Brief Life History of Elijah
When Elijah Fuller was born in 1817, in Russell, Virginia, United States, his father, John Fuller, was 19 and his mother, Christina Lucretia Rasnick, was 19. He married Frances Thompson on 5 March 1838, in Pike, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Collinwood Township, Meeker, Minnesota, United States in 1885 and Buchanan, Virginia, United States in 1900. He died about 1899, in Paw Paw, Marion, Virginia, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Paw Paw, Marion, Virginia, United States.
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- Elijah Fuller, "United States Census, 1850"
- Elijah Fuller, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Elijah Fuller, "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979"
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1824 · "Mary Randolph Publishes ""The Virginia Housewife"""
“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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