Walter Raymond Taylor (1913 - 1976)

Born 27 Feb 1913 in Quintette, Escambia, Florida, United States

Ancestors

Son of Walter Cleveland Richard Taylor and Ida Idel Criswell

Husband of Gladys Mae (Crooke) Fillingim — married 16 Dec 1935 (to 14 Aug 1975) in Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, United States

Descendants

Died 31 Aug 1976 at age 63 in Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Taylor Name Study.

Walter Raymond Taylor was born to Walter Taylor and Ida Criswell on 27 February 1913 in Quintette, Escambia County, Florida.^[1]

When he was just 5 years old, his mother passed away, leaving him and his older brother with their father.

In January 1920, they all lived with Walter Sr's brother, Charley Taylor in Walnut Hill, Florida. Charley and Raymond's father worked on the log train. ^[2] In April of the same year, his father remarries to Willie Mollie Pringle. ^[3]

In 1930, the family rented a home on F Street in Pensacola, Florida. His brother, Allen, had married and his wife also lived with them. While his father and brother worked at the sawmill, Raymond worked as a bayman on the waterfront. ^[4]

Marriage and Family

On 16 Dec 1935, Gladys Crooke and Raymond Taylor married in Pensacola, Florida. Her mother and his sister-in-law acted as witnesses.^[5]

In 1939, the couple lost their only daughter,Doris Taylor, to influenzal meningitis at just 8 months old. ^[6]

In 1940, the couple had two sons and lived in Escambia County, Florida. Raymond worked as a government laborer for the Works Progress Administration.^[7][1]

In 1948, the couple lived on Green Street in Pensacola, and Raymond worked as a carpenter ^[8]

By 1960, the couple lived in a house on Massachusettes Avenue^[9] in Pensacola that Walter had built himself. The house began with one bedroom for the couple, and a lean-to kitchen. The children slept in the main room until Raymond added on the extra rooms. ^[10]

On 14 Aug 1975 their marriage ends in divorce. ^[11]

The couple had 7 children in total. ^[12]

Interesting Points

Before the family built the house on Massachusettes, they lived briefly in Orlando while Raymond looked for work. It was only for a period for about 3 weeks, and the family lived in a tent.

While Raymond built the house on Massachusettes Avenue, the family lived in a tent they furnished with an actual dresser and a bed. A hurrican blew through Pensacola. The two younger sons hid under the bed in the tent while Raymond and the oldest son ensured the tents stakes remained in the ground. ^[10]

Raymond was a Mason , member of West Pensacola Lodge No. 296. ^[12]

Appearance

At 27 years old, Walter stood 5'4 and weighed and 112 pounds. He had black hair, brown eyes, and dark skin.^[1]

Education

4th Grade ^[7]

Occupations

• 1930: Bayman on the waterfront in Pensacola, Florida. ^[4]
• In 1940, Raymond worked for WPA^[1], an American New Deal agency, employing millions of job-seekers (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects,including the construction of public buildings and roads.
• 1948: Carpenter ^[8]

Death and Burial

Less than one year after their marriage ended, Walter Raymond Taylor passed away on 31 Aug 1976 in Pensacola, Florida. ^[13][12] He is buried in Union Hill Cemetery, in Pensacola Florida. ^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} "Florida, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2CP-BCRF : 16 August 2019), Walter Raymond Taylor, 16 Oct 1940; records extracted by FamilySearch and images digitized by Ancestry; citing Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, United States, Draft Registration, NARA NAID 7644725. Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147. National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri, n.d.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNYN-753 : accessed 14 February 2020), Raymon Taylor in household of Charley Taylor, Walnut Hill, Escambia, Florida, United States; citing ED 26, sheet 14B, line 66, family 263, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 219; FHL microfilm 1,820,219.
3. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89K6-QRZ8
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SRXF-66Z : accessed 14 February 2020), Richard Taylor, Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 26, sheet 16A, line 1, family 351, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 315; FHL microfilm 2,340,050.
5. ↑ "Florida Marriages, 1830-1993," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRZ7-B8F : 12 July 2019), Walter R Taylor and Gladys Mae Crooke, 16 Dec 1935; citing Marriage, Florida, United States, citing multiple County Clerks of Court, Florida; FHL microfilm 2,115,713.
6. ↑ "Florida Deaths, 1877-1939", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPQL-H3F : 8 August 2019), Walter Raymond Taylor in entry for Doris May Taylor, 1939.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTHV-3ZM : 26 July 2019), Walter Taylor, Election Precinct 47, Escambia, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 17-67, sheet 9B, line 64, family 195, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 586.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Image Publication Title Pensacola, Florida, City Directory, 1948
   • Name Walter R Taylor
   • Gender Male
   • Residence Year 1948
   • Street Address 605 Green
   • Residence Place Pensacola, Florida, USA
   • Occupation Carpenter
   • Spouse Gladys M Taylor
9. ↑ Image Pensacola, Florida, City Directory, 1960
   • Name Walter R Taylor
   • Gender Male
   • Residence Year 1960
   • Street Address 884 Msssachuaette ev Eaatmont
   • Residence Place Pensacola, Florida, USA
   • Spouse Gladys M Taylor
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Talking with son in 2020
11. ↑ "Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKWB-2TD : 25 December 2014), Walter Raymond Taylor and Gladys, 14 Aug 1975; from "Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Escambia, Florida, certificate 038975, volume 1983, Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2} Obituary for Walter Raymond Taylor Pensacola News Journal Pensacola, Florida 01 Sep 1976, Wed • Page 6
13. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYZ2-13T : 19 May 2014), Walter Taylor, Aug 1976; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
14. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136181161

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between David Taylor and MS, his 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are George Criswell and Malsey Busby, the great great grandparents of both David Taylor and MS. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd cousin 1x removed, based on sharing 132 cM across 6 segments.
• Sister's obituary: Obituary for Violet M. Manning NorthEscambia.com." Northescambia https://www.northescambia.com/2023/10/violet-m-manning. Accessed 11 Oct. 2023.