Brief Life History of Martha Ella
When Martha Ella Fullmer was born on 15 August 1866, in Loyal, Clark, Wisconsin, United States, her father, David Jacob Fullmer, was 37 and her mother, Julie Ann Herbert, was 37. She married Edwin J. Ketchum on 28 January 1891, in Thorp, Clark, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States in 1920. She died on 7 May 1933, in Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.
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- Ella Ketchum, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Martha Ella Fullmer - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Martha Ella Fullmer
- Ella M. Fullmer, "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911"
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1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
1867 · The First Successful Typewriter is Invented
A patent was filed on October 11, 1867, on a new direct action typewriter. The patent was filed by Christopher Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and Samuel Soule who had invented the prototype in Milwaukee.
1884 · Iron Mining starts in Minnesota
After discovering iron ore in the Vermilion Range in North-East of Minnesota, iron mining companies began to come to the area and caused an economic boom to the area of Duluth and to the state as a whole.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Vollmer and Follmer . Compare Fulmer .
German (Füllmer): variant of Vollmer . This surname is very rare in Germany.
Altered form of English Fulmer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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