Brief Life History of Elmer Billings
When Elmer Billings Fuller was born on 21 September 1879, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, John Benjamin Fuller, was 59 and his mother, Sarah Abbie Boston, was 40. He married Jennie Frances Barr on 29 August 1901, in Everett, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. He lived in Everett, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States for about 40 years. He died on 11 June 1940, in Essex, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Spring Street Cemetery, Essex, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Elmer Fuller in household of John B Fuller, "United States Census, 1880"
- Alma Billings Fuller, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
- Elmer B Fuller, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1881 · North Street Fire Station Built
Built in 1881, the North Street Fire Station is the oldest fire station in Salem, Massachusetts.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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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