When David Henry Tait was born on 20 January 1886, in Normanton, Yorkshire, England, his father, David Tait, was 23 and his mother, Jane Maddison, was 20. He had at least 2 daughters with Catherine Matilda Mayne. He died on 9 October 1960, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, at the age of 74, and was buried in Royal Oak Burial Park, Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Scottish and northern English: nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle English and Older Scots tait(e) ‘merry, eager, lively’ (Old Norse teitr), also used as a personal name. Compare Tate .
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