When Leda La Tucker was born on 30 December 1893, in Triplett, Chariton, Missouri, United States, her father, Wilbur Fisk Tucker, was 45 and her mother, Virginia Cora Gibbons, was 31. She married John Willard Scarborough on 16 April 1913, in Canyon, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Blackfoot Election Precinct 1, Bingham, Idaho, United States in 1940 and Idaho, United States in 1966. She died on 27 February 1995, at the age of 101, and was buried in Meridian Cemetery, Ada, Idaho, United States.
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A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Historical Boundaries: 1911: Bonneville, Idaho, United States
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
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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