Brief Life History of John
When John Tasker 2CY3-333 was born on 27 August 1841, in Church Kirk, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Henry Tasker, was 26 and his mother, Alice Rimmer, was 26. He married Mary Ann Spencer MXRW-7Y2 on 25 December 1862, in Southport, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 19 April 1868, in North Meols, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 26, and was buried in North Meols, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
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- John Tasker in household of Henry Tasker, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Legacy NFS Source: John Tasker - Government record: birth: 27 August 1841; Churchtown, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
- John Tasker, "England, Lancashire, Parish Registers 1538-1910"
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1842 · Mines and Collieries Act of 1842
The Parliment of the United Kingdom passed the Mines and Collieries Act of 1842, mostly commonly known as the Mines Act of 1842. This act made it so that nobody under the age of ten could work in the mines and also females in general could not be employed.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1850 · Industrial Revolution in Lancashire
When the Industrial Revolution hit Lancashire, cotton mills started spring up everywhere. This helped the cotton industry to start booming even moreso in Lancashire.
Name Meaning
English (mainly Yorkshire and Lancashire): occupational name for someone who did piece-work (especially someone who threshed grain), from an unrecorded Middle English tasker, a derivative of Middle English task(e) ‘task, piece of work’ (Old French tasque), for someone who was paid for piece-work, especially threshing grain.
In some cases also Slovenian (Tašker): occupational name for a maker of purses, bags, derived from taška ‘bag’, a loanword from German (see Taschner ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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