Mary Margaret (Zeh) Taylor (1854)

Ancestors

Wife of John T Taylor — married 23 May 1893 in Wright, Schoharie, New York, United States

Descendants

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Biography

Mary was born in 1854. She is the daughter of Peter Zeh and Margaret Martin. By 1875, she had married Charles Wilbur and had two children, Burton (about 1876), and Frank (Dec 1876). By 1880, Mary is a widow and keeping house for her father Peter Zeh, living with only the children. She married John Taylor.

Sources

• [1] 1850 United States Census for Peter G Zeh, accessed 7 Feb 2021, via Ancestry.com. Peter, 48, and his wife Margaret, 45, are living in Wright, Schoharie, New York, with children Elias, 20, Ira, 18, William, 17, Martin, 14, Charles, 11, Aurelia, 8, and Mary, 6. Peter's mother, Mary Zeh 74, also lives with the family.
• [2] 1870 United States Federal Census for Peter J Zeh, accessed 7 Feb 2021, via Ancestry.com. Peter, 58, and his wife Margaret, 54, are living with children Martin, 24, Charles, 21, and Mary, 16, in Wright, Schoharie, New York.
• [3] New York, U.S., State Census 1875 for Charles Wilbur, accessed 7 Feb 2021, via Ancestry.com. Charles Wilbur, 23, and wife Mary Wilbur, 21, are living in Wright, Schoharie, New York. The couple is living in the same household as Mary's parents, Peter J Zeh and Margaret Zeh.
• [4] 1880 United States Federal Census for Peter J Zeh, accessed 7 Feb 2021, via Ancestry.com. Peter Zeh, 68, is a widower, living with his daughter Mary Wilbur, 26, her children, Burton Wilbur, 4, and Mark Wilbur, 3, in Wright, Schoharie, New York. A grandson, Eddie Zeh, 12, also lives with the family.
• [5] John T Taylor, in the New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967, accessed 11 Feb 2021, via Ancestry.com. Marriage for John T Taylor and Mary M Wilbur (nee Mary M Zeh).
• [6] 1900 United States Federal Census for Mary Taylor, accessed 7 Feb 2021, via Ancestry.com. Mary Zeh, 46, has remarried John Taylor, 52. They are living in Wright, Schoharie, New York, along with Frank Wilbur, 23.
• [7] 1910 United States Census for Mary M Taylor, accessed 11 Feb 2021, via Ancestry.com. Husband John Taylor is 67; Mary is 56. Record says the couple has been married 16 years. She has given birth to two children; two are living.
• [8] New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999, for Peter J Zeh, accessed 7 Feb 2021, via Ancestry.com. The will, dated 2 Apr 1890, names his sons Ira, Alfred, Elias, and Charles; daughters Frankie E Barton, Aurelia Ostrander, and Mary Wilbur; grandson George E Zeh, and granddaughter Mattie Weckill.
• Berne Historical Project
• Peter J. Zeh Family Bible, 1837, Old Stone Fort Library, Albany County, New York.