Guy Sidney Tucker

Brief Life History of Guy Sidney

When Guy Sidney Tucker was born on 10 April 1891, in South West Township, Barton, Missouri, United States, his father, Syrus or Silas P Tucker, was 29 and his mother, Mary A Mcintosh, was 24. He married Ora T Knight on 20 June 1914, in Prescott, Yavapai, Arizona, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Jackson, Kansas, United States in 1910 and Gilroy, Santa Clara, California, United States in 1920. He died on 4 May 1982, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 91.

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Guy Sidney Tucker
1891–1982
Ora T Knight
1892–1965
Marriage: 20 June 1914
John R Tucker
1919–2009

Sources (16)

  • Guy S Tucker, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Guy S. Tucker, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
  • Guy S Tucker, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

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.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

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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