Event Date : Thursday, November 05, 1959
Event Type : Death
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Community : Bradford
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Description : One of Bradford's most elderly residents, Mrs. Maud Mary Taylor, passed away at her residence after a brief illlness on Thursday, November 5. She was 89 years of age at the time of her death.Born at Brentwood, England, in 1870, Mrs. Taylor, whose maiden name was Maud Mary Larkin, married the late Edward Charles Taylor at Brentwood in 1904. They moved with their family to Canada in 1914 and lived at Fisher's Corners and Mrs. Taylor taught for a year at Mt. Pleasant School. The family then moved to the Amsterdam settlement across the river and Mrs. Taylor took the position as teacher in the No. 24 King and East Gwillimbury school, a position she held until her retirement at the age of 65 in 1935, when she moved to Bradford. Mr. Taylor died in 1916. One son, Arthur, gave his life in the Second World War. Her only daughter, Mrs. John Harrison (Kathleen) also predeceased her. She is survived by two sons, Harold and Herbert, both of Bradford.A member of Trinity Anglican Church, Bradford, the funeral was from that church on Saturday afternoon with her rector, Rev. E.R. Woolley, conducting the services. Interment was in the cemetery at Christ Church, Holland Landing.The pallbearers were three grandsons, Arthur, David and Donald Harrison, Cecil Dew, Charles Davidson and Fred Gregory.