 2015 World Orienteering Championships in Inverness, Scotland, she placed sixth in the long distance.
Taylor also won the 2012 British sprint Championships at University of York and has won the overall JK Title twice.
She was a student at the University of Edinburgh from 2011 to 2012, and competed for EUOC.
Source: Catherine Taylor (orienteer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Taylor
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