When Raphael Tack was born on 29 March 1917, in Brentford, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Gosler, was 29 and his mother, Miriam Tack, was 30. He lived in Ealing, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1939. He died on 9 January 1992, in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 74.
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WWI ends in November with armistice. The number of UK war dead runs to several hundred thousand.
British unemployment reached a post-war high in July 1921 of 2.5 million people.
Britain entered the Second World War as war was declared on Germany on September 3, 1939. World War II came to an end after the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, which killed 140,000 people. Less than a week later, the Japanese surrendered and the war officially ended on August 15, 1945.
North German, Dutch, and Flemish: from Middle Low German tack(e), Middle Dutch tac ‘twig, branch’, possibly a topographic or habitational name referring to a house or inn with the sign of a branch, or perhaps a metaphoric (ironic) nickname. e.g. for a big man. Compare Dutch Tak .
North German, East Frisian, North Frisian, West Frisian, Dutch, and Flemish: from a shortened form of the Frisian personal name Tjadeke or of any other pet form of a compound name based on the ancient Germanic element theud ‘people, race’ (compare Tabbert 2). This surname is very rare in North, East, and West Frisia.
North German: from a short form of a personal name formed with Old High German tac ‘day’ + berht ‘bright’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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