Helen Atherton (nee Gaunce) Taylor

Victoria UELAC Early member: Helen Atherton (nee Gaunce) Taylor, 1883 – 1952

  • Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, daughter of Victoria UELAC Founding Member William Grant Gaunce and his UE descendent wife Eliza (nee Atherton) Gaunce.
  • In 1921 Census, Living at Craig miller Road in Saanich with husband , two sons and her father  William Gaunce.  
  • Past President of Chapter E,  P.E.O. (Philanthropic Educational Organization) Sisterhood.
  • Mrs. Howard Taylor is referenced in the May 18, 1930, minutes as a Director, first branch genealogist in 1940, in 1940 convener of the knitting group
  • Buried in Ross Bay with parents.  
  • Loyalist Ancestor: Through father was Obadiah Ackerly, 1757- 1843, Settled in Saint John, N.B. Through mother was  descended from UE Benjamin Atherston, 1736-1816.