| 4. |  Professor Harry Victor Fuller, Ph. D.  (3.Electa3, 2.William2, 1.Israel1) was born on 23 Oct 1880 in Spring Valley, Fillmore County, Minnesota; died on 8 Jan 1948 in Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; was buried on 11 Jan 1948 in Graceland Memorial Park, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana. Other Events:
- FamilySearch ID: M4CC-JDX
- FindaGrave Memorial ID: 84600976
- Group: Descendant of Mayflower Passenger
- Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
- Group: Mayflower - Edward Fuller
- Group: Mayflower - Peregrine White
- Group: Mayflower - Samuel Fuller II
- Group: Mayflower - William White
- Group: Veteran of the Spanish American War
- Military: 16 Jul 1898, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana
- 1900 Census: 4 Jun 1900, Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota
Notes:
From FindaGrave:
HARRY VICTOR FULLER, Ph.D, i, 10th Generation Fuller Family Genealogy, b. Oct 23, 1880, Spring Valley, Fillmore, Minnesota, d. Jan 8, 1948, Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana. He married twice.
FATHER: John Elmer Fuller, b. Jan. 1, 1854, Genoa City, Walworth, Wisconsin, d. 1886, Minnesota.
MOTHER: Electa Anette [Nettie] E. ROOT, b. Dec. 9, 1859, Dakota, Waushara, Wisconsin, d. Oct 20, 1929, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Nettie E. ROOT married 1st, John Elmer Fuller, Dec. 27, 1879 in Albert Lea, Freeborn, Minnesota. They had one child.
-- Widow Fuller 2nd married, 1890, Minnesota, Frederik H. Snyder, b. June 21, 1861, Wisconsin, d. Sep. 14, 1940, Los Angeles, CA. They had no known children.
SPOUSE:
[1] unmarried: Alice C. [unknown maiden name], b. abt 1882, Minnesota, They had a daughter.
[2]Lucienne Riedlinger Fuller, b. Aug. 15, 1889, Xures, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France, d. July 23, 1934, Paris, France, buried: Alsace-France Catholic Cemetery at Mulhouse, France; married Aug. 25, 1912 in Tientsin, China. There were no known children.
Obituary: Vidette-Messenger and Vidette-Times, pub. Friday, Jan. 9, 1948, Porter, Indiana, USA.
Page 1 -- DEATH TAKES DR. FULLER
Former Chemistry Professor
At VU Dies Thursday
Dr. Harry Victor Fuller, 67, retired Valparaiso university chemistry professor, died at 10:45 p.m. Thursday in Porter Memorial hospital, where he has been a patient for five weeks. He had been in ill health for more than a year.
The decedent was born in Spring Valley, Minn., Oct. 23, 1880, the son of John E. Fuller and Nettie Fuller. His father died when he was young. His mother as Nettie Snyder was a voice teacher, well known in the United States and Italy. As a child he attended school in Italy and Switzerland. He later was graduated from the Sioux Fall, S.D. high school and attended the University of Minnesota. He received his degree of Doctor of Philosophy in chemistry in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1912.
He was assistant to the great American analytical chemist, Treadwell, in Zurich. While there he attended lectures under three men who became Nobel prize winners. He became professor of chemistry at Peiyang university, Tientsien, China, established by Boxer Rebellion funds returned to the Chinese by the American government. He was also head chemist to the Mint of China and head chemist to the Port of Tientsien. He was also active on the American newspaper in Tientsien.
Comes To Valparaiso, IL
In 1927, after 16 years in China, he returned to the United States and became professor of chemistry in Valparaiso university. He relinquished this position in 1932. He was also active in several chemical enterprises. In 1937 he engaged in conjunction with Mrs. B. Russell in the operation of a turkey farm east of Valparaiso. During the war he was employed as a chemist in the National Tube company, Gary.
Dr. Fuller was an excellent linquist, talking and writing excellent German and French. He also could speak Italian, some Russian and Chinese.
He developed a process for drying eggs in China similar to the present spray process. He also developed other chemical industries in China.
Dr. Fuller was well traveled, having been half-way around the world each way twice. In his travels he met many interesting personages, including Haile Selassie, the present emporer of Ethiopia. His wife, Lucien, died in Paris in 1934.
Dr. Fuller was a veteran of the Spanish-American War, and was a member of the United Spanish-American War Veterans' post of Porter county. He was also a member of the American Chemical society for many years.
As a teacher he will be remembered by many students whom he taught at Valparaiso university as well as elsewhere as a friend and for his quaint humor.
He leaves no near relatives. Since 1935 he has made his home with the Dr. Walter E. Thrun family.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Bartholomew funeral home, 102 Monroe street with the Masonic lodge in charge of the rites. Burial will be in Graceland cemetery.
Vidette-Messenger, Monday 12 January 1948, page 2
Hold Final Rites Sunday For Dr. Harry V. Fuller
Final rites for Dr. Harry Victor Fuller, former Valparaiso university chemistry professor, who died Thursday night in Porter Memorial hospital, were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Bartholomew funeral home on Monroe street.
The Masonic lodge, of which he was a member, had charge of the services at the funeral home as well as committal services at the grave in Graceland cemetery. Miss Mae Brown, played several organ numbers.
Representing Valparaiso university at the services were Dr. Walter Fredrich, Dr. Alfred Meyer and Dr. Walter E. Thrun.
Pallbearers were members of the Porter Lodge, No. 137, Free and Accepted Masons.
Birth:
Ancestry.com. Minnesota, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1840-1980
Name: Harry V. Fuller
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 23 Oct 1880
Birth Place: Spring Valley, Fillmore, Minnesota
Father: John E. Fuller
Mother: Nettie
FHL Film Number: 1316799
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Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Harry Victor Fuller
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 23 Oct 1880
Birth Place: Spring Valley, Minnesota
[Spring Valle]
Father:
John E Fuller
Mother:
Annette E Root
SSN: 317209889
Notes: Aug 1942: Name listed as HARRY VICTOR FULLER
FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M4CC-JDX
FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84600976
Group:
Passenger or Descendant of the Mayflower
Group:
DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran
Group:
Descendant of Edward Fuller and wife of the Mayflower
Group:
Descendant of Peregrine White (son of William) of the Mayflower
Group:
Descendant of Samuel Fuller, son of Edward Fuller, of the Mayflower
Group:
Descendant of William and Susan (Jackson) White of the Mayflower
Group:
Person who served in the Spanish American War
Military:
Ancestry.com. U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940
Name: Harry V Fuller
Record Type: Military Service
Birth Date: 23 Oct 1880
Military Date: 16 Jul 1898
Military Place: Valparaiso, Ind
1900 Census:
Ward 3, ED 19, sheet 1B
106 North Frank - Hotel
Snyder, Fred Head W M June 1861 38 Md 10 WI NY NY Hotel Maker
---, Nettie E Wife W F Dec 1862 37 Md 10 1 1 WI NY NY
---, Harry Son W M Oct 1880 19 S MN WI WI Reporter Nrew Pa.
... many servants, etc.
Died:
Ancestry.com. Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011
Name: Dr Harry Victor Fuller
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 67 y, 2 m 16 d
Marital status: Widowed
Professor of Chemistry
Birth Date: 23 Oct 1880
Birth Place: Spring Valley, Minnesota
Death Date: 8 Jan 1948
Death Place: Porter Memorial Hospital, Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana, USA
Father: John E Fuller, b. Minnesota
Mother: Nettie Snyder, b. Minnesota
Spouse: Lusian Fuller
Cause: Cerebral hemorhage
Informant: Dr. Walter Tru[man]
Burial: 11 Jan 1948, Graceland, Valparaiso, IN
Harry married Lucienne Riedlinger on 26 Aug 1912 in Tientsin, ____, Tianjin, China. Lucienne was born on 15 Aug 1889 in Xures, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France; died on 23 Jul 1934 in Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried after 23 Jul 1934 in Alsace-France Catholic Cemetery, Mulhouse, Departement du Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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William Harrison Root 
