Ancestry of
Alan Taylor

Historian and Pulitzer Prize Author

Ruel E. Taylor

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• • Grandfather of Alan Taylor — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • Philand D. Taylor 
  • Mother:
  • Addie V. Thompson   
  • Birth Date:
  • 1 Jan 1870 
  • Birth Location:
  • Byron, Oxford, Maine 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 15 Jul 1957 
  • Death Location:
  • Portland, Cumberland, Maine 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Gray Village Cemetery, Gray, Cumberland, Maine 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Nellie R. Shaw
  • Marriage Date:
  • 17 Oct 1896 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Rumford Falls, Oxford, Maine 
  • Child:

  Ruel Edward Taylor Jr. (Ahnentafel No:2 )

• Sources for Ruel E. Taylor

  • ¹ Federal Census, ME, Franklin County, 1900, Rangeley, E.D. 99, Sheet 11B, Image 22 of 22.
  • ² Federal Census, ME, Oxford County, 1870, Mexico, p. 8, Image 8 of 11.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 07/01/2023).
  • ⁴ Journal Tribune (Biddeford, Maine), 02 MAY 1989, p. 2, Obituary for son Ruel Taylor.
  • ⁵ Maine, U.S., Birth Records, 1715-1922, Birth record for Ruel E Taylor, incorrectly filed with 1873 births.
  • ⁶ Maine, U.S., Marriage Index, 1892-1996, Marriage record for Ruel E Taylor and Nellie R Shaw.
  • ⁷ Maine, U.S., Marriage Records, 1713-1922, Marriage record for Ruel E Taylor and Nellie R Shaw.
  • ⁸ Portland Press Herald (Portland, Maine), 17 JUL 1957, p. 23, Obituary for Ruel E Taylor Sr.
  • ⁹ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Record for son Ruel Edward Taylor Jr.

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