Brief Life History of Cora
When Cora Fulford was born on 11 May 1870, in Monroe, Indiana, United States, her father, Thomas F Fulford, was 37 and her mother, Nancy Peters, was 31. She died on 21 March 1904, at the age of 33.
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
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Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from one or more of the numerous places so named in Devon, such as Fulford in Tiverton, Great Fulford in Dunsford, Fullaford in High Bray, Fulford Bridge in Shebbear, Fullaford in Sampford Courtenay, and Fullaford in Buckfastleigh.
habitational name from one or more of the various places so called elsewhere in England, such as Fulford (Staffordshire), Fulford in Kingston Saint Mary (Somerset), Gate Fulford and Water Fulford (both East Yorkshire), Fulfords Farm in Itchingfield (Sussex), and Fulforth in Witton Gilbert (Durham). All places in 1 above and 2 are named from Old English fūl ‘dirty, muddy’ + ford ‘ford’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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