Taylor !

[Ancienne Alliance]

I just discovered I had a Taylor ancestor !

The Internet and authorities like the “Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia” all agree that the name Taylor derives from the French “tailler”, “to cut”, and is rendered in latin as”cissor”.

Black states that this is a very common name in early Scots records.

It would originate from Normandy.

Alexander le Taillur is mentioned in 1276 as valet to
Bryce le Taillur in 1296.

I thought it was a typical English name....

I would like to learn anything else.

Thank you.


Best,

Robert

[Redshank]

my long lost brother ??????????

[dfmacliam]

Isn't family history an interesting thing? Casual reading or conversation and you find your family splits into a direction you least expected..lol

I recently learned of a French tie to my family via Huguenots who settled in Ireland.. I just enjoy the little twists and turns history gives us..lol

[macwilkin]

Isn't family history an interesting thing? Casual reading or conversation and you find your family splits into a direction you least expected..lol

I recently learned of a French tie to my family via Huguenots who settled in Ireland.. I just enjoy the little twists and turns history gives us..lol

You're in good company then, as David Crockett's people were Huguenots who settled in Northern Ireland -- the surname was originally Croquetagne.

T.

[Ancienne Alliance]

Hey ! Let's get back to Taylor !


Best,

Robert

[LewdiKris]

My name is Taylor, and some years ago some relatives of mine, now living in Canada, undertook research of our family ancestors. They were unable to be sure of accuracy back farther than 1581, but nevertheless believed that the line continued back to an ancester named Taillour, who came to England with William I in 1066. Interesting! you carry on the thread, I'll continue to watch, and, hopefully, learn more.

LK

[Ancienne Alliance]

My name is Taylor, and some years ago some relatives of mine, now living in Canada, undertook research of our family ancestors. They were unable to be sure of accuracy back farther than 1581, but nevertheless believed that the line continued back to an ancester named Taillour, who came to England with William I in 1066. Interesting! you carry on the thread, I'll continue to watch, and, hopefully, learn more.

LK

I would have some service to ask you.

Could you please ask your relatives if this rings a bell: Richard Taylor/Taillard, son of Robert Taylor and Marie Ouilchet (or Quilchet) in Laval (Canada) before 1790


Kindest Regards,

Robert

[LewdiKris]

I would have some service to ask you.

Could you please ask your relatives if this rings a bell: Richard Taylor/Taillard, son of Robert Taylor and Marie Ouilchet (or Quilchet) in Laval (Canada) before 1790


Kindest Regards,

Robert

My relatives in Canada only went there after the great war (1914-1918), and all the research they did I have a copy of here. All the information relates to Taylors (or Taillours) in UK. I've looked through and find no reference to any Taylor (or Taillard) in Canada, sorry.

Regards LK

[jhockin]

[QUOTE=Ancienne Alliance;822786]
Richard Taylor/Taillard, son of Robert Taylor and Marie Ouilchet (or Quilchet) in Laval (Canada) before 1790

Robert: try these websites:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/g...y/index-e.html

http://www.banq.qc.ca/portal/dt/accu...tion=mode_1024

http://genforum.genealogy.com/

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

you just MAY "get lucky"!

[Ancienne Alliance]

Here is the story...

First a long story about Katherine AKA Marie Françoise. STEVENS, some of you surely remember the context of the times, the late 1680s.

This was a period when Indian Raids occurred in the British American Colonies. The Indians were allied with the French colonists or Canadians in Quebec.

The Captives from these raids were brought to Quebec and, ransomed from the Indians by French Bourgoisie. It seems that those English Captives might then have become endentured servants to their 'rescuers'. Their first names were changed on conversion to the Catholic Church and, over time, many lost their original English names ie TALARD from TAYLOR because of the way it sounded to many people who were illiterate.

In a nutshell, by her wedding to Jacques François PAQUET, on August 1, 1697 in Quebec, Katherine is related to his ancestors, the TAYLORS.

The Taylors could have had the same fate as captives...


Best,

Robert