Cleric.
Born at Bristol, England in 1820, he spent some years in Newfoundland before arriving in Rupert’s Land as the first missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. He was ordained by Bishop David Anderson in St. Andrew’s Church on 22 December 1850. He opened a Sunday School in 1851 and did all the painting inside and out of the church which was consecrated in 1855 as “St. James.” He also established a lending library of 200 volumes and was elected to the council of the Institute of Rupert’s Land in 1862. Taylor retired in ill health to England in 1867 and died on 19 January 1873.
See also:
William Henry Taylor by Lewis Gwynne Thomas, Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Volume X, pages 673-674.
Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by John M. “Jack” Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1999.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 21 March 2023
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