This website provides information on the PASK, and PASKE families. If you are interested in researching the name, or finding out more about PASK families use the links to access the substantial amount of worldwide information. The research represents the work of many researchers and in return we encourage other researchers to include their information.

The information in this website covers detailed narratives for many of these Pask families. These narratives can be easily searched by Surname, or Master Index, or by searching the website. The narratives section is slightly different to the main pages as it is generated and updated from the database on a regular basis and contains over 100 photographs and 1,700 webpages. We hope that you find something of interest. If not, contact us and we will endeavour to help you.

Pask Book - Pasks of Great Gonerby

The first of a series of books has been published.
The book covers the PASKs of Great Gonerby in Lincolnshire - the descendants of John & Alice Pask née Woodcock who settled in Great Gonerby in the early 1790s. The book is 142 pages, and covers 8 generations, and 350+ descendants, including Professor Andrew Gordon Speedie Pask(1928-1928), and his brother Professor Edgar Alexander Pask (1912-1966). Also Barnabas Thomas Pask, John & Alice's grandson, known as Thomas, who signed the original conveyancing in 1857 of the Primitive Methodist Church in Great Gonerby.

There are detailed charts for the main families, minibiographies of approximately 350 people, together with 110 photographs. For more information see Pasks of Great Gonerby, Lincolnshire.

Pask Family Gathering 2008:

If you are a Pask, or have an ancestor who was a Pask, then join us at the Community Centre in Whepstead, Suffolk on Saturday July 26, 2008 any time between 11:00 am and 10:00 pm. We are interested in meeting anybody connected to the PASK name whether you are interested in family history or not. For more information see the Pask-Paske Blog label Pask Family Gathering 2008. More information will follow shortly.

The Pask, Paske One-Name Study has been registered with the Guild of One-Name Studies for over four years. The Guild of One-Name Studies is the premier UK-based organisation for one-name studies. The Guild welcomes as members anyone who has an interest in the subject. More ...

There is an online database where you can search the General Record Office (GRO) indexes for information on Pask or Paske births, marriages, and deaths.

For full details of the records searched look at data sources.

There is also a Pask-Paske Blog that provides day-by-day activities in the One-Name Study. It includes recent items of interest that will be included in the website update.

The PASK and PASKE families originate from four main areas in the UK -  Lincolnshire, Suffolk, Monmouthshire, and Essex.

Several descendants of these branches have emigrated to Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and America.

The Master Place Index details all people in all locations. To search for the country, city or town choose Edit > Find, and specify the location.

More information on locations...

There are several interesting Pask(e) characters, both famous and not so famous. Interesting people ...

Are you stuck - can we help? Can you identify some Pask(e) family photographs for other researchers? If so, see Brick walls.

We welcome any information that you may have on the PASK, or PASKE families, or their derivatives. All information will be credited to you. Join the many co-researchers who may share your ancestors.

Origins:

'Easter', from the Hebrew pesakh 'a passing over', used as a personal name for one born at Easter.

Alternatively from the name Pascall, a 9th C. saint and pope. 

Or derived from the Old Welsh personal name Paskent or Pascen.

Variants:

PASK, PASKE, PASCH, PASH, PASHE, PASQUE

In an extract of an Office of National Statistics database for 2002, the name PASK is ranked 4508, with 1593 instances. The name PASKE is ranked 20969, with 205 instances. For more information see ONS Names.

In the United States of America, the name PASKE ranks 45,977 in terms of frequency in the U.S. 1990 Census. Surprisingly, the name PASK is not listed. PASKs in the UK out number the PASKEs by 90%.

My Relations and Other Lines — In these sections you will find additional information on my maternal side and other names that I am researching, or hosting for family and friends.

This site is being developed continuously and new information being added. We recommend that you check periodically for new information. There is a Pask-Paske Blog that provides day-by-day activities in the One-Name Study. It includes recent items of interest not yet included in the website. This information is usually included in the next website update, when time allows.