Brief Life History of Zurviah Gleason
When Zurviah Gleason Fuller was born on 13 September 1834, in Rowe, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Walter Fuller, was 28 and her mother, Eunice Gleason, was 21. She married James Eardley on 15 March 1852, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1850 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 68 years. She died on 2 November 1928, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Zurriah G Fuller in household of Unice Fuller, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Zurviah Gleason Fuller - Individual or family possessions: birth: 13 September 1834; Rowe, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
- Zurviah Gleason Eardley, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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Zurviah Gleason Fuller arrived at St. Louis, Missouri with her mother and 4 siblings on May 1, 1850. By age 16, she had already endured several marriage proposals from irksome suitors. Anxious to disc …
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