Bill Tasker (1906 - 1932)

Bill's immediate relatives including parents, siblings, partnerships and children in the Tasker family tree.

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Bill's Parents

Mary Ann (Jones) Tasker

William Tasker

Bill Tasker

Ethel Rosina (Tasker) Allen

Parents:

Mary Ann (Jones) Tasker

Jun 30, 1882 - 1956

William Tasker

Nov 26, 1879 - 1933

Siblings:

Ethel Rosina (Tasker) Allen

Sep 5, 1909 - Unknown

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Bill's Parents

Mary Ann (Jones) Tasker

William Tasker

Eileen Constance (Tasker) Benning Bill Tasker

Ethel Rosina (Tasker) Allen

Parents:

Mary Ann (Jones) Tasker

Jun 30, 1882 - 1956

William Tasker

Nov 26, 1879 - 1933

Siblings:

Ethel Rosina (Tasker) Allen

Sep 5, 1909 - Unknown

Eileen Constance (Tasker) Benning

Feb 2, 1908 - Jan 28, 1987

Photos and snapshots taken of Bill Tasker, his Tasker family, and locations and places or events from his life.

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The Three Tasker Children

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Tasker children at the beach

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The Williams Tasker

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Tasker family picnic

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William Tasker & children 1925

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Pratt & Tasker Families in 1925

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Bill and Ethel Tasker

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William Tasker family with friends

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Bill (Willie) & Constance (Connie) Tasker

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Bill Tasker

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What do you remember about Bill Tasker? Share your memories of special moments and stories you have heard about him. Or just leave a comment to show the world that Bill is remembered.

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Kathy Pinna

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My grandmother (his sister) said that he died of asthma in his 20's. She said he was very bright and loved science fiction

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In 1906, in the year that Bill Tasker was born, President Theodore Roosevelt received the Nobel Prize for Peace. The award was considered controversial at the time because many thought that he was an imperialist. But he had brokered peace between Russia and Japan a year previous and had allowed a dispute between Mexico and the U.S. to go to arbitration, resolving the issue peacefully rather than resorting to military conflict. For these two reasons, the Nobel Prize committee chose him for the Peace Prize.

In 1916, by the time he was only 10 years old, the Battle of Verdun was fought from February through December. It was the largest and longest battle of World War I, lasting 303 days. The original estimates were 714,231 casualties - 377,231 French and 337,000 German, an average of 70,000 casualties a month. Current estimates are even larger. The Battle of the Somme was also fought from July through September of the same year. Original estimates were 485,000 British and French casualties and 630,000 German casualties.

In 1918, at the age of merely 12 years old, Bill was alive when on November 1, an elevated train on the Brooklyn line of the subway - driven by an inexperienced operator because of a strike - tried to navigate a turn at 30mph. The limit on the curve was 6 mph. The 2nd and 3rd cars of the 5 car wooden train were badly damaged and at least 93 people were killed, making it the deadliest crash in New York subway history.

In 1922, he was 16 years old when the Reparations Commission assessed German liability for World War 1 at 132 billion gold marks (over $32 billion U.S. dollars at the time). This led to hyperinflation in Germany and created the political and social atmosphere in which Hitler was able to rise to power.

In 1932, in the year of Bill Tasker's passing, five years to the day after Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart flew solo from Newfoundland to Ireland, the first woman to cross the Atlantic solo and the first to replicate Lindbergh's feat. She flew over 2,000 miles in just under 15 hours.