Ethelred Rosa Annie Taylor (1870 - 1930)

Born 1 Dec 1870 in the Mission House, Putiki, Whanganui, New Zealand

Ancestors

Died 23 Aug 1930 at age 59 in Whanganui, New Zealand

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Biography

Physiotherapist and Governess, of Whanganui, New Zealand.

Background

She was the 3rd daughter of Rev Basil Kirke Taylor and Edith Palmer Tylee.

Whanganui society

27 Feb 1884. Tea-Meeting and Entertainment. The tea-meeting and promenade concert organised in aid of a fund to be devoted to effecting necessary repairs to Christ Church was held in the Drill Hall last evening and proved a great success in every way. [Etc] Tables were taken by Mesdames Rotherham and White [etc]; Mesdames Woon and Gray, assisted by the Misses Taylor (2); Mesdames Medley and Welsh, assisted by Misses Medley, Montgomery, Welsh (2) and Wright; Mesdames Tudor and Basil Taylor, assisted by Misses Ethel Tudor, Ethel Taylor, Ethel Martelli and Roberts. [Etc; for entire article see her uncle, Captain Spencer Mansel Medley]. WH, 27 Feb 1884, Vol XIX, Issue 5294, p2, NLNZ.

Death and burial

She never married and died on 23 August 1930, aged 59. She was buried on 25 August 1930 in the Taylor Family Burial Ground at Heads Road Cemetery, Whanganui.

Acknowledgements

Research by Whanganui Historian, G Randal Springer; correspondence (14 Dec 2000 & 6 Jan 2001).

Sources

'Recollections of Rev Richard Taylor' and Genealogical Notebooks, compiled by (his great-grandson) Cranleigh Harper Barton BEM, which form part of the Cranleigh Barton Bequest, Whanganui Regional Museum, New Zealand (1975).

Birth reg 1870/19299; death 1930/6920, age 59, NZBDM: https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search/search?path=%2FqueryEntry.m%3Ftype%3Dbirths.