When George William Tucker was born on 17 July 1889, in Etna, Siskiyou, California, United States, his father, John Henry Tucker, was 42 and his mother, Mary Jane Allen, was 26. He married Alice Elizabeth Tipton on 31 March 1921, in Sutter, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Yuba City, Sutter, California, United States for about 5 years and Sutter Judicial Township, Sutter, California, United States in 1940. He died on 7 June 1961, in Sutter, California, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Sutter Cemetery, Sutter, Sutter, California, 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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