Fredonia Caroline Tucker

Brief Life History of Fredonia Caroline

When Fredonia Caroline Tucker was born on 13 January 1845, in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States, her father, William Bacon Tucker, was 34 and her mother, Nancy Rhea, was 22. She married Thomas Jefferson Clinton on 2 August 1864, in Williamson, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 2, Blanco, Texas, United States in 1880 and Artesia, Eddy, New Mexico, United States in 1910. She died on 7 March 1918, in Guion, Taylor, Texas, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Tuscola, Taylor, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Jefferson Clinton
1844–1875
Fredonia Caroline Tucker
1845–1918
Marriage: 2 August 1864
Mary S Clinton
1865–1898
William Clinton
about 1867–about 1895
Clara Clinton
about 1872–1919
Nancy Caroline Clinton
1868–1951
Lavonia Clinton
1870–1930
Nora Clinton
1873–1940
Della B. Clinton
1874–1969

Sources (14)

  • Fredonia Tucker in household of William B Tucker, "United States Census, 1850"
  • F. C. Tucker, "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973"
  • Fredonia C Clinton, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1848

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Williamson, Texas, United States

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

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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