Brief Life History of Leroy Dimock
When Leroy Dimock Tucker was born on 17 March 1914, in Trumbull, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Edgar Leroy Tucker, was 29 and his mother, Cora Agnes Dimick, was 27. He married Virginia Shelton Hubbell on 16 September 1939, in Huntington, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Ripton, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States in 1950 and Shelton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States in 1978. He died on 2 February 1978, in East Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Lawn Cemetery, Huntington, Shelton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.
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Sources (15)
- Leroy D Tucher, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Leroy Dimock Tucker - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: Leroy Dimock Tucker
- Leroy Dimock Tucker, "Connecticut, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
Spouse and Children
1914–1978 Male
1916–2009 Female
Children (2)
1943–2011 Male
1945–2019 Female
Parents and Siblings
1885–1943 Male
1886–1964 Female
Siblings (1)
1914–1978 Male
World Events (8)
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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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