James Tasker, born about 1785 in Buckinghamshire, was tried at the Berkshire Assizes for stealing a pig. Found guilty, has was transported to Tasmania in 1820. He may have left a family behind in England, but he then married Mary Smythe who'd come from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland in 1831 and they had 4 children. James died on 3 June 1849 in Tasmania. If you know any more, please leave a message on the Genealogy website here.

William Whyers Tasker, born in Hertfordshire in 1811, maried Ann Farr in 1832 but was then convicted of theft in 1831 and sent to Van Diemans Land where he served 11 years.  He was then pardoned and married three more times, from 1847 to 1860, leaving relatives in both Australia and New Zealand before he died in 1891. Information thanks to Eileen Luscombe

James Tasker, born about 1812 in Lancashire, married Margaret (or Mary) and had a son James in 1832. He married Mary Lingard in Leyland 1854, with son Thomas Tasker born two years later in Whittle-le-Woods, near Chorley. He went on to marry Martha Annie Broadbent and they emigrated to Australia, with daughter Mary Margaret Tasker born in 1885 in Ashfield, New South Wales. She went on to marry Thomas James Cobb, with many living relatives around the Sydney area.

Thomas Tasker, born in 1822 in Leeds, Yorkshire, married Elizabeth Nussey and emigrated to Australia in 1843 with young sons James and Henry Buckton Tasker. They had four more children in Adelaide, before emigrating to New Zealand, where they had their final child, leaving relatives in all three countries. Find out more at the amazing website of Jim Mann Taylor from Aberdeenshire.

James Stewart Tasker was born at Cupar Angus in Scotland in the year 1827. He was fifth in a family of thirteen. He was 6'2" tall, a handsome, blue eyed fair man. The family was well connected and had originally lived in France where their name was Tascher de la Pagerie, but had changed to Tasker in migration to Scotland. A kinswoman of the family was Josephine, first wife of Napoleon.  He married Christina McGregor, who he met in a hospital in Perth, in 1864. They decided to emigrate to Australia and soon after their marriage left Scotland and sailed to Queensland, Australia in the 'Queen of the Colonies' - from their Great-Great-Grandchild Naomi, descended from Jean Tasker born 1869.

Jo Warby has a number of Australian Taskers in her tree - find out who they are from her website.

Alderman WS Tasker served Canterbury Council as Alderman from 1925-31 and 1937-44, giving his name to Tasker Park on the banks of the Cook's River.

David Tasker takes great landscape photographs of Tasmania - and around the world too. Find out more by visiting www.davidtasker.com and http://www.yourtasmania.com/david/ 

You can listen to award-winning singer Nathan Tasker, based at Wahroonga, New South Wales, by clicking on his image:

Thinking about upgrading your kitchen? Or fitting out your restaurant?  Call Tasker Joinery of Taren Point New South Wales, where Greg Tasker will be pleased to help!

If you need yacht sails, spars, canopies or masts, you should turn to Taskers, situated in Perth, Western Australia. They guarantee that their products will always be well designed, solidly constructed and comprehensively supported, and they build everything from tiny Sunfish sails to huge furling mains for mega-yachts. Findout more at www.taskers.com.au

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