Brief Life History of Elijah Knapp
When Elijah Knapp Fuller was born on 13 June 1811, in Windham, Greene, New York, United States, his father, Cornelius Fuller Sr., was 40 and his mother, Zilpha Knapp, was 39. He married Harriet Loomis on 20 December 1830, in Windham, Greene, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1847 and lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Harrisburg, Washington, Utah, United States for about 10 years. His occupation is listed as freighter; merchant; stockman in Washington, Utah, United States. He died on 27 December 1897, in Leeds, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Leeds Cemetery, Leeds, Washington, Utah, United States.
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- Elijah Fuller, "United States Census, 1840"
- E K Fuller, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"
- Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · War of 1812
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
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.
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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LDS Collector's Library Research - Elijah Knapp Fuller 1811 - 1897
Taken from LDS Collector's Library Research by Susan Easton Black - Fuller, Elijah Knapp (Male)Birth: Fuller, Elijah Knapp (Male) Date: June 13, 1811 Place: Windham, Greene, NY, USA Parents …
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