The Fullmer surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,585 people carried this name — #7,268 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 64,500 people counted. That is up 7% from 4,268 in 2000.

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In print

Fullmer in American newspapers,
1906.

Newspaper page from Fergus County Argus carrying the name Fullmer
Fergus County Argus 1906-11-07
Newspaper page from Fergus County Argus carrying the name Fullmer
Fergus County Argus 1906-11-07
Newspaper page from Fergus County Democrat carrying the name Fullmer
Fergus County Democrat 1906-11-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,208 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Fullmer in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1940s.

72 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Fullmer. The most, 17, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 33
New South Wales 25
Victoria 7
Tasmania 3
Western Australia 2
South Australia 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Fullmer.

Who carried it

People named Fullmer,
with a public archive behind them.

  • David Fullmer
    David Fullmer 1803–1879 · missionary
  • John S. Fullmer
    John S. Fullmer 1807–1883 · politician
  • Gene Fullmer
    Gene Fullmer 1931–2015 · boxer
  • Edward Lawrence Fullmer 1870– · botanist
  • Leah Moore Harris Fullmer 1912–
  • Randy Fullmer 1950–2023 · musical instrument maker

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Fullmer,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States173 records

173 records of the Fullmer name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 111
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 28
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 14
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 10
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Lon C. Fullmer

    Born 1920 in Idaho. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Douglas, Utah; farmer from Custer County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Huntsville Cemetery, Utah.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Robert Michael Fullmer

    Born 1948; from Grand Forks, North Dakota. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jacob Fullmer

    Arrived at New York in 1854 aboard the London from London, aged 42; farmer. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 173 records for Fullmer in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Germany3 records

3 records of the Fullmer name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Franz Füllmer

    From Zechow, Landsberg a. W. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 5 August 1915 (Infantry Regiment No. 41).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Ferdinand Füllmer

    From Pohlitz, Guben. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 26 August 1916 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 12).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Fullmer in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Fullmer name in Canada Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record William David Fullmer

    Died 1946; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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