Brief Life History of William
When William Fuller was christened in December 1715, in Caversham, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Fular, was 24 and his mother, Catherine, was 21.
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1691–1734 Male
1695–1734 Female
Siblings (8)
1715– Male
1718–1749 Male
1721– Male
1722– Female
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1801 · The Act of Union
1815
1823
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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