When Phoebe Tucker was born on 29 September 1762, in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, James Tucker, was 22 and her mother, Rhoda Beale, was 35. She married Edward Milton Foster on 13 May 1784, in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 1 November 1834, in Canada, New France, at the age of 72.
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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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