When Nelson Byron Tucker was born in October 1838, in St. Lawrence, New York, United States, his father, Joseph Parsons Tucker Jr, was 47 and his mother, Catherine Church, was 35. He married Lucy Berry on 4 January 1873. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He died in 1916, in Sparta, Monroe, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Big Creek, Monroe, Wisconsin, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1854: Monroe, Wisconsin, 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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