Mabel May Tucker

Brief Life History of Mabel May

When Mabel May Tucker was born on 12 November 1891, in Iowa, United States, her father, Perry Franklin Tucker, was 41 and her mother, Margaret Jane Underwood, was 31. She married Earl Sam Hartman on 23 June 1910, in Greene, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Junction Township, Greene, Iowa, United States for about 5 years and Grand Junction, Greene, Iowa, United States for about 1 years. She died on 25 January 1965, in Greene, Iowa, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Grand Junction Cemetery, Grand Junction, Greene, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Earl Sam Hartman
1884–1971
Mabel May Tucker
1891–1965
Marriage: 23 June 1910
George Tucker Hartman
1911–1990
Naomi Margaret Hartman
1913–2002
Paul Frank Hartman
1914–2001
Julia Maxine Hartman
1924–2006

Sources (20)

  • Mable M Hartman, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Tucker, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
  • Mabel Tucker, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"

World Events (8)

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1912 · The Girl Scouts

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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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