Biography

MARGARET TAYLOR

Burial register ID: 7582
Surname: TAYLOR
First name: MARGARET
Middle names:
Gender: Female
Age: 52 Years
Cause of death: Unknown
Burial type:
Date of death: 12-Aug-1896
Date of burial: 14-Aug-1896

Block: 82
Plot: 1
Inscription:

In memory of

Our dear mother

MARGARET TAYLOR,

Died Aug. 12. 1896.

"At rest."

Bio contributor: Joy Bennett

Margaret Raffan was christened on 29 May 1844 in Cairney by Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. She married John Taylor on 18 May 1866 at the house of John Kirkland, Elm Grove, East Taieri, Otago. They had four children: William Grant Taylor, John Hamilton Reid Taylor, Margaret Elizabeth Kirkland Taylor and Mary Jane Taylor. Margaret died on 12 August 1896 at her home in Heriot Row, Dunedin, from heart disease. Her husband John died in 1888 and is buried in the East Taieri Cemetery, Mosgiel.

Information supplied by Joy Bennett (née Taylor), great-granddaughter of Margaret and John.

There are 1 Interments in this grave:

Surname First names Age Date of death Date of burial
TAYLOR MARGARET 52 Years 12-Aug-1896 14-Aug-1896