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George Martin TaylorAge: 47 years18881936

Name
George Martin Taylor
Given names
George Martin
Surname
Taylor
Birth April 17, 1888
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 9 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
MarriageMyrtle Mae MoormanView this family
November 11, 1906 (Age 18 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Harry Audra Taylor
November 7, 1907 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Glen Taylor
1909 (Age 20 years)
Census April 26, 1910 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Marvin Taylor
1911 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 27 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 28 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 29 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Census January 12, 1920 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 41 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Census April 5, 1930 (Age 41 years)
Death January 7, 1936 (Age 47 years)
Note: Find A Grave note states killed in truck accident
Family with Myrtle Mae Moorman - View this family
himself
wife
Myrtle Mae Moorman
Birth: March 14, 1885 27 25Benton, Missouri, United States
Death: February 12, 1975Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: November 11, 1906
1 year
son
2 years
son
3 years
son

No family available

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - George Martin Taylor - Household

Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Taylor, George MheadMW22M3IAIIAILteamster
Taylor, Myrtle wifeFW25M322MOMOMO
Taylor, AudradaughterFW2SOKIAMO
Taylor, GlensonMW6 monthsSOKIAMO

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - George Martin Taylor - Household

Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Taylor, G MheadMW31MIAOHOHoil workerin field
Taylor, MyrtlewifeFW34MMOIAMO
Taylor, AudsysonMW12SOKIAMO
Taylor, GlennsonMW10SOKIAMO
Taylor, MarvinsonMW8SOKIAMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - George Martin Taylor - Household

Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Taylor, George AheadMW42M18IAOHIAticket sellerbus station
Taylor, Myrtle MwifeFW40M16MOIAMO
Taylor, Audra HsonMW22SOKINMO
Taylor, Glen MsonMW20SOKIAMObookkeeperbus station
Taylor, MarvinsonMW18SOKIAMO

Death
Find A Grave note states killed in truck accident