Emily Dickinson wrote:
"Hope" is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops - at all.
People often say, " I hope I do well on my exam" or "I hope I have enough money left at the end of the month to make my car payment". There is nothing wrong with hoping, unfortunately, that kind of hope is not a plan. Hope without action almost has negative value.
Our greatest hope comes through the Savior's atonement. Elder Neal A. Maxwell gives us the following insights on hope.
"Unsurprisingly the triad of faith, hope, and charity, which brings us to Christ, has strong and converging linkage: faith is in the Lord Jesus Christ, hope is in His atonement, and charity is the "pure love of Christ"! Each of these attributes qualifies us for the celestial kingdom. Each, first of all, requires us to be meek and lowly.
Faith and hope are constantly interactive, and may not always be precisely distinguished or sequenced. Though not perfect knowledge either, hope's enlivened expectations are "with surety" true. In the geometry of restored theology, hope has a greater circumference than faith. If faith increases, the perimeter of hope stretches correspondingly." Nov '94 Ensign, Brightness of Hope
The Taggart's immigrated to the United States from Ireland. The family crest is shown above. The family motto is Dum Spiro spero or While I breathe, I hope. I am grateful for my heritage. In addition to family, hope in Christ's atonement is what sustains me.
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Thanks Bryce, I needed that.
I thought we came from Scotland? Any hoo that was really good, it lifted my spirits today.
Donette, to answer your question, let's take a look at what George Washington Taggart had to say about his ancestors.
Of his earlier Taggart ancestors, George wrote: "It is supposed that they were of Scotch origin and were among the old Scotch Protestant stock that first emigrated from Ireland to the New England shores . . . My kindred . . . were of the middle class that in those days would be termed small farmers, neither rich nor poor, but very moral in their course of life and honest in their dealings, but making no professions of religion." (source: http://www.taggartfamily.org/GWT%20by%20Eileen%20Robinson.htm)
As G.W. Points out, our Taggart ancestors originated in Scotland and then immigrated to Ulster, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), and then to America.
From a purely patriarchal genealogical line (which is overtly sexist), here is your pedigree. James Taggart -born about 1660 in Ulster, Ireland; John Taggart- born about 1690 in Ulster, Ireland; John Taggart-born Dec. 6, 1720 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts (here we can assume that sometime between 1690 and 1720 your ancestors immigrated from Ireland to Massachusetts); James Taggart – born May 11, 1742 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Washington Taggart – born July 10, 1786 in Peterborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; George Washington Taggart – born Nov. 16, 1816 in Sharon, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; George Henry Taggart – born May 27, 1850 in Harris Grove, Iowa; James Henry Taggart – born Sept. 18, 1871 in Richville, Utah; Cordon Jay Taggart – born Dec. 28, 1898 in Morgan, Utah; Jay Bryant Taggart – born May 21, 1928 in Ogden, Utah; and Bryce Jay Taggart.
So let's recap. That's James, John, John, James, Washington, George Washington, George Henry, James Henry, Cordon Jay, Jay Bryant, Bryce Jay. Say that three times real quick.. You also have McMah, McAllister, and McNee ancestors also from Ireland. George Henry Taggart's wife, Jessie McNiven, was born in Edinburg, Scotland.
You can learn more about the origin of the Taggart surname at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fearchar,_Earl_of_Ross
Hear is a little info about are name that also denotes where we hail from.
Taggart
Scottish and northern Irish: reduced form of McTaggart, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an t-Sagairt ‘son of the priest’, from sagart ‘priest’. Marriage by members of the clergy was prohibited after the 12th century, but was frequently practiced nevertheless.
Also the family motto is Scottish and used among lots of other Scottish families. Some have evan put it there coat of arms. It is also the state motto of South Carolina
As for are coat of arms the clovers on it are for Perpetuity, longevity and is also a symbol for Christianity or the holy trinity and the red stripe is for Military strength
Awesome, you all are a wealth of knowledge. I think I'm pretty proud to be a Taggart! So was my dad named after that Bryce Jay born in the 20's?
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