When Roy Alton Tucker was born on 8 April 1881, in Burrton, Harvey, Kansas, United States, his father, William Lyman Tucker, was 30 and his mother, Emily Rosella Pierce, was 21. He married Bertha Hardin on 11 January 1900, in Blaine, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Oakwood, Dewey, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Stella Township, Alfalfa, Oklahoma, United States in 1920. In 1920, his occupation is listed as farmer in Amorita, Alfalfa, Oklahoma, United States. He died on 13 February 1920, in Byron, Alfalfa, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Byron-Amorita Cemetery, Alfalfa, Oklahoma, United States.
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A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Earliest Known Burial: 1885
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.
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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