Born in North Oxford Township, Oxford, Ontario, Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Taylor
and Elizabeth McIntyre (Gardner) Taylor
Wife of
William Flint Campbell
— married
Aug 1944 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
[children unknown]
Died
at age 60
in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Mar 2022
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Biography
Betty (Taylor) Campbell is Notable.
Betty Taylor was a Canadian Olympic athlete who competed in the hurdles event at the 1932 and in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Elizabeth Gardner Taylor, daughter of Thomas Taylor & Elizabeth McIntyre, was born on 22 February 1916 in Oxford North, Ontario.[1]
In 1936, Taylor was awarded the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award and the Velma Springstead Trophy. She was inducted into the Canadian Olympic and McMaster Halls of Fame in 1968 and Athletics Ontario Hall of Fame in 2010.
After graduating from McMaster University in 1937, she taught English and Physical Education at Ottawa's High School of Commerce.[2][3]
On August 5, 1944, she married William F. (Bill) Campbell in Hamilton, Ontario.[4]
Betty died in 1977 and was survived by her husband, two children (Margaret and David), and a brother, William Taylor.[5]
Sources
- ↑
Birth:
"Ontario, Canada Births, 1832-1917"
Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Series: Registrations of Births and Stillbirths, 1869-1913; Reel: 277; Record Group: Rg 80-2
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8838 #3241028 (accessed 23 July 2023)
Elizabeth Gardner Taylor born on 22 Feb 1916, daughter of Thomas Taylor & Elizabeth McIntyre Taylor, in Oxford North, Ontario, Canada. - ↑
1937 School Yearbook:
"Canada, Selected School Yearbooks, 1901-2010"
"Canada, Selected School Yearbooks, 1908-2010"; School: McMaster University; Year: 1937
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60576 #459350525 (accessed 23 July 2023)
Name: Elizabeth Gardner Taylor; Birth Year: abt 1917; Estimated Age: Abt 20; Yearbook Date: 1937; School: McMaster University; School Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Yearbook Title: Marmor. - ↑ Rosenfeld, B. (1939, Mar 17). FEMININE SPORTS REEL. The Globe and Mail (1936-) Retrieved from ProQuest
- ↑ Rosenfeld, B. (1944, Jul 12). SPORTS REEL. The Globe and Mail (1936-) Retrieved from ProQuest
- ↑ "Campbell, Betty", database (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 23 Jul 2023) The Ottawa Citizen, (Ottawa, Ontario) February 8, 1977 Newspapers Clip: 33745757
- Wikidata: Item Q462995, en:Wikipedia
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