tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470217109659177851.post7631645377843430660..comments2024-03-28T07:48:11.698-07:00Comments on Heirlooms Reunited: 1900 Autograph Album of Ethel M. Fulton of Oakwood, MarylandPam Beveridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06272409581983333836noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470217109659177851.post-4983939861036383492013-02-14T15:20:17.150-08:002013-02-14T15:20:17.150-08:00Ah, so Mensal was probably a derivative of Minsall...Ah, so Mensal was probably a derivative of Minsall... There's a place on Mount Desert Island called Manset. I was busy trying to figure out the origin, likely Wabanaki I thought, when a coworker told me it was a misspelling of the surname Mansell!Pam Beveridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06272409581983333836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470217109659177851.post-13548494375381766432013-02-14T14:45:01.719-08:002013-02-14T14:45:01.719-08:00I was unable to find the connection between Ethel ...I was unable to find the connection between Ethel M. Fulton's family and that of the inventor Robert Fulton. But unless there were two or three unrelated Fulton families in a small area of Pennsylvania, Ethel and Robert are related somehow.<br /><br />I did learn that Ethel's paternal grandparents, Minshall William Fulton and Harriet Cecilia Osborn are buried in Little Britain (Penn Hill) Friends Burial Grounds, in Fulton Township, Lancaster County, PA. <br />http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~paslchs/pennhillcem2.html<br /><br />Minshall's father's name was John S. Fulton, and he mentions Minshall, Benjamin, and Rachel Ann (later Marshall) as children in his will, written 1862, executed Aug 9, 1869.<br />https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XXFD-166<br /><br />The marriage of Minshall's parents, John S Fulton and Hannah Cutler, was recorded in the monthly meetings of Little Britain (Quaker) Meeting House on Nov 13, 1817. John was said to be the son of Thomas and Hannah. <br />http://www.pa-roots.com/lancaster/church/little/littlebritmariages.html<br /><br />There was a Thomas Fulton on the 1820 Census of Little Britain. (Lost link to source.) And there was a Thomas Fulton in District 4, Cecil County, Maryland in 1830. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHP1-RD4#<br /><br />A family tree at ancestry.com says that this Thomas Fulton and Hannah Williams were both age 32 when they married in 1786, and that Hannah's mother's maiden name was Mary Minshall.<br />http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/44349315/person/6190219531<br /><br />If this Thomas was born about 1854, he could be a cousin of Robert Fulton, steamboat entrepreneur. I'm assuming that there has been enough research done on Mr. Fulton and his family that there are no undiscovered older brothers hiding out there. Everyone seems to be sure that there were only five children, and that Robert's oldest sister was born about 1760.<br /><br />The History of Lancaster County says there is a James Fulton in the area who could be an uncle to Robert. It also mentions a William and an Alexander Fulton, suggesting that either could be Robert's paternal grandfather. That would make him likely the first common ancestor of Ethel M. Fulton and Robert Fulton.<br />Ed Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16396994423955102378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470217109659177851.post-69888561620573693152013-02-13T11:44:55.804-08:002013-02-13T11:44:55.804-08:00Ed, this is wonderful! I hope you've put on wo...Ed, this is wonderful! I hope you've put on workshops teaching others your research techniques. Readers, you'll want to put Ed's blog in your reader: Old Ohio Home [not limited to Ohio].<br />http://oldohiohome.blogspot.com/Pam Beveridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06272409581983333836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470217109659177851.post-63146117315643469132013-02-13T10:47:58.158-08:002013-02-13T10:47:58.158-08:00Signer Annie C Fulton is the daughter of Joseph T ...Signer Annie C Fulton is the daughter of Joseph T and Alice A Fulton, at least according to the 1910 Census information. Her family was on the same page as that of Ethel M Fulton, the young lady who owned the autograph book. Helen G Weaver, who also signed the book, was the first name on the census page.<br /><br />https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M2FL-Z3C<br /><br />Signers John C and Alice Fulton from Pleasant Grove, Pennsylvania, are Ethel's aunt and uncle. John's sister in law, Lizzie Paxon, who also signed the autograph book, was living with them in 1900.<br /><br />https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M33X-YZX<br /><br />I'll bet John and Alice took care of Ethel when her father and step-mother married/honeymooned/had their first child. The timing is about right.<br /><br />The Keens might have been related to Ethel's stepmother Annie. In 1930 a sister in law named Abbie Keen was living with Ethel's father William.<br /><br />https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X34F-WBR<br /><br />In 1900 and 1910, another uncle and aunt, Edgar T Fulton and Hanna L Reynolds, had with them a niece, Mary C Fulton, born Jun 1884 in MD. Is this Ethel's sister?<br /><br />1900: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MGZH-CSL<br />1910: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M33F-WY1<br /><br />These areas of PA and MD are only about 10 miles apart.<br /><br />I'm working on the possible connection to Robert Fulton, steamship entrepreneur. It looks promising.Ed Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16396994423955102378noreply@blogger.com