Verifying What is Written in Stone Part VI - John Tucker

This is part six of verifying the information on the Coughlin headstone at Calvary Cemetery in Queens, NY.

John Tucker was the husband of Ann Coughlin whose sister, Winifred, was Donald's 2nd great-grandmother. John's marriage to Ann is really the only information to verify, not even his dates of birth or death or his age, are included on the headstone. Even John's burial in this plot can only be confirmed with expensive interment records.

So far, the only proof I have found of Ann and John's marriage is a 1900 census record. I'm as certain as I can be that I have the right Tuckers because the address matches other records, like John's death record, and there is a niece with the last name of Coughlin living with them. The enumerator recorded that John and Ann had been married 20 years, but so far that hasn't helped me find any further records of their marriage; nothing in the newspapers I have searched so far, nothing in civil records and nothing in church records. I'm sure that as more church records come online from the Archdiocese of New York, I will eventually be able to find a marriage record. 

This is all I've discovered about John so far. His death record does state that he was a plumber and that he had lived in the United States and New York City for about 50 years at the time of his death in 1907. But, as always, my search will continue.

My posting may be a bit sporadic over the next week, Donald is having disc surgery today and I'm trying to watch as many sessions from the New York State Family History Conference as possible before access ends on October 18.