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John Taggart[1]

Male 1924 - 2003  (78 years)


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  • Name John Taggart 
    Born 24 Dec 1924  Bushmills, Billy Parish, Co. Antrim, NI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 27 Sep 2003  Philadelphia, PA, US Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Lawnview Cemetery, 500 Huntingdon Pike, Jenkintown, PA, US Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I4415  Smithwick Family Tree
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2019 

    Father William James Taggart,   b. 1 Dec 1901, Ballyhemlin, Billy Parish, Co. Antrim, NI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Aug 1968, Philadelphia, PA, US Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Mary Bennett,   b. 19 Mar 1902, Carncolp, Billy Parish, Co. Antrim, NI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 1990, Philadelphia, PA, US Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Family ID F1454  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Helen Silcox,   b. 6 Dec 1923, Philadelphia, PA, US Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1986, Philadelphia, PA, US Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Living
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    Last Modified 23 Nov 2019 
    Family ID F1455  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S411] Obituary - John Taggart, (Wetzel & Son Funeral Home).
      John Taggart of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania died Saturday, September 27, 2003 at Hahnemann University Hospital. He was 78 years old. John was born December 24, 1924 in Bushmill, Ireland, son of the late William James Taggart and the late Mary Taggart (nee - Bennett).

      He is the husband of the late Helen Taggart (nee- Silcox); devoted father of John T. Taggart and his wife Cheryl, Kenneth J. Taggart, Colleen Gaeta and her husband Scott, and Robert Kaucher; brother of Thomas Taggart; grandfather of four.

      John was a U.S. Army veteran of W.W.II.

      Relatives and friends were invited to his viewing Tuesday, September 30, 2003, from 10:00 to 11:00 A.M. and his funeral service at 11:00 A.M. at the Wetzel and Son Funeral Home, 419 Huntingdon Pike, Rockledge. Interment at Lawnview Cemetery, 500 Huntingdon Pike, Rockledge followed the funeral service.

    2. [S10] Social Security Death Index, (FamilySearch.org), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VSLZ-TNY.

    3. [S79] FindAGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158289765.