On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 17:05:51 -0400, singhals <[email protected]> wrote: >Did anything in particular happen in 1884 (in SC or GA) that might cause >a man to name his 2nd child TAYLOR when it wasn't a family name on >either his side or his wife's? > >I was thinking Zachary Taylor, but he'd been dead 34 years by then ... :( > >I know a lot of kids were given politically-related names during >election years, and since I can't find ol' Taylor as Taylor after 1900, >I thought maybe if I had a 2nd name to look at/for I might turn him up. > >Cheryl > Hi Cheryl, TAYLOR could be the name of the local minister. I have two folks in my family, born 1830's-1870's, who were given the surname of their minister as a middle name. Sara