Researching John 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 John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Tait on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Tait and the Tait Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Tait Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Tait family tree.
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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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Tait Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Tait surname in the USA? Tait is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Tait Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on John Tait. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called John Tait
John Guthrie Tait
John "Jack" Guthrie Tait (24 August 1861 – 4 October 1945) V.D. was a Scottish educator who became principal of the Central College of Bangalore prior to the First World War. In his early adulthood, Tait was a notable sportsman playing rugby union as a forward for Cambridge University and represented the Scotland international team twice between 1880 and 1885. As well as being a talented rugby player, Tait was, like his brother Frederick Guthrie Tait, a notable amateur golfer.
Source: John Guthrie Tait, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
John Tait (entrepreneur)
John Henry Tait (21 August 1871 – 23 September 1955) was an Australian film and theatre entrepreneur who often worked with his brothers Charles, Nevin, Edward and Frank.
John Tait was born in Castlemaine, Victoria, the son of John Turnbull Tait (1830–1902), a tailor from Scalloway, Shetland Islands, Scotland, and his English wife Sarah, née Leeming. John Tait migrated to Victoria in 1862 and settled at Castlemaine where he married Sarah. They had nine children: including Charles (1868–1933), John (1871–1955), James Nevin (1876–1961), Edward Joseph (1878–1947) and Frank Samuel (1883–1965) (later Sir Frank). John was educated at Castlemaine State School before the Taits moved in about 1879 to Richmond, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
John originally worked as a lawyer before going into the theatre. He managed Dame Nellie Melba's 1902 tour of Australia for George Musgrove. He later became a concert promoter. In March 1911, brothers John and Nevin, and Millard Johnson and William Gibson merged their film interests in Amalgamated Pictures and became a noted theatre producer.
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