Ancestry of
Elizabeth Taylor

Movie Actress

Peter Taylor

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• • Great-grandfather of Elizabeth Taylor — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 8 
  • Father:
  • Lewis Taylor 
  • Mother:
  • Rachel Thompson Baker   
  • Birth Date:
  • 31 Aug 1829 
  • Birth Location:
  • Warrick County, Indiana 
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  • Death Date:
  • 26 Jun 1921 
  • Death Location:
  • Cherokee, Alfalfa, Oklahoma 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Margaret Jane Perigo
  • Marriage Date:
  • 11 Oct 1849 
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  • Children:
  
  

  Francis Marion Taylor (Ahnentafel No:4 )

  Lillie Jane Taylor

  • Notes: 

  • Peter Taylor got caught up in the gold fever of the California Gold Rush. In 1850 he headed to California to seek his riches. Unfortunately Peter suffered a mining accident and he returned to Indiana after less than a year. He is said to have returned “depleted in purse and reduced physically by disease.”

• Additional marriages for Peter Taylor

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  • Spouse:
  • Margaret J. Hart
  • Marriage Date:
  • 5 Jan 1868

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  • Spouse:
  • Nancy Nunn
  • Marriage Date:
  • 13 Nov 1887
  • Marriage Location:
  • Spencer County, Indiana

• Sources for Peter Taylor

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A004989.
  • ² History of Warrick, Spencer and Perry Counties, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present . . ., Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. and Co., Publishers (1885), 180-181.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#77 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: An Assortment of Famous Actors", (accessed 10/01/2014).