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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>Elizabeth Taylor's father [[#Francis Lenn Taylor|Francis Lenn Taylor]] although born in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, had moved with his family to Arkansas City, [[Kansas]].  Probably while there, he met his future wife [[#Sarah Viola Warmbrodt|Sarah Viola Warmbrodt]].  Francis moved to New York City where he was an art dealer for a wealthy relative, Howard Young.  Sarah meanwhile became a stage actress as "Sara Sothern, playing both in New York City and other cities.  They married in New York City in 1929 whereupon Sarah retired from the stage.

Within a few years, Francis was transferred to the London art gallery of Howard Young and this is where Elizabeth Taylor was born 27 Feb 1932 in Hampstead, London as the second child, her older brother, Howard Taylor, had been 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.

One of her first national articles was a New York Times article dated 2 Jan 1949 which includes the tidbits that in 1939 the family moved to California "to be with Mrs. Taylor's parents, and have lived there ever since."  They located in Los Angeles, California where Francis ran an art gallery in Beverly Hills.

Elizabeth Taylor "became an actress" the New York Times article dated 2 Jan 1949 states, "because a film-producer friend of her father, struck by her unusual dark beauty and needing a young girl with a British accent for a Lassie film, offered her a contract."  But she rocketed to fame in her starring role in the film ''National Velvet''.</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]].  In 1910 the family is living in Alfalfa County, [[Oklahoma]], but later moved to Arkansas City, Cowley County, [[Kansas]].  He became an art dealer in New York City for a wealthy relative, Howard Young.  He was married 23 Oct 1926 in New York City to stage actress [[#Sarah Viola Warmbrodt|Sarah Viola Warmbrodt]], who worked under the stage name Sara Sothern. The family then moved to London where Francis was transferred to work in Young's London gallery and where their daughter Elizabeth Taylor was born.  Around the time of World War II, they moved to Los Angeles, [[California]] where Francis ran an art gallery in Beverly Hills. Francis died in 1968 and is buried in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Westwood, California.

===Primary Sources for 2===
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=Francis&gsln=Taylor&sx=&f7=&f9=&f10=&f18__n=&f20=Illinois&rg_81004011__date=&rs_81004011__date=0&f23=&f17=&f16=&rg_f19__date=&rs_f19__date=0&_8000C002=&f21=&_80008002=&f22=&_80018002=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1910uscenindex&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=33&recid=65572813&recoff=1+3+18+19 1910 Census of Cherokee Ward 3, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma] : "Frank M Taylor, 49; Elizabeth Taylor 41; John A Taylor 16; Francis L Taylor 12"

===Secondary Sources for 2===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Lenn_Taylor "Francis Lenn Taylor"] on Wikipedia
*[http://www.genealogy.com/famousfolks/elizabeth-taylor/d0/i0000003.htm#i3]

==Sarah Viola Warmbrodt==
Sarah Viola Warmbrodt was born 21 Aug 1896 in Kansas, the daughter of [[#Samuel Sylvester Warmbrodt|Samuel Sylvester Warmbrodt]] by his wife [[#Anna Elizabeth Wilson|Anna Elizabeth Wilson]].  Sarah was possibly in Arkansas, Cowley County where the family is living in 1900.  She became a stage actress using the name "Sara Sothern", acting both in New York City and elsewhere.  She married 23 Oct 1926 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 on 11 Sep 1994 in Palm Springs, Riverside County, California. She is interred beside her husband in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Westwood, California.

===Primary sources for 3===
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1900usfedcen%2c&rank=0&=%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c&gsfn=Sarah&gsln=Warmbrodt&sx=y&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=1&recid=19493888&recoff=1+2 1900 Census of Arkansas Ward 4, Cowley County, Kansas] : "Samuel Warmbrodt, 37, IL; Anna E Warmbrodt, 36, OH; Wilson M Warmbrodt, 7, KS; Sarah Warmbrodt, 3, KS"

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=KSstatecen%2c&rank=0&=%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c&gsfn=Sarah&gsln=Warmbrodt&sx=y&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=0&recid=5992836&recoff=1+2 1905 Kansas Special State Census of Arkansas City, Cowley County]

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=&gsln=Warmbrodt&sx=y&f7=KS&f9=Cowley&f10=&f18__n=&f20=&rg_81004011__date=&rs_81004011__date=0&f23=&f17=&f16=&rg_f19__date=&rs_f19__date=0&_8000C002=&f21=&_80008002=&f22=&_80018002=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1910uscenindex&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=0&recid=23291876&recoff=3+22+75 1910 Census of Arkansas City Ward 4, Cowley County, Kansas]

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=KSstatecen%2c&rank=0&=%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c&gsfn=Sarah&gsln=Warmbrodt&sx=y&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=1&recid=5992837&recoff=1+3 1915 Kansas Special State Census of Arkansas City, Cowley County]

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1920usfedcen%2c&rank=0&=%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c&gsfn=Sarah&gsln=Warmbrodt&sx=y&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=1&recid=27199092&recoff=1+2 1920 Census of Arkansas Ward 4, Cowley County, Kansas] : "Sam Warmbrodt, 57, IL/Switzerland/KY; Anna Warmbrodt, 55, OH/OH/OH; Sarah Warmbrodt, 23, KS/IL/OH"

*[http://www.genealogy.com/famousfolks/elizabeth-taylor/d0/i0000003.htm#i3 ]

*''New York Times'', 27 Jan 1954, display ad "In the February Journal" "The girl who had everything, but &mdash;" "Elizabeth Taylor" "my daughter" "by Sara Sothern Taylor" "Growing up can be even harder when you're beautiful and famous! ....the true story of the price her daughter paid for being too beautiful."

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&f1=sara&f2=&f0=taylor&sx=&f4Day=&f4Month=&f4Year=&f6=&f5Day=&f5Month=&f5Year=&f7=&f10=&f9=&f3=&f8=&prox=1&f4=++&f5=++&db=cadeath1940&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=34&fh=15&recid=7260400&recoff=1+2 California Death Index] as "Sara Southern Taylor, born 21 Aug 1895 Kansas, died 11 Sep 1994 Riverside County, mother's maiden name Wilson"

===Secondary sources for 3===
*[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 in Indiana.  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.

===Primary Sources for 4===
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=Francis&gsln=Taylor&sx=&f7=&f9=&f10=&f18__n=&f20=Illinois&rg_81004011__date=&rs_81004011__date=0&f23=&f17=&f16=&rg_f19__date=&rs_f19__date=0&_8000C002=&f21=&_80008002=&f22=&_80018002=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1910uscenindex&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=33&recid=65572813&recoff=1+3+18+19 1910 Census of Cherokee Ward 3, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma] : "Frank M Taylor, 49; Elizabeth Taylor 41; John A Taylor 16; Francis L Taylor 12"

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=Francis&gsln=Taylor&sx=&f8=&f9=&f10=&f20=Indiana&rg_fa5__date=1860&rs_fa5__date=5&f16__n=&rg_f19__date=&rs_f19__date=0&f18=&fa20=&f21=&fa18=&f22=&fa14=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1920usfedcen&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=2&recid=27190518&recoff=1+3+18+19 1920 Census of Arkansas Ward 1, Cowley County, Kansas] : "Francis M Taylor, 56, IN/KY/KY; Elizabeth M Taylor, 48, OH/OH/OH"

==Elizabeth Mary Rosemond==
Elizabeth Mary Rosemond was born in 1869 in Ohio.  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.

===Primary Sources for 5===
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=Francis&gsln=Taylor&sx=&f7=&f9=&f10=&f18__n=&f20=Illinois&rg_81004011__date=&rs_81004011__date=0&f23=&f17=&f16=&rg_f19__date=&rs_f19__date=0&_8000C002=&f21=&_80008002=&f22=&_80018002=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1910uscenindex&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=33&recid=65572813&recoff=1+3+18+19 1910 Census of Cherokee Ward 3, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma] : "Frank M Taylor, 49; Elizabeth Taylor 41; John A Taylor 16; Francis L Taylor 12"

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=Francis&gsln=Taylor&sx=&f8=&f9=&f10=&f20=Indiana&rg_fa5__date=1860&rs_fa5__date=5&f16__n=&rg_f19__date=&rs_f19__date=0&f18=&fa20=&f21=&fa18=&f22=&fa14=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1920usfedcen&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=2&recid=27190518&recoff=1+3+18+19 1920 Census of Arkansas Ward 1, Cowley County, Kansas] : "Francis M Taylor, 56, IN/KY/KY; Elizabeth M Taylor, 48, OH/OH/OH"

==Samuel Sylvester Warmbrodt==
Samuel Sylvester Warmbrodt was born 8 Oct 1861 in Illinois.

Samuel died 6 Jan 1948 in Los Angeles County, California.

===Primary sources for 6===
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1900usfedcen%2c&rank=0&=%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c&gsfn=Sarah&gsln=Warmbrodt&sx=y&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=1&recid=19493888&recoff=1+2 1900 Census of Arkansas Ward 4, Cowley County, Kansas] : "Samuel Warmbrodt, 37, IL; Anna E Warmbrodt, 36, OH; Wilson M Warmbrodt, 7, KS; Sarah Warmbrodt, 3, KS"

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=KSstatecen%2c&rank=0&=%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c&gsfn=Sarah&gsln=Warmbrodt&sx=y&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=0&recid=5992836&recoff=1+2 1905 Kansas Special State Census of Arkansas City, Cowley County]

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=&gsln=Warmbrodt&sx=y&f7=KS&f9=Cowley&f10=&f18__n=&f20=&rg_81004011__date=&rs_81004011__date=0&f23=&f17=&f16=&rg_f19__date=&rs_f19__date=0&_8000C002=&f21=&_80008002=&f22=&_80018002=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1910uscenindex&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=0&recid=23291876&recoff=3+22+75 1910 Census of Arkansas City Ward 4, Cowley County, Kansas]

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=KSstatecen%2c&rank=0&=%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c&gsfn=Sarah&gsln=Warmbrodt&sx=y&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=1&recid=5992837&recoff=1+3 1915 Kansas Special State Census of Arkansas City, Cowley County]

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1920usfedcen%2c&rank=0&=%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c&gsfn=Sarah&gsln=Warmbrodt&sx=y&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=1&recid=27199092&recoff=1+2 1920 Census of Arkansas Ward 4, Cowley County, Kansas] : "Sam Warmbrodt, 57, IL/Switzerland/KY; Anna Warmbrodt, 55, OH/OH/OH; Sarah Warmbrodt, 23, KS/IL/OH"

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&f1=&f2=&f0=&sx=&f4Day=&f4Month=&f4Year=&f6=&f5Day=&f5Month=&f5Year=&f7=&f10=warmbrodt&f9=&f3=&f8=&prox=1&f4=++&f5=++&db=cadeath1940&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=34&fh=2&recid=7727345&recoff=33 California Death Index]

==Anna Elizabeth Wilson==

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