When William registered for the World War I draft on 5 June 1918, he lived with his parents at the Meitzler Avenue address and worked for Hegeler Zinc Company in Hegeler, Illinois. His appearance was described as tall and slender with blue eyes and dark hair. William continued to live with his parents in 1920 but worked as an electrician at a garage.
William Thomas Fullerton married a woman named Mildred. They likely had a son about 1923. By 1924 he worked as an oiler for the Wabash Railroad, where he continued working for the remainder of his life. William and his family lived in Tilton, a village in Danville Township. By 1926 he was working as a car inspector for the Wabash and he and his young family lived at 502 South B Street in Tilton -- the same house Robert Irene Caswell's parents lived in when they moved to Illinois.
William and Mildred Fullerton divorced on 20 July 1927. Two years later, William married Roberta Irene Caswell on 19 May 1929 in Fountain County, Indiana.
They likely moved to Detroit sometime before the 1930 census was enumerated. William worked as an inspector for the Wabash and they rented their home for $35. Living with them at the time was a 7-year-old son named Thomas. My assumption is that Thomas Fullerton was William's son by his first wife, Mildred. I am not completely positive this census record is for William and Roberta. Several things, like age, birth places, and occupations are correct, but William is listed as Thomas and Roberta as Alice. Unfortunately, we do not know who spoke to the census taker as a record of that fact was not kept until the 1940 census.
William and Roberta had a daughter in 1932 and by 1935 were back in Tilton, Illinois, where they lived at 502 South B Street, a familiar address.
 |
| Wabash Railroad Oakwood Yards, 1910; photograph courtesy of the Library of Congress |
By 1942 William had been transferred back to the Detroit area and worked at the Wabash Railroad's Oakwood Yards in Melvindale, Michigan. He was 6 feet tall, weighed 165 pounds and had gray hair, blue eyes and a light complexion. By 1947 William and Roberta had purchased a home at 2145 Morris Avenue in Lincoln Park, Michigan. William was listed in city directories as an employee of the Wabash Railroad through 1958, the year before he died.
William Thomas Fullerton died on 14 March 1959 and was interred at the Spring Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum.
_______________
'Wabash Railroad Oakwood Yards, 1910,' Library of Congress
1900 US Federal Census, Census Place: Haddon, Sullivan, Indiana; Roll: 405; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 0128; FHL microfilm: 1240405
1910 US Federal Census, Census Place: Danville, Vermilion, Illinois; Roll: T624_329; Page: 5A; Enumeration District; 0131; FHL microfilm: 1374342
1920 US Federal Census, Census Place: Danville, Vermilion, Illinois; Roll: T625_411; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 147; Image: 230
1920 US Federal Census, Census Place: Danville, Vermilion, Illinois; Roll: T625_411; Page 9A; Enumeration District: 149; Image 279
1930 US Federal Census, Census Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: 1061; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 0748; Image: 1118.0; FHL microfilm: 2340796
1940 US Federal Census, Census Place: Tilton, Vermilion, Illinois; Roll: T627_898; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 92-48B
Alice (Muir) Jennings Genealogy Notebook, page 15
Global, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Memorial No. 79155822
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1924 Tilton, IL (Thomas and Mildred O Fullerton)
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1926 Tilton, IL (W Thomas and Mildred Fullerton)
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1927 Tilton, IL (W Thomas and Mildred Fullerton)
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1928 Tilton, IL (Mrs. Mildred Fullerton)
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1928 Danville, IL (W Thomas and Mildred Fullerton)
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1929 Tilton, IL (Mildred Fullerton)
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1930 Detroit, MI (William and Roberta Fullerton)
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1935 Tilton, IL (William F Fullerton)
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1939 Tilton, IL (William T Fullerton)
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1940 Tilton, IL (William T Fullerton)
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1947 Lincoln Park, MI (William T and Roberta Fullerton)
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1953 Lincoln Park, MI (W T and Roberta I Fullerton)
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1956 Lincoln Park, MI (William T and Roberta Fullerton)
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1958 Lincoln Park, MI (William T and Roberta Fullerton)
US, City Directories, 1822-1995, 1960 Lincoln Park, MI (William T and Robeita Fullerton)
US, Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007, 1929 Fullerton, William Thomas - Caswell, Roberta Irene
US, Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, 1937 Fullerton, William Thomas
US, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration State: Illinois; Registration County: Vermilion; Roll: 1642747; Draft Board: 2
US, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, 4th Registration for the state of Michigan; State Headquarters: Michigan
No comments:
Post a Comment