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Mary Stanning Tucker

Mary Stanning Tucker (nee Clear) was born at Longcause, Dartington, to John (a carpenter) and Margaret. She was baptised on 24 June 1832 and married Samuel Frederick Tucker in 1860. The 1891 Census shows her, aged 58, at Longcause, widowed, a dairy keeper, with two daughters and two sons living with her. In 1901, she is still at Longcause, this time with one daughter and three sons, one of whom is a dairy man; the other two are recorded as 'gardener not domestic'. In 1921, she continues at Longcause, as a dairy keeper and head of the family. She died at the age of 92 in 1925.