Brief Life History of William Robert
When William Robert Tucker was born in 1868, in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, his father, William David Tucker, was 33 and his mother, Frances Salome Eberle, was 23. He married Mildred Etta Dukes on 2 March 1892, in Palo Pinto, Benton, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Magisterial District 3 Milburn, Ballard, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Election Precinct 37, El Paso, Colorado, United States in 1900. He died in 1938, in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States, at the age of 70.
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Sources (11)
- Robert Bucker in household of Wm D Tucker, "United States Census, 1870"
- Wm R Tucker, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- gravestone photo from Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs Colorado.
Spouse and Children
1868–1938 Male
1874–1956 Female
Children (2)
1894–1946 Female
1897–1971 Male
Parents and Siblings
1836–1899 Male
1845–1894 Female
Siblings (6)
1868–1938 Male
1871–1941 Female
1873–1959 Female
1875–1941 Male
1877–1934 Female
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World Events (8)
1868 · Impeach the President!
Age 0
1871
Age 3
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 22
Name Meaning
English (southwestern): occupational name from Middle English tuker(e), toker(e) ‘tucker, fuller’, a derivative of tuken ‘to torment, beat’ (Old English tūcian), for someone who fulled and finished cloth. This name for the occupation was characteristic of the West Country. Compare Fuller and Walker and see also Tuckerman .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tuachair ‘descendant of Tuachar’, a personal name composed of the elements tuath ‘people’ + car ‘dear, beloved’.
Americanized form of Jewish Tocker or Toker (see Tokarz ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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