Jane Anne Tait^[1]

1857 - 1899  (42 years)

• Name	Jane Anne Tait
  Born	17 February 1857	Bradford, McKean Co., Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  	(Foster Brook, PA)
  Gender	Female
  Alias/AKA	Jane Anna Tait  [2]
  Residence	Bradford, Pa.
  Died	29 September 1899	Bradford, McKean Co., Pennsylvania, USA
  	Remembrance card
  Person ID	I70842	Clan Moffat Genealogy
  Last Modified	6 March 2006

  
  

  Father	Thomas Tait,   b. 25 June 1815, Kirkpatrick Durham, Dumfriesshire, Scotland ,   d. 25 September 1891, Foster Twp., McKean Co., Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Moffat,   b. 1813, Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland ,   d. 8 January 1885, Bradford, McKean Co., Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 72 years)
  Married	6 March 1840	Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland   [3, 4]
  	proclamation in KirkPatrick-Durham22 Feb 1840
  Family ID	F49479	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse	Harry Francis Fox,   b. 15 April 1849, Lydlinch, Dorset, England ,   d. 1 March 1932, Fort Lauderdale, Broward Co., Florida, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Married	10 July 1877	possibly, Bradford, McKean Co., Pennsylvania, USA   [5]
  	Donahoo says July 7
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Tate Fox,   b. 17 January 1879, Babcock’s Mill, McKean Co., Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 1932, Bradford, McKean Co., Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 52 years) + 2. Dr. Francis Harry Fox,   b. 22 August 1881, Bradford, McKean Co., Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. about 30 March 1958, Las Vegas, Clark Co., Nevada, USA  (Age 76 years) + 3. Estella Clara Fox,   b. November 1882, Bradford, McKean Co., Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. about 30 April 1949, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, USA  (Age ~ 66 years) + 4. Alice Ethel Fox,   b. 6 April 1883, Derrick City, McKean Co., Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 1 June 1972, Keene, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA  (Age 89 years) + 5. Howard Edward Fox,   b. 3 June 1884, Foster Brook, McKean Co., Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. about 24 April 1956, Bradford, McKean Co., Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 71 years) + 6. Agnes Vivian Fox,   b. 22 April 1886, Bradford, McKean Co., Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 22 April 1975, Bakersfield, Kern Co., California, USA  (Age 89 years) + 7. Earl Maurice Fox,   b. 7 May 1891, Babcock’s Mill, McKean Co., Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. about 2 April 1971, Bradford, McKean Co., Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F49458	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  According to her death notice, Jane Tait died September 29, 1899 leaving her husband Harry Fox seven children to raise. She apparently fell going down cellar, and one of her ribs punctured her heart, according to granddaughter Helen Saar. More is known about the Tait ancestry, chronicled by her older sister, Aunt Lizzie Tait (Gallaher). Aunt Lizzie was remembered by Lois Appleton (Faulkner) when she visited Bradford, Pa. when she was 14 (1924). [Adapted by Alaric Faulkner from reminiscences of Lizzie Tait Gallaher, Notes of Stella Fox Beam] Jane Ann, the youngest daughter, was born in the new house 1857, February 17th, before the time of the deer. Jane was the only one of Thomas and only one of the children of Tomas and Elizabeth Tait born on what came to be known as the old Tait farm. All petted her a lot. Here corn was stored upstairs to dry. Since there were no stairs, it was hauled up with a rope. Jane was hauled up in the last bag. She got sick that night, and wanted to get out of bed and pray all the time. Jane liked kittens. George and Tom drowned all but one and she had to protect that from the dogs. She had to feed it out halfway between barn and house, because the boys would not let it in house. Jane went to school at Limestone, New York [a hamlet in Carrolton, Cattaraugus Co, NY just no of Bradford PA], staying there with her sister Agnes, Mrs. Truman Snyder. She married Harry Fox in June of 1877, who worked for her father at the time. Harry had gone west before that, but had returned. They were married at home, and Copland [sic] was the preacher. They went to Niagara Falls on a wedding trip. When they came back, they settled in George's house, which her sister Janet had fixed up. It was there that she met her fate [fell down stairs and was killed?]. Agnes, Jane and Elizabeth all lived along in a row at Babcock [Bradford, PA]. Jane and Harry lived at the old place, Lizzie and her husband Thompson Gallaher were where Tom's house now stands [1030] and Belle and Tom Tait lived out by the chestnut tree. (The elder Thomas Tait had bought the Madison Place of 50 acres. He-gave Tom around 15 acres up by the chestnut, Jane about 15 where the old house stood and George 15 where Harry's [Harry Fox’s] house stood. Harry had built a house there on Thomas Tait's place when he was working for him in anticipation of marrying his daughter Jane). Jane died on September 30, 1899. Elizabeth and [her daughter] Anna came to keep house for Harry Fox, thereafter., , [6]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1398] GEDCOM file from file “AdamMoffatDesends”, submitted by Alaric Faulkner. [S1368] Family Member - Michelle Ann Robinson [Fox]. [S1386] International Genealogical Index. [S1387] Moffat Dumfrieshhire Scotland Marriages and Deaths 1709-1854, proclamation in KirkPatrick-Durham22 Feb 1840. [S1363] Donahoo, George P., (Lewis Historical Publishing Co, New York & Chicago, 1926). [S1362] Reminiscences of Elizabeth Tait Gallaher -- Notes of Estella Fox Beam.