Brief Life History of Benjamin Franklin
When Benjamin Franklin Tucker was born on 26 December 1863, in Stephenson, Illinois, United States, his father, John N Tucker, was 29 and his mother, Anna Mary Garman, was 21. He married Anna Delau Yaple on 29 December 1888. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Belleville, Republic, Kansas, United States for about 10 years and Pomona, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1920. He died on 7 July 1945, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Pomona, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Benjamin T Tucker in household of John Tucker, "United States Census, 1870"
- Frank Tucker, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Benjamin Franklin Tucker, "Find A Grave Index"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1869
Historical Boundaries: 1869: Republic, Kansas, United States
1885 · The First Skyscraper
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
Name Meaning
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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