Andrew Tasker[1, 2, 3]
1784 - 1856 (72 years)
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Name Andrew Tasker Birth 8 Feb 1784 Coupar Angus,Perthshire,Scotland., 
[4, 5] Gender Male Death 5 Mar 1856 Coupar Angus,County Angus,Scotland., [6, 7] Burial Coupar Angus,County Angus,Scotland., Person ID I9716 My Genealogy Last Modified 17 Apr 2026 | Edit
Father John Tasker, b. Abt 1752, Coupar Angus,Perthshire,Scotland., d. Bef 1851 (Age 98 years) Mother Isabel Gilchrist, b. Abt 1758, ,,Scotland., d. Abt 1790, Coupar Angus,County Angus,Scotland., (Age 32 years) Marriage 3 Dec 1779 Coupar Angus,County Angus,Scotland., [8] - 1«tab»03/12/1779«tab»TASKER«tab»JOHN«tab»ISABEL GILLCHRIST/«tab»M«tab»Coupar Angus«tab»/PERTH«tab»279/ 0030 0100
Family ID F302713163 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Helen "Nelly" Andrew, b. Abt 1793, Coupar Angus,County Angus,Scotland., d. 29 Oct 1872, Coupar Angus,County Angus,Scotland., (Age 79 years) Marriage 1 Dec 1810 Coupar Angus,Perthshire,Scotland., [9] Children 1. Ann Tasker, b. 19 Dec 1811, Coupar Angus,County Angus,Scotland., d. Abt 1811, Coupar Angus,County Angus,Scotland., 2. James Tasker, b. Abt 1813, Coupar Angus,County Angus,Scotland., d. Abt 1813, Coupar Angus,County Angus,Scotland., (Age 0 years)3. John C. Tasker, b. 5 Apr 1814, Coupar Angus,County Angus,Scotland., d. 13 Jul 1894, Wyoming,Jones,Iowa,United States of America., (Age 80 years)4. Catherine "Kitty" Tasker, b. Abt 1817, Coupar Angus,County Angus,Scotland., d. 8 Apr 1901, Coupar Angus,County Angus,Scotland., (Age 84 years)5. William Tasker, b. 2 Aug 1818, Coupar Angus,County Angus,Scotland., d. 4 Oct 1904, Wyoming,Jones,Iowa,United States of America., (Age 86 years)6. Elizabeth Andrew "Betty" Tasker, b. Abt 1824, ,Perthshire,Scotland., d. 10 Apr 1909, Coupar Angus,County Angus,Scotland., (Age 85 years)7. Mary Tasker, b. 30 Aug 1825, Coupar Angus,County Angus,Scotland., d. 21 Nov 1910, Ayr,Ayrshire,Scotland., (Age 85 years)Family ID F302713102 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Apr 2020 | Edit
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Notes - PRIVATE
- «b»Birth Certificate «/b»says «i»John Tasker and «b»Isobel Gilchrist «/b»in Coupar had a lawful child baptised named Andrew«/i»
However his «b»Death Certificate«/b» says: Andrew Tasker, Blacksmith, married, [died] 5th March 1856 [in] Bartlach[Street], M[ale] 73 years, [parent's names] John Tasker, blacksmith, deceased, & «b»Tasker maiden name«/b» «b»Gilruth«/b», [cause of death] diarrhea, 8 days, certified by .... surgeon....[burial place] Church yard, Coupar Angus, certified by John Maule Salen [? image indistinct] [Signature, qualification & address of informant] Will«sup»m«/sup» H Lundie, son in law, Auchterarder[ very indistinct]
Who was Andrew Tasker's mother? The birth and death certificates give different names. Andrew was born to his father's first wife, Isobel Gilchrist. It is quite possible that the second wife of John Tasker was mistakenly given as Andrew's mother in this time of distress. As Andrew's father, John Tasker remarried when Andrew was only 10 years (1794) old, the family may have forgotten that he had ever had another mother. The informant was after all his son-in-law [William hannah Lundie] and may only have heard the name of the later mother...
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Name «/b»taken from«b» 1841 Scotland Census Record «/b»where he is listed with his daughter, Mary.
«b»Andrew Tasker«/b», was born in«b» «/b»1784 in Coupar Angus to «b»John Tasker«/b» and «b»Isabel Gillchrist«/b».
It is not clear whether he made a career change or not, as his marriage certificate in «b»1810«/b» gives his occupation as "shopkeeper" but, the first census, the«b» 1841 Scotland Census«/b», lists him as a blacksmith. Perhaps he had a "blacksmith shop"?
At the time of that census, 1841, his address is given as Causewayend, Coupar Angus, Perthshire, and he is registered without his wife but with three children: Betty (1826), Mary Tasker (1826), and William Tasker (1821). A search of the birth records has turned up another two children, Andrew (1821) and Ann (1811) who were old enough to have left home by this stage. Although not found in the search of the birth records there is another child, Catherine, born in 1817, who would have left home by this time as well although no definite record is found of her until the 1861 census.
To note is that, on this 1841census, the date of Andrew's birth is given as 1791 (age 50), which is a 6-year discrepancy, but I think is an error as the record includes Mary. At this time the census takers rounded the age up or down by 5 years.
Ten years later when the next census was taken in «b»1851 «/b»Andrew's wife, Helen, known as "Nelly" and registered as such, was back at home and only William, a baker, (who was now 32 years old) was living with them at Causewayend. Andrew's occupation is transcribed as "blacksmith journeyman" which in Scotland meant that he was a qualified tradesman, who had served an apprenticeship. 1.
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S«/b»ee «u»<http://www.perthshire-scotland.co.uk/couparangus2.htm>«/u» for a short history of the town of Coupar Angus.
Marriage registration in Old Parish Records says" «i»Andrew Tasker, shopkeeper and Helen Andrew(s) both of this parish" 1810.«/i»
1.Scottish occupations. Old Occupations in Scotland
http://www.scotsfamily.com/occupations.htm
Graveyard inscription, Church yard, 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 who died 8 April 1901 aged 84 years.
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Sources - [S345] 1841 Scotland Census, Parish: Coupar Angus; ED: 4; Year: 1841.
- [S1087] 1851 Scottish Census, Coupar Angus; ED: 4; Line: 3; Year: 1851. (Reliability: 3).
- [S353] 1851 Scottish Census, Coupar Angus; ED: 4; Line: 3; Year: 1851. (Reliability: 3).
- [S395] Scotland. Old Parish Records. Births., 279/ 0020 0047 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1104] Scotland. Old Parish Records. Births., 279/ 0020 0047 (Reliability: 3).
- [S352] Scotland. Statutary Deaths., 1856 TASKER ANDREW GILRUTH M 73 COUPAR ANGUS /PERTH 279/00 0013 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1090] Scotland. Statutary Deaths., 1856 TASKER ANDREW GILRUTH M 73 COUPAR ANGUS /PERTH 279/00 0013 (Reliability: 3).
- [S30] Scotland. Old Parish Registers. Banns & Marriages, CouparAngus 279/ 0030 0100 (Reliability: 3).
- [S30] Scotland. Old Parish Registers. Banns & Marriages, 279/ 0030 0167 (Reliability: 3).
- [S345] 1841 Scotland Census, Parish: Coupar Angus; ED: 4; Year: 1841.