Robert William Taylor

Victoria UELAC Early Member: Robert William Taylor, 1915 – 1991

  • Born in Victoria. Grandson of Victoria UELAC Founding Member William Grant Gaunce and his UE descendent wife Eliza (nee Atherton) Gaunce.
  • In 1921 Census, 5 years old . living at Craig miller Road in Saanich with parents, brother and grandfather  William Gaunce.  
  • Worked as an Optometrist in Victoria for 50 years. Was a member of Masonic Lodge and Gizeh Temple.  Served as Treasurer of Victoria UELAC for a period.
  • Buried location uncertain.   
  • Loyalist Ancestor: Through grandfather was Obadiah Ackerly, 1757- 1843, Settled in Saint John, N.B. Through grandmother was  descended from UE Benjamin Atherston, 1736-1816.

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