Mabel Irene (Armstrong) Tucker (1899 - 1974)

Born 2 Sep 1899 in Hampton, Franklin, Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Leonard Oral Tucker — married 23 Jul 1919 in Hampton, Franklin, Iowa, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Jun 1974 at age 74 in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Mabel Irene Armstrong was born in Hampton, Franklin, Iowa, USA 2 September 1899. Her parents were Wyman Otis "Henry" Armstrong and Susan Jane "Jennie" Box^[1]

1900 US Census The Armstrong family had moved from Mabel's birthplace in Iowa to Hot Springs, Arkansas. Mabel was just 9 months when the census was taken in June so she didn't know she was living with her mother, father, 4 half siblings, a brother and her grandma Nancy Box, 65.^[2]

1910 US Census Mabel, age 10, her parents Otis W, 41, and Jennie Armstrong, 46 and her 2 brothers and a sister were living in Hampton, Iowa in 1910. Her father and older brother, Ernest, 14, were Farm Laborers, and her mother was a Laundress.^[3]

Miss Mabel Armstrong, age 19, of Olathe, Kansas, the daughter of Otis and Jenny Armstrong, was married to Mr Leonard Tucker, 22, a Farmer of Franklin County, Iowa on 23 July, 1919, at Hampton, Iowa.^[4]

They had 5 children all born in Iowa between 1920 and 1929.^[5]:

1. Ruby Ione 1920- 1991
2. Howard Harold 1922- 1998
3. Wanda Lucille 1925- 2016
4. Leta Mae 1927- 1985
5. William Cogswell 1929- 2015

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1920 US Census Mabel, age 20, and her husband Leonard, 22, a Farmer, were living on a farm in Ingham Township, Franklin County, Iowa.^[6]

The Tuckers were Farmers. Mabel and Leonard farmed in Ingham Township, near Hansell, Iowa for 30 years.They then moved to Waterloo, Iowa for work in 1949.

1950 US Census Mabel, 50, was living in Waterloo with her husband Leonard, 53, son Howard, 27, his wife Nancy and their son Jay D, 6 months. Leonard and Howard were working as Hog Killers at a meat packing company^[7]

Mabel Irene Tucker, age 74, passed away 9 June 1974 at Waterloo, Blackhawk, Iowa. She was survived by her husband Leonard and their 5 children.

Burial Mabel Irene (Armstrong) Tucker was buried at Harlan Cemetery, Dumont, Butler, Iowa ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939," database, FamilySearch Mabel Irene Armstrong, 02 Sep 1899, Hampton, Franklin, Iowa, United States; citing reference ID 282332, State Historical Society
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch Mable Armstrong in household of Wyman Armstrong, Hot Springs Township Hot Springs city Ward 3, Garland, Arkansas
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch Mabel Armstrong in household of Otis W Armstrong, Hampton Ward 3, Franklin, Iowa, United States
4. ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch Leonard Oral Tucker and Mabel Irene Armstrong, 23 Jul 1919, Franklin, Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,481,262.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch Mabel I Tucker in household of Leonard O Tucker, Ingham, Franklin, Iowa, United States
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch Mabel I Tucker in entry for Leonard O Tucker, 1920.
7. ↑ United States Census 1950, database, FamilySearch Leonard Tucker 1950
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images memorial page for Mabel Irene Armstrong Tucker (2 Sep 1899–19 Jun 1974), Find a Grave Memorial ID 40783360, citing Harlan Cemetery, Dumont, Butler County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Chris Armstrong (contributor 47167684) .