Silas Taylor

1845 - 1914  (68 years)

• Name	Silas Taylor
  Born	5 Oct 1845	Amherst Head, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Bef Sep 1866	Tidnish, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada   [1]
  Census	1871	, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada   [4]
  	26 in 1871 census
  Census	1881	, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada   [5]
  	35 in 1881 census
  Census	1891	, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada   [6]
  	46 in 1891 census
  Census	1901	, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada   [2]
  	55 in 1901 census
  Died	6 Feb 1914	Tidnish, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada   [7]
  Obituary	25 Feb 1914	Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada   [7]
  	Amherst daily News
  	Obituary Mr. Silas TAYLOR, one of the best known and highly respected residents of Tidnish, Cumb. Co., passed away at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. A.C. Reid, Tidnish, Friday, Feb. 6th, aged sixty-nine years. He had been suffering with paralysis for about eleven years and his death was not unexpected. He is survived by six children, two sons and four daughters, Mrs. A.C. Reid, Tidnish, (post mistress), Robert of Winnipeg, Man., Lindsay and Ada of Boston, Mass., Eva of Leominster, Mass., and Mable of Peabody, Mass. Mr. Taylor was post-master of Tidnish for about twenty-five years and a Liberal in politics; also a Fenian veteran. Henry Ward Taylor and Stephen F. Taylor of Tidnish, and John W. Taylor of Kenova, Ont., are brothers of the deceased. [From the Amherst Daily News Newspaper, dated Wednesday, 25 February 1914, page 4.] [posted to NSCUmber mailing list 16 Aug 2004 by Kathryn Jeffers]
  Occupation	Tidnish, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada   [7]
  	post master
  Person ID	I3907	Arthur - Research
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2012

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Abigail Brownell,   b. 28 Jan 1837,   d. 5 Oct 1895  (Age 58 years)
  Married	25 Sep 1866	Tidnish, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada   [1, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  	he was 21; she was 24
  Children	1. Ida Rebecca Taylor,   b. 8 Apr 1867, Cross Roads, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Robert William Taylor,   b. 25 Sep 1868, Tidnish, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Ada Jane Taylor,   b. 2 Mar 1870, Amherst Shore, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 16 Jul 1914, Winthrop, , Massachusetts, United States  (Age 44 years)   4. Lindsay Taylor,   b. Abt 1872,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Eva S Taylor,   b. 5 Mar 1874, Chapman Settlement, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. George W Taylor,   b. Abt 1880,   d. 11 Jun 1904  (Age ~ 24 years)   7. Mabel Taylor,   b. Abt 1882,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1156	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Census - 1871 - , Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada Census - 1881 - , Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada Census - 1891 - , Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada Census - 1901 - , Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada Obituary - Amherst daily News - 25 Feb 1914 - Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Vital Stats: NS, Cumberland Co - Marriages 1864-1913 (Reliability: 2). [S685] Census: 1901 Cumberland Co, NS, Tidnish District, #3007, Fam #7. [S822] Info: Philip Brides, Smith GEDCOM, received Jul 2000. [S116] CEN0011 Census: 1871 Cumberland Co, NS, Head of Amherst District A, #1656, Fam # 2. [S117] CEN0012 Census: 1881 Cumberland Co, NS, Amherst Shore District A, #1442, Fam #161. [S118] CEN0013 Census: 1891 Cumberland Co, NS, Tidnish District, #2500, Fam # 100. [S695] Obituaries: General, Silas Taylor, Amherst Daily News, 25 Feb 1914, p.4. [S23] Book: Brownell Genealogy, p.112. [S686] Info: Melanie Hamilton. 'Descendants of Aaron Brownell' report, 17 Apr 1999 [S731] Vital Stats: NS, Colchester Co - Births, Marriages, Deaths, p.220, #255 (Reliability: 2). [S753] Info: Barbara Trenholm-Merklinger, Benjamin Allen Family, , viewed 24 Jan 2004.