Catherine "Kitty" Tasker

Catherine "Kitty" Tasker[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

Female Abt 1817 - 1901  (84 years)


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  • Name Catherine "Kitty" Tasker 
    Nickname Kitty 
    Birth Abt 1817  Coupar Angus,County Angus,Scotland., Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 8 Apr 1901  Coupar Angus,County Angus,Scotland., Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    Person ID I16470  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 28 Apr 2026 | Edit 

    Father Andrew Tasker,   b. 8 Feb 1784, Coupar Angus,Perthshire,Scotland., Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1856, Coupar Angus,County Angus,Scotland., Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Helen "Nelly" Andrew,   b. Abt 1793, Coupar Angus,County Angus,Scotland., Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 1872, Coupar Angus,County Angus,Scotland., Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 1 Dec 1810  Coupar Angus,Perthshire,Scotland., Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Family ID F302713102  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • PRIVATE
    • No birth certificate yet found in Perth, Scotland

      «b»1861 Scotland Census
      Name: Catherine Tasker «/b»
      Age: 44
      Estimated birth year: abt 1817
      Relationship: Head
      «b»Mother's name: Helen «/b»
      Town: Coupar Angus
      County: Angus
      Address: New Road
      Occupation: «b»Confectioner

      1881 Scotland Census
      Name: Catherine Tasker «/b»
      Age: 64
      Estimated birth year: abt 1817
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Perthshire, CO-Angus
      Registration Number: 279
      Registration district: Coupar Angus
      Civil parish: Coupar Angus
      Town: CO. Angus
      County: Angus
      Occupation: «b»Confectioner «/b»

      «b»1891 Scotland Census
      Name: Catherine Tasker «/b»
      Age: 74
      Estimated birth year: abt 1817
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Crupar Angus, Perthshire
      Registration Number: 279
      Registration district: Coupar Angus
      Civil parish: Coupar Angus
      Town: Coupar Angus
      County: Angus
      Address: 14 George St
      Occupation: Crukctimer [transcription error for «b»confectioner«/b»?]

      «b»1901 Scotland Census
      Name: Catherine Tasker «/b»
      Age: 84
      Estimated birth year: abt 1817
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Coupar Angus, Perthshire
      Registration Number: 341B
      Registration district: Coupar Angus
      Civil parish: Coupar Angus
      Town: Coupar Angus
      County: Perthshire
      Address: George St 16
      Occupation: Confectioner
      Living with her neice, Eliza Sidey, a confectioner shop keeper.

      Death certificate reads: «i»Catherine Tasker, Confectioner (single) [died] 1901 April eigth at George Street, Coupar Angus, femail, aged 84 years [father] Andrew Tasker, blacksmith (deceased) and Helen Tasker M[aiden]N[ame] Andrew (deceased) [Cause of death] Hemiplegia Senile debility...[Signed by] John T Sidley, Nephew, 51 Crescent Street, Dundee.«/i»

      Wills:
      Tasker«tab»Catherine«tab»20/06/1901«tab»14 George Street, Coupar Angus, d. 08/04/1901 at Coupar Angus, testate«tab» «tab»Perth Sheriff Court«tab»SC49/31/184«tab»

      «u»Catherine Tasker's Will«/u»
      «i»..make over...in favour of my sisters Mrs Elizabeth Andrew Tasker or Sidey and Mary Tasker or Lundie and I thereby appoint them as my trustees and ...
      And I further direct them to hand over to my niece Miss Ellen Sidey five Silver Tea Spoons and Bookrack.
      To Miss Eliza Sidey my niece my wardrobe.
      To Mrs Agnes Sidey or Ferrier my niece my little couch
      To Mr John Sidey my nephew my glass Cupboard and Parlour mirror.
      To Mrs Kate Sidey or Williamson my Iron Bed in Parlour and Feather Bed
      To Mr William Tasker America my Brother my mothers Desk
      To Mrs Begg my neice the chest of drawers in front room.
      To Mrs Gray my niece the bed in back room usually used by myself including bedding
      And to the said Mrs Lundie my Sister the Family group.
      ...trustees & executrices... to divide between themselves in equal halves..
      And to my said sisters Mrs Sidey and Mrs. Lundie I hereby assign ...and make over the house number Fifty Six (56) George Street Coupar Angus each to have an undivided half thereof such undivided half to go to the family of either of my said sisters should they predecease me.
      ..The said Mrs Begg above mentioned is now wife of Mr Duncan Mackay...«/i»



      Graveyard inscription in Coupar Angus reads:
      1874 in memory of ANDREW TASKER balcksmith Coupar Angus who died March 1856 aged 70 years also of wife HELEN ANDREW who died 1872 aged 80 years also of ANNIE and JAMES who died in infancy Erected in grateful remembrance of the example of their parents by their surviving children also their daughter CATHERINE wh died 8 April 1901 aged 84 years.

      «i»Catherine Tasker, confectioner . Mrs Sarah M'Connell, factory worker. Heirs of David Anderson«/i»

  • Sources 
    1. [S347] 1901 Scottish Census, Parish: Coupar Angus; ED: 4; Line: 20; Year: 1901. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1064] 1881 Scottish Census, Parish: Coupar Angus; ED: 4; Line: 19; Year: 1881. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S303] 1881 Scottish Census, Parish: Coupar Angus; ED: 4; Line: 19; Year: 1881. (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S1065] 1891 Scottish Census, Parish: Coupar Angus; ED: 4; Line: 13; Year: 1891. (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S346] 1861 Scotland Census, (Ancestry.com), Coupar Angus; ED: 4; Line: 2; Year: 1861. (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S304] 1891 Scottish Census, Parish: Coupar Angus; ED: 4; Line: 13; Year: 1891. (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S1086] 1901 Scottish Census, Parish: Coupar Angus; ED: 4; Line: 20; Year: 1901. (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S352] Scotland. Statutary Deaths., Coupar Angus, Perth, 341/ B0 0015 (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S1090] Scotland. Statutary Deaths., Coupar Angus, Perth, 341/ B0 0015 (Reliability: 3).

    10. [S30] Scotland. Old Parish Registers. Banns & Marriages, 279/ 0030 0167 (Reliability: 3).