The Tucker Genealogy: A Record of Gilbert Ruggles and Evelina Christina (Snyder) Tucker, Their Ancestors and Descendants

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1901 - 305 pages
Gilbert Ruggles Tucker was born 9 January 1807 in Digby, Nova Scotia. His parents were Charles Tucker and Welthe Ruggles. He married Evelina Snyder 20 August 1831 in Shelburne, Nova Scotia. They had nine children. They moved to Boston in 1849 and to Winona, Minnesota in 1855. Gilbert died in 1875 in Philadelphia. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nova Scotia and England.

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