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Taylor – EPIX’s “Get Shorty” Original TV Series Los Angeles Premiere – Arrivals – Pacific Design Center’s Silver Screen Theatre, 8687 Melrose Avenue – West Hollywood, CA, USA, 2017 – Photo Credit: Izumi Hasegawa / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Wesley J. Taylor
Place of Birth: Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 13, 1986
Ethnicity: * father – English, Scottish, German, Swiss-German, distant French * mother – Puerto Rican
Wesley Taylor is an American stage actor and writer. His roles include the film The Surrogate , and the shows Billy Green , Smash , Indoor Boys , The Two Princes , and Only Murders in the Building ; as well as many stage performances.
His mother was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Wesley was raised in Orlando, Florida.
Wesley’s paternal grandfather was The Rev. Dr. John Floyd Taylor (the son of Lloyd B. Taylor and Minnie I. Simmons). The Rev. John was born in South Carolina. Lloyd was born in South Carolina, the son of John Westley Taylor and Sarah Genobles. Minnie was born in South Carolina, the daughter of Lawrence/Leo E. Simmons and Frances Lillian Davenport.
Wesley’s paternal grandmother was Laverne Gertrude Legary (the daughter of Kenneth Archibald Legary and Lillian May Rose “Lillie” Stevens). Laverne was born in Ontario, Canada. Kenneth was born in Ontario, the son of Archibald Legary and Lilian Gertrude Witmer. Lillian was born in Ontario, the daughter of John Frederick William Stevens, who was English; and of Margaret May Anderson, whose father was Scottish.
Wesley’s maternal grandfather was surnamed Edmy.
Sources: Marriage record of Wesley’s paternal grandparents, The Rev. Dr. John Floyd Taylor and Laverne Gertrude Legary – https://www.newspapers.com
Wesley’s paternal grandparents, The Rev. Dr. John Floyd Taylor and Laverne Gertrude Legary, on the 1950 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Wesley’s paternal grandmother, Laverne Gertrude Legary – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Wesley’s paternal grandmother, Laverne Gertrude (Legary) Taylor – https://www.legacy.com
Obituary of Wesley’s paternal step-grandmother, Pearl E. Swope Taylor – http://www.legacy.com