John FULLER

1838 - 1869  (~ 31 years)

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• Name	John FULLER
  Relationship	with Teresa Ann GOATHAM
  Born	Sep Q 1838	Nackington, Kent, England
  	GRO ref: FULLER, John q3 1838 Canterbury RD 5 61; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Rose Birthplace shown as Nackington (1851 census), Canterbury (1861 census)
  Baptised	12 Aug 1838	St. Paul’s Church, Canterbury, Kent, England
  	Canterbury bapt index (KFHS CD 17) Shows John Fuller, parents as George and Margaret
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	From 1851 to 1861
  	Ag lab
  Occupation	to 1869	The Station, St. Mary Cray, Kent, England
  	Railway Porter - London, Chatham and Dover Railway
  	Since John was working as an ag lab in1851 and 1861, how did he come to die when working as a railway porter? The LCDR (then under the name East Kent Railway) did not begin until 1858, and an extentsion from Canterbury to Dover opened in July 1861. This included a station at Bekesbourne, only about 1.5 miles from Bridge. I think it likely that the railway being so close encourage John to seek employment with it, sadly resulting in his early demise.
  Died	18 Jan 1869	Railway Station (London Chatham and Dover Rly), St. Mary Cray, Kent, England
  	Cause: Killed in the course of his work as a railway porter
  	GRO ref: Fuller, John q1 1869 aged 28 Bromley RD 2a 217 The death registration index doesn't show any death of a John Fuller in Kent aged around 29 in 1869 (i.e. to fit with the burial). There was a 28 yr old died in Bromley RD (at St. Mary Cray Station). This death was of a railway porter, who died in an accident - was it this John and he was brought back to Bridge to be buried? It seems it was. A newspaper report of the accident describes him as 'a native of Bridge' - not quite correct, but clse enough, especially given his parents were living in Bridge at the time he died and it is where his body was buried. His age is also not quite correct, but checking the birth registration index, indexes of baptisms and census entries there is no other John Fuller born or living in the Bridge area of close to the age given. Report of the death in the Maidstone and Kentish Journal, 25 Jan. 1869, p.7, col. 2 "Fatal Accident. - On Monday last a goods porter named John Fuller, aged 28, was engaged in shunting a goods train at the St. Mary Cray station, of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, and when in the act of coupling it he was caught by the buffer and knocked down, a portion of the train passing over him and killing him instantly. An inquest was held on the body of the deceased, on Wednesday, at the Black Boy public house, before C. J. Carttar, Esq., when the jury returned a verdict of "Accidnetal Death." The unfortunate man is single, and a native of Bridge, near Canterbury."
  		Death registration of John FULLER GRO register entry
  Inquest	20 Jan 1869	Black Boy Public House, High Street, St. Mary Cray, Kent, England
  Buried	25 Jan 1869	St. Peter’s Church, Bridge, Kent, England   [1]
  	From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 13 Nov 2022) I think John is probably this one though age given in burial register as 29 - only one year out. Adding weight to this, I couldn't find him in 1871 (closest was a John B, born Canterbury in about 1837, a widower with a 14 yr old son, but this John was single, no sign of son in 1861 and John B can be found as a tin plate worker in London; it seems clear he was a different John Fuller). A John Fuller shown as 73 did die in Bridge RD in 1907; not found in earlier censuses in / close to Bridge, he may have died there due to being in the asylum in Chartham.
  Siblings	2 brothers and 7 sisters
  1. Sarah FULLER,   b. Abt 1831,   bur. 26 Feb 1831, St. Peter’s Church, Bridge, Kent, England  (Age ~ 0 years) + 2. James FULLER,   b. Abt 1832, Bridge, Kent, England ,   d. Aft 1911  (Age ~ 80 years) ▻ Eliza MOUNT,  m. 25 Oct 1862 + 3. Sarah FULLER,   b. Abt 1834, Bridge, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ George UDEN,  m. 8 Nov 1856 + 4. Ann FULLER,   b. Abt Aug 1836, Bridge, Kent, England ,   d. 22 Feb 1915, 68, Byron Road, Margate, Kent, England  (Age ~ 78 years) ▻ Robert HYDE,  m. 14 Feb 1857 ;   William NEWING,  m. Dec Q 1902   5. John FULLER,   b. Sep Q 1838, Nackington, Kent, England ,   d. 18 Jan 1869, Railway Station (London Chatham and Dover Rly), St. Mary Cray, Kent, England  (Age ~ 31 years) 6. Ellen FULLER,   b. 19 Jul 1840, 4, Farris’s Road, Saint Lawrence Saint Paul, Canterbury, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ John ("Tuckwell") JONES,  m. 31 Aug 1861   7. Emma FULLER,   b. Sep Q 1842, Canterbury Reg Dist, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Harriet FULLER,   b. Sep Q 1844, Canterbury, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 9. Eliza FULLER,   b. Dec Q 1846, Canterbury, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ John GILBERT,  m. 23 Apr 1864   10. George FULLER,   b. 2 Oct 1849, Nackington, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	James FULLER,   b. Abt 1776, Hurst, Sussex, England ,   d. 24 Aug 1858, Patrixbourne, Kent, England  (Age ~ 82 years)  (Grandfather)  Mary WARD,   b. Between 1703 and 1715,   d. Abt 10 May 1787  (Age ~ 84 years)  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID	I2021	All
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2022

  
  

  Father	George FULLER,   b. Abt 1807, Nackington, Kent, England ,   d. 21 Jan 1876, Bridge, Kent, England  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Mother	Peggy ("Sarah") ROSE,   b. Abt 1808, Barham, Kent, England ,   d. 10 Jan 1882, Bridge, Kent, England  (Age ~ 74 years)
  Banns of marriage	From 25 Oct 1829 to 8 Nov 1829	St. John the Baptist Church, Barham, Kent, England
  Married	28 Nov 1829	St. John the Baptist Church, Barham, Kent, England
  	From the PR entry  (image on FMP, viewed 23 Jan 2018) Shows George Fuller, bach of Bridge, Peggy Rose, sp otp, both made their mark; witnesses were Wm Hodges (a witness to many - probably the Parish Clerk) and Sarah Keeler (both witnesses signed) It looks like Peggy and George had a joint wedding with Peggy's brother William, who married Jane Keeler. Same date, same place and William and Jane had the same witnesses.
  		Barham Church and Churchyard
  Family ID	F1249	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - Sep Q 1838 - Nackington, Kent, England  Baptised - 12 Aug 1838 - St. Paul’s Church, Canterbury, Kent, England  Buried - 25 Jan 1869 - St. Peter’s Church, Bridge, Kent, England   = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
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  [S32] Bridge Parish Reigsters (KFHS transcribed data), Kent Family History Society, accessed 2 Apr 2011), entry for John Fuller's baptism. (Reliability: 3). 1902 1869 Jan 25 John FULLER 29 Bridge