Inherited Craziness
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Thursday, 28 November 2024

Robert Fuller and Elizabeth Bass

St Mary, High Road, South Woodford
cc-by-sa/2.0 - © John Salmon - geograph.org.uk/p/2975293

Robert Fuller (b. ~1785), reportedly son of Thomas Fuller and Mary Farrant, married Elizabeth Bass on 28 Nov 1807 at St Mary's Church, Woodford. It should be noted however that, as the current church wasn't built until 1816, their marriage will have taken place in the previous medieval church that had stood in this location. They may well have seen this building going up. 

Seven children of this couple were baptised in Woodford, Essex:

  1. Elizabeth Fuller bap. 30 Apr 1809
  2. Robert Fuller bap. 23 Jun 1811
  3. Mary Fuller b. 25 Feb 1814, bap. 20 Mar 1814
  4. Sarah Fuller bap. 1 Sep 1816
  5. John Fuller bap. 17 Oct 1819
  6. Eliza Ann bap. 21 Jul 1822
  7. Ann Fuller bap. 31 Oct 1824
In 1841, Robert Fuller (50) Ag Lab, Elizabeth Fuller (50) and their two youngest daughters, Eliza (15) and Ann (15) - as with all 1841 entries, ages very rounded - were listed as living at Winn BridgeWoodford, West Ham. (Winn Bridge. This is where a stream, the Wynn Brook, joins the Roding.)

Robert Fuller died, aged 60, in 1846 M Quarter in WEST HAM UNION Volume 12 Page 194, and was buried in Woodford on 22 Feb 1846.

Elizabeth Fuller died, aged 65, in 1851  M Quarter in WEST HAM UNION  Volume 12  Page 219, and was buried on 12 Jan 1851, also in Woodford. 

(These are the earliest ancestors [so far] in this branch. Both Robert and Elizabeth were born around 1785, but I've not been able to identify baptisms for either of them. There are also potentially two further children, but I'm not convinced enough that they belong to this family to include them. Being younger (only 10 and 12), they would have been on that census too - unless they had died as infants and I've not found deaths or burials to confirm that - and, in any case, the naming pattern does not seem right for the family.)

These pages are my notes on work in progress. Follow That Page can monitor changes, as further research is done. Where something is unconfirmed, I've tried to make this clear, but include the information as it may provide further clues.

General Register Office (GRO) references for births and deaths, where appropriate, are quoted, so that you can more easily locate certificates. I do not routinely purchase certificates for any, other than my direct ancestors, which I'm willing to share.

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