Many of the counties of the early Taskers - Lancashire, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Sussex - remained Tasker strongholds for over 300 years, as can be seen in the 1881 census map from the Public Profiler website and the 1891 census map from Ancestry.com (click the map or link to go to the source). The two maps are compiled in different ways, and have some interesting differences as well as the obvious similarities. In Scotland, Taskers seem to have spread westwards from a stronghold on the east coast (arriving from England at ports such as Dysart?). In Wales, the Pembroke Taskers reflect their maritime origins too.
By 1998, the Public Profiler website shows that Taskers have spread to more counties, whilst still maintaining our traditional areas of strength:
A steady trickle of Taskers also made it over to the USA, from the early Magdalen Tasker, born about 1637 in Donegal, Ireland, through the mid 1800s:
Taskers then seem to have spread out pretty much everywhere in the US by the 1920s! There were also thriving groups of Taskers in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and all over the world.
There are further fascinating facts at the Public Profiler website such as:
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