Researching Alan Tait
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 8817 people with the Tait surname? In that year Tait was ranked number 460 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Alan means "Handsome, cheerful" and is of Gaelic origin.
Records of Alan Tait on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Alan Tait and the Tait Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 10398 people with the Tait surname in the UK? Tait is now ranked number 557 for popularity in the UK. |
Tait Family History Databases
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Some Famous People called Alan Tait
Alan Tait
Alan Victor Tait (born 2 November 1964) is a Scottish dual-code rugby footballer, and coach. He was until January 2012, head coach at Newcastle Falcons and a former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer. He played outside centre for Scotland (RU), and the British and Irish Lions. He played club rugby union for Kelso, and the Newcastle Falcons, and club rugby league for Widnes and Leeds.
Tait changed codes twice in his life, once going from rugby union to rugby league, and then going the other way after union became professional during the mid-1990s.
Source: Alan Tait, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaAlan Tait (Australian footballer)
Alan Taylor Tait (29 April 1891 – 10 August 1969) was an Australian educator, decorated World War I soldier and an Australian rules footballer who played with the University Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The son of Rev. George Tait and Mary Agnes Sym, Alan Tait was born in the eastern part of Melbourne in 1891. He attended Geelong College from 1903 – 1908, being a School Prefect and a prominent member of its football, cricket and athletics teams. He then attended the University of Melbourne, and during 1911 made his single VFL appearance in a game against Collingwood where University failed to score a goal.
He was studying at the University of Edinburgh in 1914 and enlisted to serve in World War I with the Royal Scots. He served in France, and in April 1917 was awarded the Military Cross, the citation reading: “For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in vacating, under orders, a position and withdrawing to a sunken road, and then retaking the same position in the face of a very heavy fire. He held this position until it became untenable and then was ordered to withdraw. His coolness was magnificent, and he showed himself a fine leader of men.”
At the end of the war he returned to New College and completed his training as a theological student, and was licensed by the Presbytery of Edinburgh of the United Free Church of Scotland. Returning to Australia in 1919, he gained his Diploma of Education and married Dorothy Ada Tate in 1920. He joined the Geelong College staff in 1920 and later served as Vice-Principal from 1939 until his retirement in 1957.
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