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Mary Ann (Jones) Tasker 1882 - 1956

Mary Ann (Jones) Tasker of Twin Falls, Idaho United States was born on June 30, 1882 in Mountain Ash, Wales United Kingdom to David Jones and Sarah (Bengough) Bowen-Jones. She was in a relationship with William Tasker, and had children Willie Tasker, Eileen Constance (Tasker) Benning, and Ethel Allen. Mary Ann Tasker died at age 74 years old on November 8, 1956 in Iona, Bonneville County, Idaho United States, and was buried at Rose Hill Cemetery in Idaho Falls.

Mary Ann (Jones) Tasker

Twin Falls, Idaho United States

June 30, 1882

Mountain Ash, Wales, United Kingdom

November 8, 1956

Iona, Bonneville County, Idaho, United States

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Mary Ann (Jones) Tasker's History: 1882 - 1956

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Introduction

I called my great-grandmother "Grandma Tasker" and I have strong memories of her even though she died when I was 6 years old. To give you a sense of her: When I watched a tv show about "the manners of Downton Abbey", everything they talked about - the "proper" way of doing things = reminded me of Grandma Tasker. She was a "proper lady" even though she wasn't of the upper class. Grandma Tasker was born in Mountain Ash Wales. Her mother had been married previously and had children from that marriage. When her husband died, she married a younger man - Grandma's father, Davy Jones. (Yes, that's such a common name in Wales! Not only that, but the descendants of his second marriage insist that he was called David. I bet because he was older when he married the 2nd time). When my sister and I visited Mountain Ash (the year before Covid), we visited the house she was born in. A row house that was most probably for coal miners - Grandma's mother's first husband was a coal miner, as was Davy. When Grandma's mother died, her father, Davy, married again and started a new family. As I understand it, Grandma Tasker didn't get along with her step-mother. So she first became a "domestic" but that didn't suit her. So she "went to London to live with the Sisters". I put that in quotes because that's what her daughter (my grandmother) told me. I always thought that meant that she lived in a convent with nuns. Nope. Remember, this is jolly old England (and Wales). It meant she moved to London to work with nurses. And somewhere along the line, she ran into my great-grandfather, William Tasker. (We think that they may have met through a cousin.) Scandal alert: They married around early 1906 when Grandma Tasker was several months pregnant with their first child, Uncle Bill. (I never met him because he died before I was born, as did Grandpa Tasker. The reason for their late marriage may have been that Grandpa Tasker was at sea until then.) They had 3 children in total (my grandmother was the middle child, born in 1908). When grandma was around 5, the family emigrated to the US. They first lived in South Dakota and then moved to Seattle WA (West Seattle), where they lived for decades and where both William (father) and Bill or Willie (son) both died in the early 1930s. The 2 girls, Connie and Ethel, lived long and full lives. When Connie lived in Bremerton, WA, Grandma Tasker lived with them and took the ferry to Seattle where she worked as a store clerk. Later in life, she lived in Piedmont, CA and we visited her there. When she became ill, she moved to Idaho where she lived with her youngest daughter, Ethel, and she died there.
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1882

Birthday

June 30, 1882

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Mountain Ash, Wales United Kingdom

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Ethnicity & Family History

Caucasian
Nationality & Locations

Born in Wales - UK citizen and US citizen
Religious Beliefs

Church of England
Military Service

No
Professional Career

Saleswoman/ store clerk
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1956

Death

November 8, 1956

Death date

Pancreatic cancer - metastasized

Cause of death

Iona, Bonneville County, Idaho United States
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Rose Hill Cemetery in Idaho Falls, Idaho United States
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Mj Benning

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01/01/2001

Heine Barrett with wife & step-daughter

Heine, father of Chuck Barrett, with his step-daughter, Joyce, his wife, Connie Tasker Benning Barrett, and his mother-in-law, Mary Ann Jones Tasker. Joyce was pregnant with her first child, daughter Kathy.

Date & Place: September 17, 1949

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Daniel Pinna

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09/14/2023

Such a great photo! Uncle Chuck looked so much like his father.

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Kathy Pinna

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09/14/2023

Uncle Chuck was a carbon copy of his father it’s uncanny! And yes, a photo of my mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, all in one photo. AND the Lorraine apartments - old San Jose- which the Sunseri’s owned. So much history in one photo!

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Mary Ann Tasker, Connie D'Albert, Joyce Kroetch

Pam Marks

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01/01/2001

Mary Ann Tasker, Connie D'Albert, Joyce Kroetch

Mary Ann Tasker, Connie D'Albert, Joyce Kroetch, and her daughters, Kathy and Pam Kroetch. Studio portrait of four maternal generations. Mary Ann was born in Wales, Constance in England, and the next generations were born in the U.S. Photo taken in San Jose, CA. in 1954 Photo was "colorized" by the studio.

Date & Place: 1954 in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California USA

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Daniel Pinna

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10/24/2020

Thanks! That's my great-grandmother, great-aunt, grandmother with my mother Kathy on our right and my aunt Pam on the left. I like the colorization in this photo...def. one of my favorites.

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Kathy Pinna

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10/26/2020

Yep - 4 generations of strong women! :)

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Kathy Pinna

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01/01/2001

Mary Ann Jones Tasker & granddaughter

Mary Ann Jones Tasker, daughter of Davy Jones and wife of William Tasker, with granddaughter Joyce Benning & yet another dog!

Date & Place: 1933 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon United States

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AncientFaces

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10/11/2021

My mother, who was born in 1930 and passed away in 2017, was born on this day. This picture is of her and her grandmother (born 1882). It makes me think of how many generations I have personally known - from great-grandparents born in the last quarter of the 1800s to those born in the 21st century (my grandson, just 1 year old). Amazing - I've mingled with people who were born over the span of 150 yrs! How about you? (And Happy Birthday mom!!)

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10/11/2021

God has truly blessed you and yours !!!

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Kathy Pinna

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01/10/2022

My most remembered experience with Grandma Tasker

For the first few years of my life, Grandma Tasker lived in Piedmont CA (a part of Oakland CA) My Dad says that she came to help out when I was born (since we were living in Willow Glen/San Jose and my mother was temporarily ill) and that (and I don't remember which was which), and that he would go by when I was in the baby carriage and put my one way, Grandma Tasker would go by and put me another way. (One way was sitting up, the other way was lying down) Grandma said that he was ruining my spine! (Remember this: Grandma Tasker's spine NEVER touched the back of a chair. She sat with her spine straight and with discipline)

When I was a little older and we were living in Cupertino, Grandma Tasker would come and stay with us when my sister and I were ill (we were a year apart so tended to have the same illness at the same time). Whether it was measles (we had to stay in our bedroom - we shared - and just lie there, not talking or playing, with the drapes closed) or mumps or chicken pox, she made us custard. Boy, I hated that custard! But in my 20s and even later and life, every time I was ill I craved that wonderful custard!

Of course, with Grandma Tasker being so full of what was "right and proper", I thought she was a bit of a "dragon" when I was younger. She was my mother's grandmother but my father adored her and stood up for her. One of the only times I got a spanking was when I stuck out my tongue at Grandma Tasker. Dad marched me into my bedroom, gave me a tongue lashing, and a decent spanking (altho he felt so bad afterwards that I never got another one). I NEVER stuck out my tongue again - at Grandma Tasker or at anyone else. (Would that be considered "child abuse" today? We didn't think that - everyone was disciplined in the same way.)

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Kathy Pinna

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01/01/2001

Pratt & Tasker families, 1925

Brother & sister William Tasker and (Elizabeth) Kate Tasker Pratt with their families in April, 1925. William and Kate and their families emigrated from Wales in 1913, living first in North Dakota, then moving to Seattle Washington.

Date & Place: April 1925 in Washington United States

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