TAYLOR, Arthur Edward

Name – TAYLOR, Arthur Edward
Born – 10/09/1877
Died – 10/02/1965
Location – No 40 Methodist Section
Mother – Elizabeth Jane Paynter
Father – William Taylor

Notes – Arthur Edward was born to Elizabeth Jane (Paynter) and William Taylor in 1877 at Wharparilla, Victoria. He came from a large family having siblings of Amos, Bessie, Edith, Eric, Herberta, Irene, Leonard and Ralph. Arthur was know by many as Art.

Art married Ida May Smith in 1908 at Litchville in Victoria. They had children but the only ones known of were Edward Allan and Eileen Bernice who married George Clark and another daughter who married Mr D. Dunstan and a Valerie.

Art first appears on the Tara census in 1912 at Undulla Creek and he is a farmer. From 1916 to 1949 he is there with Ida and is still farming. In 1921 he had a great wheat crop for the times and this was recorded in the newspapers.

He bought Allansford which is just off the Undulla Creek Road and Tullagrie Road, Tara. In 1933 he had a hundred full wool merino sheep stolen from him. In 1938 he had an accident and cut his face while shearing. In 1949 he and Ida hosted the wedding reception for Mrs and Mr Clarke at Allansford.

Arthur has a headstone that reads – In loving Memory of My Dear Husband and our Dear Father Arthur Edward Taylor. Died 10th February, 1965. Aged 86 Years.

Newspaper Article – Read here.

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