When William Tucker was born on 2 August 1817, in Milford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Joseph Tucker, was 27 and his mother, Lydia Crehore, was 22. He married Harriet Emeline Ruggles on 15 July 1838, in Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1860. He died on 26 March 1904, in Milford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Milford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States.
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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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