When Sherwood Odell Tucker was born on 31 March 1925, in Brunswick, Virginia, United States, his father, Henry Tucker, was 32 and his mother, Ellen Thornton, was 30. He had at least 1 son with Catherine D Eason. He lived in Norfolk City Voting Precinct 21, Norfolk, Virginia, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1943. He died on 19 November 2014, at the age of 89, and was buried in Owings Mills, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
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 ).
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