Robert Matthew Taylor and Elizabeth Barr

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="097f0f21egerdp.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#66334C" FACE="Arial" ><B>Our Family  Past and Present</B></FONT><B>      |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Family Past and Present"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id341.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Taylor Genealogy Report"><U>Taylor Genealogy Report</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id340.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Robert and Rose Barr"><U>Robert and Rose Barr</U></A>   |   <B>Robert Matthew Taylor and Elizabeth Barr </B>   |   <A HREF="id393.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scotlands Gold Silversmiths"><U>Scotland's Gold & Silversmiths</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="096f2f02egerdp.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="17f7eb10.gif" border=0 width="126" height="177" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Taylor Crest</div> <div> <A HREF="id341.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Taylor Genealogy Report"><U><B>Taylor Genealogy Report</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id340.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Robert and Rose Barr"><U><B>Robert and Rose Barr</B></U></A></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f04c336600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Robert Matthew Taylor and Elizabeth Barr </B></div> <div> <A HREF="id393.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scotlands Gold Silversmiths"><U><B>Scotland's Gold & Silversmiths</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="099f0f03.jpg"> <div> <I>Robert Matthew Taylor and Elizabeth Barr </I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Robert Matthew Taylor was born in Ireland, of Scottish parents. He returned to Scotland before 1868. It was there he met and married Elizabeth Barr, daughter of Robert and Rose Barr.</div> <div>  Their first child, Robert J. was born in June of 1869. </div> <bR> <div> Robert, Sr. was a goldplater, and problably lived in a large city in Scotland. </div> <div>  In 1872, Elizabeth, who was pregnant, and her husband Robert, boarded a ship with their three year old son Robert J., and began the long journey to America.</div> <bR> <div>  While at sea,  Elizabeth gave birth to her second son, James Joseph </div> <div>  on February 12, 1872. The Taylor family arrived in the port of Boston, and settled in Attleboro Falls, Massachusetts. While there, more children were born to them. Matthew in 1873, Catherine in 1875 and Elizabeth in 1877. </div> <bR> <div> On September 10, 1875, little four month old Catherine died and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in North Attleboro.</div> <bR> <div> The family then moved to Providence, Rhode Island.  Mary Ann was born in 1879 while they lived at 132 Beacon Street. By 1881 they were at 55 Clinton Street.  Margaret Shattuck Taylor was born there in 1881, and Thomas in 1883. At that time the family was living at 55 Clinton Street. Sometime between 1883 and 1885, Robert Matthew died.  On the 1885 Rhode Island Census, Elizabeth was the head of the house. Young Matthew went to work as a helper. He was only ten.The family then fell on hard times. They  moved to 46/47 Wickenden Street by the summer of 1887. On August 6, 1887, little four year old Thomas died. In 1897 James died at the age of 25. Elizabeth died on July 11, 1899 at 48 Wickenden Street. She was only 53.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="324e99b0.jpg" border=0 width="233" height="155" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Gravestone of Catherine A. Taylor</div> <div> Four Months </div> <div> 1873</div> <div> Mount Hope Cemetery, North Attleboro,MA</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>