FULLERS of TRUNCH
Fuller is a very common name in Norfolk, probably originating from the fulling process in textile making. The earliest mention of a Fuller in Trunch that I have come across so far is Chystian Fuller who married Ralfe Atwood on 16th. Oct. 1620 but after that nothing until 1804 when Elizabeth Fuller was a witness to a Trunch will and 1820 when Robert Fuller married Alice Willey in Trunch.
In the 19th. Century Fullers were ubiquitous in the Trunch records - parish records, census, trade directories and electoral rolls. As far as I can tell the families originated from William Fuller and Sarah (nee Kerrison) who lived in Gimingham. They had several children in the late 1700s and it was Charles, born April 5th. 1790 and Robert, born Dec. 6th. 1797, who moved to Trunch and had large families here. William was a brickmaker and agricultural labourer and his sons and grandsons also worked on the land. Robert however was a carter as well as a labourer and two of his sons followed him in this trade.
Josiah Fuller (in wedding photo below) in particular did very well moving on from being a carter to having a grocers and drapers shop (below) for over 30 years. His son Arthur then took over the shop and another son, Albert was a small farmer. In the 1978 scrap book there is a letter from Josiah's grandson.
In the 19th. Century Fullers were ubiquitous in the Trunch records - parish records, census, trade directories and electoral rolls. As far as I can tell the families originated from William Fuller and Sarah (nee Kerrison) who lived in Gimingham. They had several children in the late 1700s and it was Charles, born April 5th. 1790 and Robert, born Dec. 6th. 1797, who moved to Trunch and had large families here. William was a brickmaker and agricultural labourer and his sons and grandsons also worked on the land. Robert however was a carter as well as a labourer and two of his sons followed him in this trade.
Josiah Fuller (in wedding photo below) in particular did very well moving on from being a carter to having a grocers and drapers shop (below) for over 30 years. His son Arthur then took over the shop and another son, Albert was a small farmer. In the 1978 scrap book there is a letter from Josiah's grandson.
Roland Fuller 1888-1949
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Fullers shop in Church Street, Trunch
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Wedding of Marion Fuller and Sam Ellis 1904
Back - left to right. Mrs. Newland, Alice Fuller, John Spurgeon, Kitty Spurgeon, Marion Spurgeon, Anne Fuller, Ralph Fuller, Josiah Fuller, Elsie Fuller, Anna Fuller.
Middle - left to right. Arthur Fuller, Sam Ellis, Marion Fuller, Anna Fuller
Front - left to right. Cisie Spurgeon, Arthur Spurgeon, Bessie Spurgeon.
There are many Fuller graves in the churchyard and the new cemetery and 6 members of the family are commemorated on the War Memorial. Click here for more detail about Albert Fuller
Fuller families were common in Trunch throughout the 20th. Century and there is still at least one Fuller living in Trunch (2019) - Harry, who services and repairs oil fired equipment.
Most of the Trunch Fullers never left Norfolk to live but there were a few exceptions. Austin (born 1872) was a coachman in Middlesex in the early 1900s, Charles (born 1880) was a labourer in a brewery in Essex at the same time and William (born 1845) was a fisherman in Grimsby in 1871 - 1891.
Click here for a chart of Fuller families in Trunch
