Glen Moffat Tait^[1]

1887 - 1965  (78 years)

• Name	Glen Moffat Tait
  Gender	Male
  Education	Culver Military Academy, Culver Indiana, 1 term  [2]
  Occupation	1917: Aircraft Construction Foreman, Ithaca, NY.; 1920: Oil field worker  [2, 3]
  Residence	1917: Middletown, Henry, Ind and Ithaca, NY; 1920: Whittier, Los Angeles, CA  [2, 3]
  Birth	1 January 1887	Corydon, McKean Co., Pennsylvania, USA   [4, 5, 6, 7]
  	according to Lizzie, Corydon, PA; 1900 Census says Feb, 1887
  Death	21 June 1965	Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana, USA   [8]
  Person ID	I70913	Clan Moffat Genealogy
  Last Modified	23 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	Catherine A Batelle,   b. August 1856, New York, USA d. 6 January 1919, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA (Age ~ 62 years)
  Marriage	27 March 1881	Corry, Erie Co., Pennsylvania, USA   [7]
  	Source? 1900 Census: abt 1880
  Family ID	F49482	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse	Helen Claire Prigg,   b. 2 December 1885, Delaware Co., Indiana, USA d. 17 March 1974, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana, USA (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	16 April 1908	Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA
  Children	1. Jane G Tait,   b. about 1918, New York, USA
  Family ID	F49483	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  [Adapted by Alaric Faulkner from reminiscences of Lizzie Tait Gallaher, Notes of Stella Fox Beam] Joseph Tait’s second wife was Kate Batelle, a dressmaker. They married and lived in house in Corydon [Township formed from Bradford, PA in 1829]. There son Glenn was born and Clara 12 or more years later [perhaps actually ten]. He apparently was schooled went to Culor Academy [Culver Military Academy, Culver Indiana]. Glenn married early and had two children. After his schooling, he went on a trip and jokingly asked a girl to come home with him. She came back with him—no suitcase or anything—and they were married. They lived at home [Indiana?] a while and later set up house by themselves. Glenn became interested in Christian Science and later in New Thought. He traveled about lecturing on these subjects. Glen apparently inherited from his father a gold mine in British Columbia and a ranch in Alberta. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Name: Glen Moffat Tait City: Middletown County: Henry State: Indiana Birthplace: Bradford, McKean, PA, United States of America Birth Date: 01 Jan 1887 Race: Caucasian Roll: 1503900 DraftBoard: 0 Age: 30 Occupation: Foreman, Aircraft construction, Thomas-Morse Aircraft Co, Ithaca, NY Marital status: Married Dependent: Wife Prior service: no rank, branch: Culver M.A. [Culver Military Academy, Culver Indiana] years: 1 term Registration Place: Fall Creek Township, Henry, Indiana [apparently an absentee registration witnessed in in Ithaca, NY, May 29, 1917] Height: tall Build: stout Color of Eyes: blue Color of Hair: Light, not bald Disabilities: No “By 1917, when the U.S. entered WWI, Thomas Bros. had merged with Morse Corporation, becoming Thomas-Morse. They opened a new factory on south hill and with war contracts employment jumped from 100 to 1,200. Although the school closed for a time due to lack of instructors (most had left to join the war effort) the airport was busy with the test flights of airplanes during the war. Thomas-Morse designed the MB-3, the first postwar fighter ordered in quantity by the military and was very busy in the immediate postwar years. However, by 1929, Thomas-Morse was absorbed by Consolidated Aircraft Co. and moved to Buffalo. The airplane factory on south hill was converted to the manufacture of adding machines.” http://cayugawaterfronttrail.com/?t=74 But Glenn did not stay with the Aircraft manufacturing business long: 1920 United States Federal Census Name: Glenn Tait Age: 31 years Estimated birth year: abt 1889 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Race: White Home in 1920: Whittier, Los Angeles, California Home owned: Rent Sex: Male Marital status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania Father's Birth Place: Scotland Image: 402 On Jan 16, 1920, Glenn Tait (31, laborer, oil field) b. in PA of a Sottish father and a PA mother, was renting an apartment on 516 Olive Drive in Whittier, CA. With him is his wife Hazel C. Tait (32, none) b. in Indiana of IN parents. With them is Jane G. Tait (2), b. in NY of an PA father and an IN mother. Social Security Death Index Name: Glen Tait SSN: 473-12-6027 Last Residence: Indiana Born: 2 Jan 1887 Died: Jun 1965 State (Year) SSN issued: Minnesota (Before 1951), , , [3, 6, 8, 9]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1398] submitted by Alaric Faulkner, GEDCOM file from file “AdamMoffatDesends”. [S1345] . [S1330] US Federal Census, 1920: Whittier, Los Angeles, CA. [S1345] Says Jan 1, 1887. [S1331] Social Security Death Index, Says Jan 2, 1887. [S1362] Reminiscences of Elizabeth Tait Gallaher -- Notes of Estella Fox Beam. [S1330] US Federal Census, 1900: Bradford, Mckean, PA. [S1331] Social Security Death Index. [S1345] Fall Creek Township, Henry, Indiana.