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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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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