From the Fullers Buildiers' : "William Fuller 1873 – 1930: William succeeded his father while still in his early 20s. His three brothers had all joined the Royal or Merchant Navies, and he himself tried to enlist as a deckhand in his early teens, but was missed and brought home from Woodbridge. He continued doing similar work to his father; his wedding reception was held at the Common Gate, which Edward {his father} had built for £2,275 in 1888. William went on to build a large number of houses which he then rented to employees and members of the public."
Our colleague, Andrew Behan, expands upon this information. William George Fuller was born on 21 February 1873 in Walthamstow, Essex (now Greater London), one of the eleven children of Edward Fuller (1841-1894) and Susanna Rebekah Fuller née Amey (1837-1923). His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1873 in the West Ham Registration District, Essex (now Greater London).
He was shown as aged 8 years and a scholar on the census that was undertaken on 3 April 1881. He was living in a house in Beulah Road, Walthamstow, with his parents and eight of his siblings: Edward Thomas Fuller (1865-1958) - scholar; Alice Jane Fuller (1868-1930) - a scholar; Jessie Maria Fuller (1870-1939) - a scholar; Alexander John Fuller (b.1871) - a scholar; Robert Ernest Fuller (b.1875) - a scholar; Elizabeth Rosa Fuller (1876-1943) - a scholar; Anna May Fuller (1878-1951) and Henrietta Maud Fuller (1880-1963). His father was described as a carpenter/builder.
On 18 March 1891 he was baptised in St Mary the Virgin Church, in Walthamstow and he was shown in the census that was compiled on 5 April 1891 as aged 18 years and a joiner. He was living at 68 Beulah Road, Walthamstow, with his parents and six of his siblings: Edward Thomas Fuller - a joiner; Alice Jane Fuller; Jessie Maria Fuller; Elizabeth Rosa Fuller; Anna May Fuller and Henrietta Maud Fuller. His father was listed as a builder.
On 1 July 1900 he married Mabel Eliza Jeffries Eaton (1879-1948) in St Botolph's Church, Bishopsgate, London, where in the marriage register he is shown as aged 27 years, a bachelor and a builder living at , Walthamstow, the son of Edward Fuller, a deceased builder, whilst his wife was described as aged 21 years and a spinster residing at 25 St James Street, Walthamstow, a daughter of George Henry Jeffries Eaton, a deceased butcher.
He was described as aged 28 years, a builder and an employer in the census that was taken on 31 March 1901. He was shown as living at South View, Lea Bridge Road, Leyton, Essex (now Greater London), with his wife.
When he completed his census return form on 2 April 1911 he described himself as aged 38 years, an employer, a builder and a decorator, living at 68 Beulah Road, Walthamstow, an eight roomed property, with his wife and their four children: Mabel Evelyn Alice Fuller (1901-1991); Daphne Louise Fuller (1903-1990); Edward William Jack Fuller (1906-1969) and Robert Henry Fuller (1910-1995), together with a female general domestic servant.
He described himself on the census return form that he completed on 19 June 1921 as aged 48 years, 4 months and a builder working from home, an eight roomed property at 68 Beulah Road, London, E17, with his wife, whom he listed as aged 42 years, 5 months and employed on home duties, two of their children: Daphne Louise Fuller, aged 17 years, 7 months - who was taking painting and music lessons on a part time basis whilst also employed as a builder's clerk employed by E. Fuller & Son at home and Audrey Elsie Fuller (1916-1991), aged 5 years, 2 months and in whole time education, together with a female general domestic servant.
His death was registered as aged 57 years in the 2nd quarter of 1930 in the West Ham Registration District. Probate records confirm that his home address remained as 68 Beulah Road, Walthamstow and that he died on 30 April 1930 in the Connaught Hospital, Orford Road, Walthamstow. He was on 3 May 1930 in the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin Church, Church End, London, E17. Probate was granted on 17 January 1931 jointly to his widow and to Isaac Alderman Sears, a builder's manager. His effects totalled £53,027-1s-2d.
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