Ruth Tuck was baptised at Preshute, Wiltshire, on the 20th
April 1817.1
She married [B2] William Beck on the 19th October 1834 in Hurley, where she lived at that time. Their only
child was
[B1] Emma (1835–1868), born in White
Waltham.2
She is not found in the 1841 census returns, and there is
no possible death registration from 1837 through 1849. She may have died soon
after Emma's birth.
1 parish
register. Although there is no firm documentary evidence, DNA evidence
suggests that she was this Ruth Tuck. I myself have three matches, at 6–9 cM, with descendants of
Amelia Tuck, a sister born to the same couple in 1814 (Ancestry
Thrulines). It's suggestive, too, that the
Berkshire Marriages Index shows Amelia Tuck
marrying in White Waltham in 1834, suggesting that there is a local family link.
This page assumes this is a correct identification.
2 parish register; husband's 2nd marriage certificate
3 Very speculatively, she could have left her
husband and gone to New Zealand, like her sister Amelia. But I've found no
documentary evidence that would support this. As things stand, she simply
disappears from the historical record after 1835.
Described
as a carpenter, of St Mary the Virgin, Marlborough, Wiltshire, Joseph Tuck
married [B15] Charlotte Hale
(? – ?, of the same parish), at Preshute, Wiltshire, on the 3rd January
1811,
by banns. Their children were: Sarah Jane (1811 – ?), Maria (1812–1853), both
bapt. Marlborough; Amelia (1814–1903), Mary Ann (1815–1821),
[B13] Ruth (1817 – after 1835), all bapt. Preshute;
Anne (1821 – ?), and Mary Anne (1821 – ?), both bapt. Marlborough. In 1815 he was
described as a wheelwright, of Manton, Wiltshire; in 1821 a wheelwright of St
Mary, Marlborough.1
Described as a carpenter at his daughter's marriage in
1840, he is not found in the 1841 and 1851 censuses, and no
record of death or burial has yet been found.2
I still remain a little troubled by the Wiltshire
connection, not least because the DNA evidence is rather weak. And of course we
have no evidence of [B13] Ruth (Tuck) Beck later than 1835, which is also unsatisfactory. Although
a quest for birth/baptism and parentage details for
[B14] Joseph Tuck could be undertaken (and similarly a search for his
death/burial), it's not clear that this wouldn't just compound the problem,
given my lingering doubts about the parentage of
[B13] Ruth Tuck.
Described
as a carpenter, of St Mary the Virgin, Marlborough, Wiltshire, Joseph Tuck
married [B15] Charlotte Hale
(? – ?, of the same parish), at Preshute, Wiltshire, on the 3rd January
1811,
by banns. Their children were: Sarah Jane (1811 – ?), Maria (1812–1853), both
bapt. Marlborough; Amelia (1814–1903), Mary Ann (1815–1821),
[B13] Ruth (1817 – after 1835), all bapt. Preshute;
Anne (1821 – ?), and Mary Anne (1821 – ?), both bapt. Marlborough. In 1815 he was
described as a wheelwright, of Manton, Wiltshire; in 1821 a wheelwright of St
Mary, Marlborough.1