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John Taylor and Mary Clarke emigrated from Snettisham, Norfolk, England to Canada in 1836. They spent several months in Toronto where John Taylor teamed grain and flour to and from the mill on the Humber River, now the site of the Old Mill Inn. In the spring of 1837, they moved to and settled in Pickering Township in what is now the Province of Ontario but was then known as Upper Canada.
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| The 100-acre John Taylor-Mary Clarke homestead was located at N1/2 Lot 32, Concession 1 in Pickering Township. Image courtesy of Ron Marshall. |
Only four of John and Mary's eight grown children stayed in Pickering Township. The other four children sought land elsewhere in Ontario.
The following list shows where John Taylor and Mary Clarke's adult children lived:
John Taylor and his wife, Margaret Jane Mason moved c1855 to Usborne Township in Huron County. They lived at Lot C, Concession 9.
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| John Taylor and Margaret Jane Mason lived at Lot C, Concession 9 in Usborne Township, several miles from Exeter, Ontario. Image courtesy of Ron Marshall. |
William Taylor and his wife, Helen Peat stayed in Pickering Township. They lived at Lot 29, Concession 2. William died at home on this property in 1919.
Robert Taylor and his wife, Frances "Fanny" Dixon moved in 1854 to Lot 11, Concession 13 in Ashfield Township in the northern part of Huron County. Their property was about 2-3 miles from Lucknow, and 22 miles from Goderich. In January, 1875 they sold the property and they were living in East Nissouri Township in Oxford County but it's not known exactly where they lived. In 1878, they moved to Lot 1, Concession 12 in Brooke Township, Lambton County.
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| Robert Taylor (1826-1915) |
Sarah Taylor and her husband, Andrew Annis moved to Lot 1, Concession 1, Port Union, Scarborough Township. Their property was known as Mount Pleasant Farm, and their stone house (built by Andrew Annis) was known affectionately as "The Manor."
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| "The Manor": home of the Sarah Taylor-Andrew Annis family in Port Union, Scarborough Township at what is now the corner of Lawrence Avenue & Port Union Road. The house was demolished in 1974 to make way for a shopping plaza. |
Emily Taylor and her husband, James Lankin moved to Lot D, Concession 9 in Usborne Township, Huron County; the farm adjacent to her brother, John Taylor. The 1871 Census shows that the Emily Taylor-James Lankin family have moved to Blanshard Township, Perth County at Lot 16, Concession W13. Eventually, they moved back to Usborne Township (Woodham) living on part of Lot 12, SE Boundary.
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| Emily Taylor & James Lankin lived for awhile at Lot D, Concession 9 in Usborne Township. This property was later owned by Emily's nephew, William Taylor and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Bennett. Image courtesy of Ron Marshall. |
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| Another property owned by James Lankin & Emily Taylor. Lot 16, Concession W13 in Blanshard Township, Perth County, Ontario. Photo courtesy of Ron Marshall. |
James Clark Taylor (Jimmie Clark) and his wife, Eleanor Helen Fawcett stayed in Pickering Township. They lived at first on a section of the Taylor homestead with Jimmie's mother, Mary (Clarke) Taylor at NW1/4 Lot 32, Concession 1. Later, Jimmie, Eleanor, their children, and Jimmie's mother moved to N1/2 Lot 29, Concession 2.
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| The James Taylor-Eleanor Fawcett family lived on the north half of Lot 29, Concession 2 in Pickering Township, near the hamlet of Cherrywood. |
Fanny Taylor and her husband, Jabez Collins stayed in Pickering Township, farming at Lot 33, Concession 1; the lot next to the John Taylor-Mary Clarke homestead.
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| Fanny Taylor's husband, Jabez Collins. If anyone has a photo of Fanny Taylor, please contact me. |
Mary Ann Taylor and her husband, James Brander stayed in Pickering Township. They lived on a 50-acre farm at Lot 27, Concession 2, across from the Erskine Church & Cemetery.
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| Erskine Church & Cemetery across the road from the Mary Ann Taylor-James Brander property. Erskine Church is near the corner of Finch Avenue and Fairport Road in the Dunbarton neighbourhood of Pickering, Ontario. |
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