Helen (Nellie) HerronAge: 81 years18611943

Name
Helen (Nellie) Herron
Given names
Helen (Nellie)
Surname
Herron
Birth June 2, 1861
MarriageWilliam Howard TaftView this family
June 19, 1886 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Robert Alphonso Taft
September 8, 1889 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Helen Herron Taft
August 1, 1891 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Charles Phelps Taft
September 20, 1897 (Age 36 years)
Marriage of a childRobert Alphonso TaftMartha Wheaton Wheaton-BowersView this family
October 17, 1914 (Age 53 years)
Marriage of a childCharles Phelps TaftEleanor Kellogg ChaseView this family
October 6, 1917 (Age 56 years)
Marriage of a childFrederick Johnson ManningHelen Herron TaftView this family
July 15, 1920 (Age 59 years)

Death of a husbandWilliam Howard Taft
March 8, 1930 (Age 68 years)
Death May 22, 1943 (Age 81 years)
Burial
Family with William Howard Taft - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: June 19, 1886Cincinnati, Ohio
3 years
son
23 months
daughter
6 years
son

  1. Generation 1
    1. Helen (Nellie) Herron was born on June 2, 1861 in Cincinnati, Ohio and died on May 22, 1943 in Washington D.C. at the age of 81. She married William Howard Taft, son of Alphonso Taft and Louisa Maria Torrey, on June 19, 1886 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was born on September 15, 1857 in Cincinnati, Ohio and died on March 8, 1930 in Washington D.C. at the age of 72.

      Children of Helen (Nellie) Herron and William Howard Taft:

      1. Robert Alphonso Taft (18891953)
      2. Helen Herron Taft (1891)
      3. Charles Phelps Taft (1897)
  2. Generation 2back to top
    1. Robert Alphonso Taft, son of William Howard Taft and Helen (Nellie) Herron, was born on September 8, 1889 in Cincinnati, Ohio and died on July 31, 1953 in New York City, New York at the age of 63. He married Martha Wheaton Wheaton-Bowers on October 17, 1914 in Washington D.C.. She was born on December 17, 1891 in Winona, Minnesota and died on October 2, 1958 in Cincinnati, Ohio at the age of 66.

    2. Helen Herron Taft, daughter of William Howard Taft and Helen (Nellie) Herron, was born on August 1, 1891 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She married Frederick Johnson Manning on July 15, 1920. He was born in 1894 in East Baintree, Massachusetts and died on December 15, 1966 in Nevis, Br West Indies at the age of 72.

    3. Charles Phelps Taft, son of William Howard Taft and Helen (Nellie) Herron, was born on September 20, 1897 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He married Eleanor Kellogg Chase on October 6, 1917 in Waterbury, Connecticut. She was born on October 9, 1891 in Waterbury, Connecticut and died on August 28, 1961 in Cincinnati, Ohio at the age of 69.

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