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'''Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor''', actress

==Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor==
<table><tr><td>http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/54/039_9228~Elizabeth-Taylor-Posters.jpg</td><td>Taylor was born 27 Feb 1932 in Hampstead, London as the second child of [[#Francis Lenn Taylor|Francis Lenn Taylor]] and [[#Sara Viola Warmbrodt|Sara Viola Warmbrodt]]. Taylor's older brother, Howard Taylor, was born in 1929. Her two first names are in honor of her paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Mary (Rosemond) Taylor. Taylor was born both a British subject and an American citizen, the former by being born on British soil under the principle of jus soli, and the latter through her parents under the principle of jus sanguinis.

Both of her American parents were originally from Arkansas City, Kansas. Her father was an art dealer and her mother a former actress whose stage name was Sara Sothern. Sara retired from the stage when she and Francis Taylor married in 1926 in New York.</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>Elizabeth Taylor has been married eight times: Conrad Hilton from 1950 to 1951, Michael Wilding from 1952 to 1957, Mike Todd from 1957 to 1958, Eddie Fisher from 1959 to 1964, Richard Burton from 1964 to 1974, Richard Burton (again) from 1975 to 1976, John Warner from 1976 to 1982, Larry Fortensky from 1991 to 1996.</td><td>http://www.citizensmedal.com/ElizabethTaylor.jpg</td></tr></table>

===Further reading===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Taylor "Elizabeth Taylor"] on Wikipedia

==Francis Lenn Taylor==
Francis Lenn Taylor was born in 1897 in Springfield, Sangamon County, [[Illinois]], the son of [[#Francis Marion Taylor|Francis Marion Taylor]] by his wife [[#Elizabeth Mary Rosemond|Elizabeth Mary Rosemond]].  His family later moved to Arkansas City, Cowley County, [[Kansas]].  He became an art dealer in New York City for a wealthy relative.  He was married in 1929 in New York City to stage actress [[#Sara Viola Warmbrodt|Sara Viola Warmbrodt]]. The family then moved to London, where their daughter Elizabeth Taylor was born.  Later they moved to Los Angeles, California. Francis died in 1968.

===Sources===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Lenn_Taylor "Francis Lenn Taylor"] on Wikipedia

==Sara Viola Warmbrodt==
Sara Viola Warmbrodt was born in 1895.  She was a stage actress using the name "Sara Sothern".  She married in 1929 in New York City, [[New York]] to [[#Francis Lenn Taylor|Francis Lenn Taylor]], whereupon she retired from the stage.  The family then moved to London where their daughter Elizabeth was born. After living in England for several years, the family returned to the United States, living in Los Angeles.  Sara died at age 99 in Palm Springs, California. She is interred beside her husband in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Westwood, California.

===Sources===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Sothern "Sarah Sothern"] on Wikipedia
*[http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tdowling&id=I39153 WorldConnect]
*[http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=60599 "Sara Sothern"] at the Internet Broadway Database

==Francis Marion Taylor==
Francis Marion Taylor was born in 1860.  He married [[#Elizabeth Mary Rosemond|Elizabeth Mary Rosemond]].  In 1897 the family lived in Springfield, Sangamon County, [[Illinois]], but by the 1920s they had moved to Arkansas City, Cowley County, [[Kansas]].  Francis died in 1946.

==Elizabeth Mary Rosemond==
Elizabeth Mary Rosemond was born in 1869.  She married [[#Francis Marion Taylor|Francis Marion Taylor]].  In 1897 the family lived in Springfield, Sangamon County, [[Illinois]], but by the 1920s they had moved to Arkansas City, Cowley County, [[Kansas]].  Elizabeth died in 1937.


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