CAN YOU IDENTIFY ANY OF THESE PEOPLE?
are of your family but you don't have a clue as to who some of the people are.
I will use this page to post some of these photos that I have ran across and hope
that someone out there may be able to identify the person or people in them. If you
know any of these unknowns, please let me know.
| This may be a photo of William and Rebecca Taylor with four of their children. I beleive that the young lady in the back row may be Catherine 'Kate' Taylor at a young age. Can you identify any of these people? | Unknown photo #1 (24KB) |
| I think this may be a photo of Rebecca Taylor (with glasses) and two sisters ('Nan' and 'Pat' Murphy) and one of Rebecca's daughters (Maggie) - but I am not certain. Written on the back of the photo is "Maggie Taylor/Nan & Pat Murphy/&Grandma Taylor. This photo and the writting on back may be another clue to the theory that Rebecca's maiden name was Murphy - if these are two of her sisters and they never married. | Unknown photo #2 (38KB) |
| I have no clue as to who these people are - but I would sure like to find out. | Unknown photo #3 (37KB) |
| I am told by one family member that they beleive the couple on the left are Cortney and Catherine 'Kate' Taylor but this remains unconfirmed. The other individuals are unknown. | Unknown photo #4 (11KB) |
| Written on back is "Aunt Mag". I think this may be Maggie Taylor (on the right) and her sister Catherine 'Kate' Taylor. | Unknown photo #5 (11KB) |
| One Taylor family member believes this is a group photo of a Taylor reunior held by Sam Taylor who is a son of William and Rebecca Taylor. If so, this is a photo of their children at an older age with spouses. I believe that the third couple from the left are Cortney and Kate Taylor. | Unknown photo #6 (34KB) |
| This is a photo on a postcard of four ladies. I have absolutely no clue as to who they are. Do you? | Unknown photo #7 (25KB) |
THE GILBERT TAYLOR COLLECTION
During a recent visit to Van Zandt County, Texas, I was fortunate
enough to have been given a box of old photos that my uncle had
been given several years earlier.
The photos were from a collection of Gilbert Taylor and his family.
Gilbert was a son of my Bart Taylor.
Gilbert died on July 2, 1961. He had been married to Lavada Abrams.
The photos provided a wealth of images of past Taylor ancestors.
Some of the photos are of people that are known and
other photos are of people unknown.
I am posting many of the
photos below to share with other
interested researchers. Those who are known are
identified. The
wording in quote marks is
what is written on the back of the photo.
If you can identify any of the unknown individuals,
I would sure like to hear from you.
My thanks to Gilbert and Lavada Taylor for
having collected the photos;
to Oris, who lived with Gilbert and Lavada, and passed
the photos down to my uncle;
and to my uncle, Jack, who was kind
enough to give me the photos.
NOTE: All of these photos were saved in a "low quality" format in
order to keep the file size down and help download time.
If you are interested in copies of any of these, let
me know and I will provide you with a much
higher quality image.
| "Albert Leo Willaims - borned Oct the 6th 1902" I have no idea who this young child belongs to. UPDATE: Charles B. Taylor has helped identify this young man. He is indeed Albert Leo Williams, son of Charlie and Emma (Taylor) Williams. Emma was a daughter of Thomas Yancey and Saphronie Taylor. | gc2.jpg - 2 KB |
| "Jennie Rae" This is probably Katie Taylor's sister , Jennie, and Jennies husband (John Rea) and two children. Jennie was born in 1880. | gc3.jpg - 18 KB |
| "Thomas Ira Coburn - Effie Taylor" This is a photo on a post card. Ira Coburn (one of the women in this photo) is one of Bart and Matilda's daughters. She married Thomas Coburn. Thomas and Ira had no children. At this time I do not know who Effie belongs to. | gc6.jpg - 15 KB |
| "Lillie Welch - Lois Welch - Valie Taylor - Unie Mae Taylor" This is another photo on a post card. At this time I do not know who any of these individuals belong to. UPDATE - May 2000 - Two of these children, Lillie and Lois Welch have been identified as children of Nancy Taylor and her husband, Walter Welch. Nancy was a sister to our Katie Taylor. | gc7.jpg - 20 KB |
| Nothing is written on back. This is a portrait of two young children - unknown for now. | gc8.jpg - 20 KB |
| The only thing readable on back is "J.C. George" This is a portrait of four young children - unknown for now. | gc9.jpg - 17 KB |
| "Uncle Tom Taylor and family liking one boy" Unknown relation. UPDATE: February 2000 - Charles B. Taylor with the help of Doris Taylor has helped identify this family. It is a photo of Thomas Yancey Taylor and his family. As it turns out that Thomas was a brother to our Bart Taylor. To learn more about the Thomas Yancey Taylor family see the Thomas and Martha (Cason) Taylor page. | gc10.jpg |
| "Uncle Bill Taylor" It is beleived that this is one of Bart's brothers who came to Texas with him in the early 1870s. The 1900 Van Zandt County census shows a W.H. Taylor with several children. One of the children is named Bartley which is a name that has been associated with Bart and Bart's son Cortney. | gc11.jpg - 16 KB |
| "Uncle W.H. Taylor or Bill " As noted in the previous photo, this is beleived to be one of Bart's brothers. | gc12.jpg - 9 KB |
| "Vaders - Winnie Abrams -John's girl " Photo of a baby apparently named Winnie Abrams - Unknown relation. | gc13.jpg - 6 KB |
| "Lee Taylor" Photo on a postcard of a man in military uniform current relation unknown. | gc14.jpg - 7 KB |
| "Nation Children" Portrait of six young children - relation unknown. | gc15.jpg - 26 KB |
| "Sam and Sallie Copeland - Sallie Taylor before she married - Bill Taylors 2 girl" Relation unknown. | gc16.jpg - 9 KB |
| "Elvin Abriens" (Hard to read) Photo of young child - relation unknown. | gc17.jpg - 13 KB |
| "Tommy Taylor - G T Taylors cousin" Portrait of man sitting in chair - relation unknown. | gc18.jpg - 21 KB |
| "Taylor" Portrait of man - relation unknown. | gc23.jpg - 9 KB |
| Writting on back is unreadable. Post card of a woman, a young girl and a baby - relation unknown. | gc25.jpg - 10 KB |
| Portrait of a couple taken in Troy, Alabama - relation unknown. | gc26.jpg - 9 KB |
| "Bular Taylor" Photo of a woman - relation unknown. UPDATE - February 2000: Thanks again to Charles B. Taylor and James Calloway for helping identify this photo. It is of Mary Beulah Taylor, daughter of Thomas Yancey Taylor. For more about Thomas and his daughter visit the Thomas and Martha (Casen) Taylor page. | gc27.jpg - 10 KB |
| "Allie Taylor" Photo of a woman - relation unknown. | gc28.jpg - 5 KB |
| Hard to read looks like "Gilbert Taylor" is part of writting. Old tintype photo of two children - relation unknown. | gc29.jpg - 3 KB |
| Can not read wrtitting on back. Old tintype photo of a woman - relation unknown. | gc30.jpg - 4 KB |
| Looks like "Aunt Marthey" Old tintype photo of a woman - relation unknown. | gc31.jpg - 3 KB |
| Nothing written on back Old tintype photo of a man - relation unknown. | gc32.jpg - 3 KB |
| Nothing written on back Old tintype photo of a woman - relation unknown. | gc33.jpg - 3 KB |
| Looks like "Cullin Taylor" Old tintype photo of a man - relation unknown. | gc34.jpg - 3 KB |
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