When James Patterson Tucker was born on 5 May 1841, in Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States, his father, William Tucker, was 28 and his mother, Nancy Ann Dealy, was 18. He married Elizabeth Martha Powers on 25 May 1868, in Washington, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Oregon, United States in 1870 and Evansville, Linn, Oregon, United States in 1880. He died on 15 March 1895, in Clackamas, Oregon, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Providence Cemetery, Scio, Linn, Oregon, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Fremont, Iowa, United States
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
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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