The Fulmer surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,570 people carried this name — #3,708 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 30,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 9,422 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Fulmer surname

From Old English fugol (“wild fowl”) + mere (“pond”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Fulmer» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

38 families named Fulmer, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 234 people lived in those households, 6.2 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 3 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 23
New York 8
South Carolina 7

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 241 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Fulmer in American newspapers,
1892–1913.

Newspaper page from The City Itemizer carrying the name Fulmer
The City Itemizer 1913-09-04
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Fulmer
Evening Star 1892-10-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 35,420 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Fulmer in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1970s.

304 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Fulmer. The most, 45, date from the 1940s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Queensland, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 115
Queensland 107
Victoria 53
ACT (Canberra) 17
South Australia 4
Tasmania 4

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

Who carried it

People named Fulmer,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Chick Fulmer
    Chick Fulmer 1851–1940 · baseball player
  • Chris Fulmer
    Chris Fulmer 1858–1931 · baseball player
  • Hampton P. Fulmer
    Hampton P. Fulmer 1875–1944 · politician
  • Willa L. Fulmer
    Willa L. Fulmer 1884–1968 · politician
  • Ray Fulmer
    Ray Fulmer 1933–2013 · actor
  • Washington Fulmer 1840–1907 · baseball player

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 Fulmer,
in the records of 6 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 States596 records

596 records of the Fulmer name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 398
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 101
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 37
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 36
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 11
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Elton C. Fulmer

    Born 1920 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jackson Columbia; plumbers apprentice. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at the Williston Family Cemetery, South Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Catharina Fulmer

    Arrived at New York in 1846 aboard the Hendrik Hudson from London, aged 20; farmer. From Bavaria, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Nicholas Joseph Fulmer

    Born 1944; from Norristown, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1966 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 596 records for Fulmer in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Canada40 records

40 records of the Fulmer name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 38
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Sarah Arabelle Fulmer

    Died 1925 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record John Wesley Fulmer

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jesse W. Fulmer

    Married 1901 in Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 40 records for Fulmer in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia8 records

8 records of the Fulmer name in Australia
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 6
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record David Fulmer

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Portland, arriving 1832.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record David Fulmer

    Farmer and miner of Bonang, Victoria; died 1935.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record William David Fulmer

    Of Warren, New South Wales; died 1923.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Fulmer in Australia.

Counts: Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France7 records

7 records of the Fulmer name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Emilie Fernande Fulmer

    Born 1906 in Saint-Dié; died 1988 in Saint-Dié (Vosges).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Louis Joseph Fulmer

    Born 1913 in Saint-Dié (Vosges); died 1999 in Limoges (Haute-Vienne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Fernande Henriette Fulmer

    Born 1933 in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges; died 2001 in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges (Vosges).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Fulmer in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Netherlands3 records

3 records of the Fulmer name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 2
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Jacobus Johannes Fulmer

    Born 1813 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Pieter Fulmer

    Buried in 1809 in Den Helder.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Alkmaar (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Fulmer in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Germany2 records

2 records of the Fulmer 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 Richard Fulmer

    From Pleschen. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 19 August 1915 (Infantry Regiment No. 43).

    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 Max Fulmer

    From Pleschen, Posen. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 13 October 1917.

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

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).

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