Brief Life History of John
John Fuller was born in 1815, in Rhode Island, United States as the son of Fuller and Fuller. He married Mary Boardman on 10 March 1841, in Ripley, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Vigo, Indiana, United States in 1880.
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- John Fuller, "United States Census, 1880"
- John Fuller, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- John Fuller in entry for John F. Fuller and Johnna Lee, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
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1816
Indiana is the 19th state.
1818
Historical Boundaries: 1818: Vigo, Indiana, United States
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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