Brief Life History of Mary Alabama
When Mary Alabama Fuller was born in March 1847, in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States, her father, William Simpson "Sim" Fuller, was 29 and her mother, Grizzella Drennan, was 31. She married Francis Marion Petty in 1867, in Marshall, Harrison, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 6, Eastland, Texas, United States in 1910 and Tarrant, Texas, United States in 1920. She died in 1930, in Ardmore, Carter, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States.
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- Mary Buller in household of Simpson Buller, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary A Fuller, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- Mary Alabama Petty Fuller, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1849
Historical Boundaries: 1849: Smith, Texas, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · Texas Is Restored to the Union
Congress restored Texas to the Union on March 30, 1870, despite not yet meeting all of the requirements established for re-admittance.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a dresser of cloth, from Middle English fuller ‘fuller of cloth’ (partly from Old English fullere, partly from Old French fouleor, foleur, Latin fullo). Raw cloth had to be fulled, i.e. scoured, cleansed, and thickened by beating or trampling it in water, a process also known as walking or tucking, hence the surnames Walker and Tucker alongside Fuller. These three terms and surnames are characteristic of different parts of England. In general, in Middle English, Fuller is southern and eastern, while Walker belongs to the west and north and Tucker is southwestern. Compare Fullen .
English: variant of Fullard with loss of -d.
German (Füller): occupational name for a person whose work involved filling, such as a dauber, or a nickname for a gourmand or glutton. Compare Filler .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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