[Forward from listowner] --- Original Message --- From: "George Tuck" <blacksheep1@rogers.com> To: <IRL-LAOIS-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: Sent: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 21:09:37 -0700 Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: IRL-LAOIS-D Digest V03 #27 >Now, that's fascinating! > >I am a Tuck married to a Kealy/ Brennan from Laois. Our group came >recently (1958) and settled in Toronto and Cobourg. > >1 I have researched our Tucks back to (William)1856 and John >(1860) with accurate references from the Methwold area of Norfolk. > >2 Other research indicates that the Tuck name comes from East >Anglia, northern Suffolk to Norfolk. An unverified suggestion is >that Tuck/Tucke/Tooke is the anglicized version of the Roman Lucius >family who are on record of receiving a large land grant for service >in the Roman settlement. >http://www.isn.net/friartuck/tuck.html > >3 The Tuck family history by James? Dow relates the arrival of >the US Tucks to Hampton, NH in 1637 and thence spreading. >Another group ended in Virginia. >http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/u/c/Rosemary-A-Tuck/ > >Tuck is still a predominent name in New Hampshire. There are >multiple references in the Tuck Library at Dartmouth College, NH. >Robert Tuck (the surname is from memory) founded Dartmouth and was >a founder of the US Republican party. There is a gravemarker for >Mary Tuck outside the church door of the church on the corner of >Boston Common; The Tuck Museum is in East Hampton and has many >records related to the "Gorleston" family. Their tree is easily >found on many websites. > >4 There is a well established Tuck family in Hamilton/Burlington, >Ontario. >Their history is mentioned in note 2 above. Mention is also made of >west coast links.Their webpage seems to have disappeared. > >5 A Tuck family lived through 3 or 4 generations in Cramahe >township. Their gravemarkers still exist and two three pages on the >family can be found in the History of Cramahe Township. > >6. I arrived in Toronto in 1959. There were 72 Tucks in the >phonebook. There are now less than 50! > >7 Try Google as well as the Rootsweb sites as well. > >Hope this gives you some leads or at least some additional info. > >In the meantime where are all the Kealys from Slatt/Laois/Queens Co >and the Brennans of barrowhouse??? >Cheers/George Tuck > >IRL-LAOIS-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > >>Subject: >> >>IRL-LAOIS-D Digest Volume 03 : Issue >>27 >> >>Today's Topics: #1 [LAOIS] Introduction.. TUCK & MYHA ["Mike >>Knutsen" <mike_knutsen@hotma] >> >>Administrivia: To unsubscribe from IRL-LAOIS-D, send a message to >> >>IRL-LAOIS-D-request@rootsweb.com >> >>that contains in the body of the message the command >> >>unsubscribe >> >>and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your >>software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. >> >>To contact the IRL-LAOIS-D list administrator, send mail to IRL- >>LAOIS-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >>______________________________ >> >> >>-------------------------------------------------------------------- >>---- >> >>Subject: [LAOIS] Introduction.. TUCK & MYHAN surnames Date: Thu, 30 >>Jan 2003 19:01:19 +0000 From: "Mike Knutsen" >><mike_knutsen@hotmail.com> To: IRL-LAOIS-L@rootsweb.com >> >>Just thought I would introduce myself to the members of the group, >>and list my connection to "Queen's County". >> >>My ancestors were originally thought to be from Co. Clare, however >>upon finding a marriage registration, it appears they were from >>Queen's County, later immigrating to Canada. >> >>John TUCK and his wife Mary (MYHAN) emigrated from Ireland with >>their son John and daughter Mary Catherine, at the height of the >>great famine sometime between 1842 and 1850. They settled in >>Pembroke/Stafford, North Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. A son, >>Peter, was born circa 1850 in Ontario, where Mary Catherine was >>born in Ireland in 1842, so the dates haven't been narrowed down >>beyond that. >> >>Mary Catherine married Onésime Joseph-Louis BRAZEAU/BRASSEAU in >>Stafford on 7 January 1867, which is the marriage registration I >>found, indicating her birth was in Queen's County. Mary (MYHAN) >>TUCK died on 28 December 1888 in Pembroke. Pembroke and Stafford >>are beside each other, so they may have moved back and forth a few >>times. >> >>There have been several people who have said that they found TUCK's >>and MYHAN's in Queen's County prior to the famine, so I DO know >>that these names existed there! If anyone has any information or >>suggestions on where I could go next, I would love to hear from >>you! >> >>Cheers, and thanks! >> >>Mike Knutsen Victoria, British Columbia, Canada >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* >>http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail >