FAMILY LINE AND HISTORY
Stanley Tuck
2nd of 2 children of Margaret Emma Chatfield & Thomas Mitchell Tuck
Born: Feb 9, 1919, in Berkeley, Alameda Co., California
Died: Apr 25, 1921 (age 2), in Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas; of encephalitis lethargica
Buried: Apr 25, 1921, in the Tuck family plot, West Hill Cemetery in Sherman, Grayson Co., Texas
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Timeline and Records
Two children of Margaret Emma Chatfield & Thomas Mitchell Tuck:
1. John Chatfield “Jack” Tuck
1916 – 1990
2. Stanley Tuck
1919 – 1921
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Dec 26, 1916: Birth of John Chatfield “Jack” Tuck, 1st of 2 children of Margaret Emma “Marjorie” Chatfield & Thomas Mitchell “Tom” Tuck and older brother of Stanley Tuck, in Plumas Co., California
Feb 9, 1919: Birth of Stanley Tuck, the 2nd of 2 children of Margaret Emma “Marjorie” Chatfield & Thomas Mitchell “Tom” Tuck, in Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas
Feb 9, 1919: California Birth Index:
Name: Tuck
Birth Date: 9 Feb 1919
Gender: Male
Mother’s Maiden Name: Chatfiel (sic)
Birth County: Alameda
circa 1919/20: Tuck family photo:
mother Marjorie Tuck, grandmother Mary Chatfield, father Tom Tuck, brother Jack Tuck, circa 1919/20
Jun 12, 1920: Federal Census for Wichita Falls, Wichita Co., Texas:
Tuck, Tom: Head, married, age 40, born Texas, father born Missouri, mother born Missouri, bookkeeper for construction company
Marjorie: wife, married, age 26, born Colorado, father born Ohio, mother born Illinois
Jack: son, age 3, born, California, father born Texas, mother born Colorado
Stanley: son, age 1, born California, father born Texas, mother born Colorado
Apr 25, 1921: Death of Stanley Tuck (at age 2), the 2nd of 2 children of Margaret Emma “Marjorie” Chatfield & Thomas Mitchell “Tom” Tuck, in Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas; of encephalitis lethargica. The infant was interred in the Old Cemetery section of the West Hill Cemetery in Sherman, Grayson Co., Texas along with fifteen deceased members of the Tuck family.
West Hill Cemetary burial records:
Apr 25, 1921: Texas Death Certificate:
Name: Stanley Tuck
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 2
Birth Date: 9 Feb 1919
Birth Place: Berkeley, California
Residence: No 316 St E 12th
Death Date: 25 Apr 1921
Death Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
Father: Thos Tuck
Mother: Marjori (sic) Chatfield
Death certificate for Stanley Tuck:
Encephalitis lethargica is an atypical form of encephalitis. Also known as “sleeping sickness” or “sleepy sickness” (distinct from tsetse fly transmitted sleeping sickness), it was first described in 1917. The disease attacks the brain, leaving some victims in a statue-like condition, speechless and motionless. Between 1915 and 1926, an epidemic of encephalitis lethargica spread around the world. Nearly five million people were affected, a third of whom died in the acute stages. Many of those who survived never returned to their pre-existing “aliveness”. They would be conscious and aware – yet not fully awake; they would sit motionless and speechless all day in their chairs, totally lacking energy, impetus, initiative, motive, appetite, affect or desire; they registered what went on about them without active attention, and with profound indifference. They neither conveyed nor felt the feeling of life; they were as insubstantial as ghosts and as passive as zombies. No recurrence of the epidemic has since been reported, though isolated cases continue to occur.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encephalitis_lethargica
Circa 1921: Separation or divorce of Margaret Emma “Marjorie” Chatfield & Thomas Mitchell “Tom” Tuck, the parents of Stanley Tuck. There is no further mention of Tom in any records where Marjorie is mentioned.
2020. Catherine (Clemens) Sevenau.