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Adelbert Miner Tucker (1851 - 1935)

Adelbert Miner (Del) Tucker
Born in Clayton, Jefferson Co., New Yorkmap
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Son of [father unknown] and
Brother of [half], [half], [half], [half], [half] and [half]
Husband of — married 14 Oct 1880 in Long Rapids, Alpena, Michigan, United Statesmap
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Died at age 84 in Long Rapids, Alpena Co., Mich.map
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Biography

Adelbert was born in Clayton, Jefferson Co., N.Y., according to his marriage record. This is also where is mother was listed during the 1860 census, although Adelbert himself has not been located in that census. Adelbert's death record and obituary indicate he was born in 1851 which is consistent with the 1920 and 1930 census records of Long Rapids Twp., Alpena Co., Mich. However, his marriage record plus the 1870, 1880, and 1910 census all indicate he was born in 1856. The 1856 date also seems consistent with what is known of his early childhood. According to his neice, Madeline (Jones) Felker, Adelbert came to Michigan from New York with his mother, and after her marriage in 1865 to John Jones, Adelbert made his home with them. About the age of 12 years he left their home because of friction with his step-father. After leaving home "he went to live with a family by the name of Williams, who lived on the west side of the Black River [in Washington Twp.]. Now, the 1870 census shows Adelbert still living at home at the age of 13, so if he had been born in 1851 he would have been 19 years old and still living at home. Mrs. Felker also reported that "Later he went with other young men to the lumber camps, very often driving the tote teams, or being the cook. He could load a perfect load of logs once winning a prize for the best load. During his young manhood he worked in the camps around the Alpena area." The 1880 census of Long Rapids Twp. lists him at age 23 working on a farm (his obituary indicated he moved to Alpena in 1876).

Adelbert married Adelia Williams in October of 1880 and they lived all their lives in the Leer or Long Rapids area. According to Mrs. Felker "He bought 40 acres near Leer and that is where their family was born... The family consisted of 8 children. At times Adelbert was both father and mother to them. Delia went blind and Del took care of the family doing the cooking, washing, and sewing. She was able to go to Ann Arbor for an operation which restored part of her vision but she always suffered from eye trouble the rest of her life. These were difficult times for the family -- money was scarce (one son remarked in later years that he did not know young men had anything more than work shoes, shirts, and overalls). As soon as the boys became 18 they left home and went to seek work in Detroit. All 5 of them were in Detroit at one time. Four or 5 of them were on the Detroit Police Force. They were tall, husky young men who resembled their mother's family being reddish, blond 6-footers (Del's height was perhaps only 5'7")... In later years he owned a farm north of Long Rapids [6558 S. Leer Rd.] -- his son, Will, had come back home and worked with him. Adelbert had a high singing voice and worked for hire as a square dance caller in Alpena. For an evening's work he made $1.50. His voice would carry for as many as 12 sets."

See Chonnie.com for photo of Del and Delia on their golden wedding anniversary. There are also many photos of Adelbert with his team of horses. He apparently farmed in the summer and worked with his team of horses during the logging season (a good teamster with a team of horses reportedly made twice as much money as a lumberjack).

In a letter dated 30 Apr 1979 from Marguerite Klein, she reports that when she spoke with Gladys Tucker Nephew (daughter of Adelbert and Adelia) Gladys reported that her parents "had 16 children; eight lived and eight died at birth or very young." Also according to an interview with Bill Tucker in 1975 he reported that his mother had had 18 children.

Adelbert and Adelia were buried in Long Rapids Cemetery.

Name

Name: Adelbert Miner /Tucker/[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Name: Adelbert Minor /Tucker/

Found multiple versions of NAME. Using Adelbert Miner /Tucker/.

Birth

Birth:
Date: 22 May 1851
Place: Clayton, Jefferson Co., New York[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
Birth:
Date: 22 May 1851
Place: Clayton, Jefferson Co., New York

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 22 May 1851

Death

Death:
Date: 11 NOV 1935
Place: Long Rapids, Alpena Co., Mich.[15][16][17]

Burial

Burial:
Date: 13 Nov 1935
Place: Long Rapids, Alpena County, Michigan, USA[18][19][20]

Residence

Residence: Marital Status: Married
Place: Michigan, United States[21]
Residence:
Place: Long Rapids[22]
Residence: Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Head
Date: 1920
Place: Long Rapids, Alpena, Michigan, USA[23]
Residence: Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Head
Date: 1930
Place: Long Rapids, Alpena, Michigan, USA[24]

Event

Event:
Type: Arrival
Date: 1882[25]

Object

Object:
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Title: Adelbert (2) Tucker
Object:
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Title: Adelbert Tucker, 1856-1935
Object:
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Title: Adelbert Tucker headstone

Marriage

Husband: Adelbert Miner Tucker
Wife: Adelia Augusta Williams
Child: Charles Adelbert Tucker
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Child: Alice Ruth Tucker Edmonds
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Child: James Robert Tucker
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Child: William Thomas Tucker
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Child: Bernard Tucker
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Child: John Morris Tucker
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Child: @P208@
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Child: Richard Burton Tucker
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Child: Mary E. Tucker
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Child: Ruth Burton Tucker
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Marriage:
Date: 14 OCT 1880
Place: Long Rapids, Mich.[26]

Sources

  1. ↑ Source: #S-160257720 Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: Long Rapids, Alpena, Michigan; Roll: 973; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0011; Image: 835.0; FHL microfilm: 2340708 APID: 1,6224::105736603
  2. ↑ Source: #S-160267954 Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Long Rapids, Alpena, Michigan; Roll: T624_635; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0017; FHL microfilm: 1374648 APID: 1,7884::11866984
  3. ↑ Source: #S-160267750 Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Long Rapids, Alpena, Michigan; Roll: T625_754; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 20; Image: 495 APID: 1,6061::17195083
  4. ↑ Source: #S-160297588 APID: 1,9093::1118474
  5. ↑ Source: #S-160292092 APID: 1,60525::20543220
  6. ↑ Source: #S-160292740 APID: 1,2549::1332447
  7. ↑ Source: #S-160267942 APID: 1,70581::840492
  8. ↑ Source: #S-160257720 Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: Long Rapids, Alpena, Michigan; Roll: 973; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0011; Image: 835.0; FHL microfilm: 2340708 APID: 1,6224::105736603
  9. ↑ Source: #S-160267954 Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Long Rapids, Alpena, Michigan; Roll: T624_635; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0017; FHL microfilm: 1374648 APID: 1,7884::11866984
  10. ↑ Source: #S-160267750 Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Long Rapids, Alpena, Michigan; Roll: T625_754; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 20; Image: 495 APID: 1,6061::17195083
  11. ↑ Source: #S-160297588 APID: 1,9093::1118474
  12. ↑ Source: #S-160292092 APID: 1,60525::20543220
  13. ↑ Source: #S-160292740 APID: 1,2549::1332447
  14. ↑ Source: #S-160267942 APID: 1,70581::840492
  15. ↑ Source: #S-160292092 APID: 1,60525::20543220
  16. ↑ Source: #S-160292740 APID: 1,2549::1332447
  17. ↑ Source: #S-160267942 APID: 1,70581::840492
  18. ↑ Source: #S-160292092 APID: 1,60525::20543220
  19. ↑ Source: #S-160292740 APID: 1,2549::1332447
  20. ↑ Source: #S-160267942 APID: 1,70581::840492
  21. ↑ Source: #S-160292740 APID: 1,2549::1332447
  22. ↑ Source: #S-160297588 APID: 1,9093::1118474
  23. ↑ Source: #S-160267750 Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Long Rapids, Alpena, Michigan; Roll: T625_754; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 20; Image: 495 APID: 1,6061::17195083
  24. ↑ Source: #S-160257720 Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: Long Rapids, Alpena, Michigan; Roll: 973; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0011; Image: 835.0; FHL microfilm: 2340708 APID: 1,6224::105736603
  25. ↑ Source: #S-160267750 Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Long Rapids, Alpena, Michigan; Roll: T625_754; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 20; Image: 495 APID: 1,6061::17195083
  26. ↑ Source: #S-160297588 APID: 1,9093::1118474
  • Source: S-160233251 Repository: #R-795382715 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=79745699&pid=31
  • Repository: R-795382715 Name: Ancestry.com
  • Source: S-160257720 Repository: #R-795382715 Title: 1930 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,6224::0
  • Source: S-160267750 Repository: #R-795382715 Title: 1920 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,6061::0
  • Source: S-160267942 Repository: #R-795382715 Title: Web: Michigan, Find A Grave Index, 1805-2012 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. APID: 1,70581::0
  • Source: S-160267954 Repository: #R-795382715 Title: 1910 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,7884::0
  • Source: S-160292092 Repository: #R-795382715 Title: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. APID: 1,60525::0
  • Source: S-160292740 Repository: #R-795382715 Title: Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. APID: 1,2549::0
  • Source: S-160297588 Repository: #R-795382715 Title: Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. APID: 1,9093::0




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S (Krueger) L
Adelbert Minor Tucker was born on 22 May 1856 (or 1851?) in New York, in Clayton in Jefferson County. He was the first child of Elizabeth Tucker who later married John Jones in Michigan and had six more children. Elizabeth was reportedly engaged to Adelbert's father who was a sailor on the St. Lawrence River. He went on one last voyage but was lost with the ship. Not only is the name of Adelbert's father an open question, but also Adelbert's birth year. His death record and obituary as well as the 1920 and 1930 census indicate he was born in 1851, but the 1870, 1880, and 1910 census as well as his marriage record from 1880 all indicate he was born about 1856 (he has not been located in the 1860 census nor the 1900 census). Adelbert was living with his mother and stepfather during the 1870 census and was listed as 13 years old. If he had been born in 1851 he would have been 19 years old. This is significant because Adelbert's neice, Madeline (Jones) Felker, reported that Adelbert left home when he was about 12 years old "because of friction with his step-father". Mrs. Felker reported that after leaving home, "he went to live with a family by the name of Williams, who lived on the west side of the Black River. Later he went with other young men to the lumber camps, very often driving the tote teams, or being the cook. He could load a perfect load of logs -- once winning a prize for the best load. During his young manhood he worked in the camps around the Alpena area [according to his obituary he moved to Alpena in 1876]. He married Adelia Williams, and they lived all their lives in the Leer or Long Rapids area. He bought 40 acres near Leer and that is where their family was born. In later years he owned a farm north of Long Rapids [located at what is now 6558 S. Leer Rd.] -- his son, Will, had come back home [from Detroit] and worked with him. Adelbert had a high singing voice and worked for hire as a square dance caller in Alpena. For an evening's work he made $1.50. His voice would cary for as many as 12 sets. The family consisted of 8 children. At times Adelbert was both father and mother to them. Delia went blind and Del took care of the family doing the cooking, washing and sewing. She was able to go to Ann Arbor for an operation which restored part of her vision but she always suffered from eye trouble the rest of her life. These were difficult times for the family -- money was scarce -- one son remarked in later years that he did not know young men had anything more than work shoes, shirts, and overalls. As soon as the boys became 18 they left home and went to seek work in Detroit. All five of them were in Detroit at one time. Four or five of them were on the Detroit Police Force. They were tall, husky young men who resembled their mother's family being reddish, blond six-footers -- Del's height was perhaps only 5 foot 7 inches."

Adelbert with his team of horses while logging. Reportedly a good teamster with a team of horses made twice as much money as a lumberjack.

Adelbert and Adelia apparently moved to their farm north of Long Rapids (6558 Leer Rd. -- the house is no longer standing) some time between 1913 and 1920. When they were older they also lived in the village of Long Rapids during the winter (the house is also no longer standing but it was on the southeast corner of the intersection just south of Long Rapids Cemetery).

Adelbert ran a sort of butcher shop from their home in Long Rapids, and he was also a driver for a local doctor when making house calls. After Adelbert and Adelia died their daughter, Alice, continued to live in the house until she died. Adelbert died on 11 November 1935 in Long Rapids and Adelia died there on 13 June 1938. They were buried in Long Rapids Cemetery

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