Family background
George Crosby Taylor was born on 4 June 1840 at Dawdon Hall, Easington, Durham, England, the son of Thomas Ducker Taylor and Isabella Walker Crosby. He married Maria Victoria Day (1840-1923) in 1866 at Hartlepool, Durham, England, and they had five sons and six daughters. George Crosby Taylor and his family immigrated to Australia on board the ship “Antiope” which arrived at Melbourne on 24 December 1869. George Crosby Taylor died at Leichhardt, NSW on 28 March 1921, aged 80 years; he was buried at Rookwood Cemetery in the Methodist section. He left a Will and his estate and assets were assessed at £220. George Crosby Taylor lived at 64 Garden Street, Alexandria.
Occupation & interests
After his arrival at Sydney George Crosby Taylor entered into business in Alexandria, and for over thirty years his name was held in great esteem by the wholesaler boot trade of the colony. For many years he was an earnest worker in connection with the old Wesley Church, Chippendale, where among other duties he was a lay preacher.
Community activity
George Crosby Taylor was commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1887.
Local government service
George Taylor was an alderman on Alexandria Council for two terms representing the East Ward: 1882-84 and 1898-1900.
References
Municipal Elections’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 February 1882, p. 3, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13504652
‘Obituary: George Crosby Taylor’, The Methodist, 14 May 1921, p. 10,
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/155270853