Laroy Edson Tait^[1]

1874 - 1951  (77 years)

• Name	Laroy Edson Tait  [2, 3, 4]
  Born	6 April 1874	Bradford, McKean Co., Pennsylvania, USA   [4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Alias/AKA	La Roy E Tait; Leroy Tait  [4, 7]
  Occupation	1900: Printer; 1910 Newspaper Editor;1917-1920: Salesman, Tait Auto Co; 1930: Life Insurance Agent  [3, 6, 7, 8]
  Residence	1880-1910: Red Cloud, Webster, Nebraska; 1917-1920: 1645 Washington St, Lincoln, Lancaster, Neb; 1930: Oakland, Alameda, CA  [3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Died	10 October 1951	King Co., Washington, USA   [11]
  	Redmond, Washington area
  Person ID	I70912	Clan Moffat Genealogy
  Last Modified	25 February 2006

  
  

  Father	Joseph Moffat Tait,   b. 30 May 1841, Kirkpatrick Durham, Dumfriesshire, Scotland ,   d. 4 August 1912, Rochester, Olmsted Co., Minnesota, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Joanna Edson,   b. October 1843, Norwich, McKean Co., Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. after 1910  (Age ~ 68 years)
  Married	about 1872
  Divorced	before 1881  [4]
  Family ID	F49554	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse	Grace E. [--?--],   b. about 1878, Nebraska, USA
  Married	about 1902  [8]
  Children	1. Kathryn Tait,   b. about 1903, Nebraska, USA   2. Pauline Tait,   b. about 1905, Nebraska, USA   3. Cora Frances Tait,   b. 1905, Nebraska, USA   4. Lina Tait,   b. about 1908, Nebraska, USA
  Family ID	F49530	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Joe didn't want to quit his blacksmith business, and furthermore he was in business deals with Mrs. Walker. He rented a house for his wife in town and she stayed there with the baby. Joe went to take the baby riding every day, but his wife wouldn't go along with them. Then she moved to Cuba [NY], even farther from Joe. Joe furnished the place. Ultimately they divorced. (Johanna’s mother and Mrs. Walker were probably to blame.) Johanna’s mother sold out and they all went west. The grandmother died in a dugout in Nebraska where they homesteaded. Later the family moved to Omaha and Leroy grew to be a nice looking man. He was married and had four girls at Omaha last hearing [before 1930]. He wrote to Uncle Joe at times and even came to Bradford to see him once. Joe lived at Anderson and Leroy visited him there with his family. Joe always seemed to care for him. He refused him a bicycle once, but gave him $500 another time. But Joe left his son Leroy nothing after his death. This should not be surprising. Judging from the absense of a birthplace given for Leroy’s father in the early censuses there may have been some real questions about his actual parentage! To clarify Lizzie’s account it should be noted that Diana Edson and her family moved out west to Illinois long before Laroy Tait’s parents Johanna Edson and Joseph M. Tait were married. Johanna Edson apparently came back to the Bradford, PA area where and married Joseph Moffat Tait and gave birth to Laroy Edson Tait. It was not until she was divorced that she met up again with her birth family, who by 1880 had moved to Nebraska. 1880 United States Federal Census Name: Leroy Tate Age: 6 Estimated birth year: <1874> Birthplace: Pennsylvania Occupation: At School Relationship to head-of-household: Son Home in 1880: Red Cloud, Webster, Nebraska Marital status: Single Race: White Gender: Male Father's birthplace: --- Mother's name: Johanna Tate Mother's birthplace: PA On Jun 9, 1880 Johanna Tate (36, keeping house) b. in PA of a Mass father and a NY mother was living in Red Cloud City, Webster, Nebraska. With here was her son Leroy Tate (6, at school) b. in PA of a [blank] father and a PA mother. 1900 United States Federal Census Name: Leroy E Tait Home in 1900: Red Cloud, Webster, Nebraska Age: 26 Estimated birth year: 1874 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Son On June 6, 1900 Johanna S [?] Tait (56) divorced, b. Oct 1843, no places given, had given birth to one child who was still living and was living in Red Cloud City, Nebraska. With her was her son Leroy E. Tait (26, printer) single, b. April , 1874 of a [not entered] father and an Illinois mother. 1910 United States Federal Census Name: Leroy E Fait [Tait!] Age in 1910: 35 Estimated birth year: abt 1875 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1910: 2-Wd Red Cloud, Webster, Nebraska Neighbors: View Results Race: White Gender: Male On April 19, 1910, Leroy E Tait (35, Editor, Newspaper) b. in PA of a PA father and a Scottish lived on Webster Street, Red Cloud, Nebraska. With him was his wife of 8 years, Grace Tait (33) b. in Neb of an Ohio father and a German mother. She had given birth to four children of whom all four were alive. Their children [names not all legible, but inferred from 1920 census], all daughters b. in Nebraska were Katharine Tait (7, none), Pauline Tait (5, none), Cora [Rebecca?] Tait (4, none) and Lina Tait (2, none). Also living with them was a 50 year old widow, a boarder from Georg1a, whose name is illegible, and was living on her own income. 1920 United States Federal Census Name: Laroy E Isih [La Roy E Tait] Age: 44 years Estimated birth year: abt 1876 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Race: White Home in 1920: Lincoln Ward 5, Lancaster, Nebraska Home owned: Own Sex: Male Marital status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Mother's Birth Place: New York Father's Birth Place: United States of America On January 2, 1920, La Roy E Tait (44, Salesman, Tait Auto Company) b. in PA of a US father and a NY mother, owned a house at 1645 Washington Street, Lincoln, Nebraska. With him was his wife Grace E. Tait (42) b. in Neb of an Ohio Father and a German mother. Their children, all daughters b. in Nebraska were Kathryn Tait (17, none), Pauline Tait (15, none), Cora F Tait (14, none) and Lina Tait (12, none). 1930 United States Federal Census Name: Laroy E Tait Age: 56 Estimated birth year: abt 1874 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Relation to head-of-house: Roomer Race: White Home in 1930: Oakland, Alameda, California On April 7, Laroy E Tait (56, general Agent, Life Insurance) b. in PA of a Scottish father and a PA mother, is rooming at 673 31st St, Oakland, CA, no radio set. No sign of the rest of the family. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Name: Laroy Edson Tait Adsdress: 1645 Washington St City: Lincoln County: Knox State: Nebraska Birth Date: 6 Apr 1874 Age: 44 Race: White Roll: 1711703 DraftBoard: 1 Occupation: Automobile Dealer, self-employed Nearest Relative: Mrs. Grace Tait, 1745 Washington Registration Place: Lincoln, Neb Height: Medium Build: Medium Color of Eyes: Grey Color of Hair: Dark No Disabilities Date: Sept 12, 1917 Washington Death Index, 1940-1996 Name: Laroy E Tait Place of Death: King Date of Death: 10 Oct 1951 Age: 77 Gender: M Certificate: 20035, , , , , , [3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1398] GEDCOM file from file “AdamMoffatDesends”, submitted by Alaric Faulkner. [S1345] . [S1330] US Federal Census, 1930: Oakland, Alameda, CA. [S1362] Reminiscences of Elizabeth Tait Gallaher -- Notes of Estella Fox Beam. [S1345] 1917, Lincoln, NEB. [S1330] US Federal Census, 1900: Red Cloud, Webster, Nebraska. [S1330] US Federal Census, 1920: Lincoln Ward 5, Lancaster, Neb. [S1330] US Federal Census, 1910: 2-Wd Red Cloud, Webster, Neb. [S1330] US Federal Census, 1880: Red Cloud, Webster, Neb. [S1345] 1917 Lincoln, Neb. [S1379] Washington Death Index, 1940-1996. [S1330] US Federal Census, 1880: Red Cloud, Webster, Neb.