FULLER GENEALOGY

Our FULLER Ancestors

1912 - 1999 (87 years)

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Name	Sebastian "Babe" Fuller
Birth	29 Sep 1912	Carbon, Alberta, Canada [1]
	Grace Dechanet named her ninth and last child after her grandfather, Sebastien Dechanet. The family started calling him 'baby' as 'Sebastian' was too long for the siblings to say, so they called him "Babe", which stuck for his entire life. Babe was born in a log house on the Fuller Homestead farm south of Carbon,
Gender	Male
Education	1929	Carbon, Alberta, Canada [2]
Babe and Jack Balderson were in the same class and they rode their horses to school until 1929.
Occupation	Between 1929 and 1931	Carbon, Alberta, Canada [3]
After school and during this time Babe worked in the Caol mine and also worked out as a farm hand during harvest as far away as Medicine Hat, AB. Babe's job at the mine was to drive a team of ponies pulling empty coal cars into the mine, dropping one off in each room and then pulling the little cars full of coal back out of the mine. Babe said the he was never injured in the mine, the ponies were smart and kept him safe.
Occupation	23 May 1932	Calgary, Alberta, Canada [3, 4]
Babe recieved a Diploma from Dominion Trade Schools stating that he had "Served five months training in Barbering". He then rented a barber shop at 900, 9th Ave East, Calgary and even though each month he paid $5 Rent, $1 water & gas and $1 electrical, he could not make a living. This was the depression years and he once took a street car ticket, a postage stamp and 3 pennies for a haircut.
Occupation	31 Mar 1936	Calgary, Alberta, Canada [5, 6, 7]
Babe sold some of his barbering equipment and lease hold improvements in Calgary for $120 and moved back to Carbon where he set up a barber shop in town. This did not work out so he moved to East Coulee and set up shop which again did not work so he moved back to Carbon and worked in the mine driving ponies for $4.50 per day, which was a good wage during the depression of the 1930s.For the next while, Babe had a small barber shop, worked in the mine and lived in a rooming house with brother Ralph and they ate at the local Chinese restaurant. We have pictures of the Fuller's harvesting in 1937, perhaps that was not on the Fuller farm.
Residence	Dec 1939	Rockyford, Alberta, Canada [7, 8]
After meeting Elma Ohlhausen in 1938, Babe wanted 'something better' and searched the area to find a place where he could open his own business. In Dec. 1939 he moved into the barbershop and pool hall that had been empty in Rockyford and although the war was just starting, he rented the building and contents which he eventually purchased. He found a very small one room house and started the hard work of fixing both the business and house while getting the business up and running. He did not tell anyone that he was getting married the following June. The "Shop" had 3 barber chairs in the front and 4 pool tables in the back. Babe had to work long hours because the pool hall was open late in the evening and the barbershop was going all day and all evening.
Milit-Beg	1943	Rockyford, Alberta, Canada [9]
Babe was rejected for service because of his health issues.
Associatn	Between 1944 and 1999	Rockyford, Alberta, Canada [10]
	Babe was a member of the Free Masons of Alberta and worked his way through the various levels and was Master of the Rockyford Lodge 1963-1971 and District Deputy Grand Master 1973-74. He was an active member until he died and received his 50 year jewel 12 Oct. 1994. Babe requested and received a Free Masons Funeral Service after the regular church service.
Occupation	20 Feb 1946	Rockyford, Alberta, Canada [11]
Babe purchased the building and Pool Hall and Barbershop business for $650.00.
Illness	Between 1950 and 1980 [3]
Babe had major back problems thoughout his life with several surgeries and later developed rheumatoid arthritis and had several joints replaced. Babe's mother died of diabetes and later on gave himself insulin shots. He survived two heart attaches several years before he died.
Education	04 Jun 1953	Rockyford, Alberta, Canada [12]
Babe was issued a "Certificate of Proficiency" from the Department of Industry and Labour of Alberta under the Tradesmen's Qualifications Act, certifying him at Rockyford in the trade of "Barbering". This certificate hung in his barber shop all his life.
Occupation	1954	Rockyford, Alberta, Canada [6]
The Rockyford Cafe closed and the mayor asked if Babe would open a coffee counter and some stools and that was followed by a request to add hamburgers and chips. After TV became available in the 1950s, the pool hall part of the business fell off so 'the Fullers' became a Milk Bar and then soup and sandwiches and finally a resaurant as three of the pool tables were sold to local farmers.
Baptism	30 Mar 1955	Rockyford, Alberta, Canada [13]
Both Babe and Elma were Baptised and joined the United Church in Rockyford
Occupation	1962	Rockyford, Alberta, Canada [6]
Babe had rented the resaurant for and Elma took a hair dressing course and they rented a smaller builting on main street and opened a Barber shop and Hair dressing and worked together there until Elma was struck down with a brain aneurism where she spent a year in the hospital-rehabilitation. Elma did come home after that but was never the same person, but they managed as best they could for some years.
Reference Number	248
Reference Number	Ful-CW3
Retired	1977	Strathmore, Alberta, Canada [6]
They retired and moved into the Strathmore Lodge for seniors for several years.
Residence	Abt 1990	Calgary, Alberta, Canada [3]
They moved to a nursing home in Calgary where they lived until Babe passed away in 1999
Death	26 Dec 1999	Calgary, Alberta, Canada [14]
	obituary in Calgary Herald
Burial	29 Dec 1999	Mountain View Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada [15]
Person ID	I248	fullereriksen
Last Modified	28 Aug 2016

	Test Type	Taken by	Haplogroup	Test Information
DNA Tests	1 DNA test is associated with Sebastian "Babe" Fuller
	Y-DNA-37	W.L. Fuller	I-M253	Most distant ancestor: James Fuller, b. Abt 1542 d. 14 May 1622, Lavenham, Suffolk, England, UK 37 Marker Values: 393[13] 390[23] 19[14] 391[10] 385[14-14] 426[11] 388[14] 439[11] 389i[13] 392[11] 389ii[29] 458[15] 459[9-8] 455[8] 454[11] 447[23] S437[16] 448[21] 449[28] 464[13-14-15-16] 460[10] H4[10] YCA[19-21] 456[14] 607[13] 576[17] 570[21] CDY[35-35] 442[12] 438[10] 531[11] 578[8] 395S1[15-15] 590[8] 537[11] 641[10] 472[8] 406S1[9] 511[10] Relevant links: We think the most likely ancestor of John of Newton is James Fuller http://johnfullerofnewton.com/ancestral/about-john/ancestral-line/ Notes: THE FULL 67 MARKER VALUES ARE: 393[13] 390[23] 19[14] 391[10] 385[14-14] 426[11] 388[14] 439[11] 389i[13] 392[11] 389ii[29] 458[15] 459[9-8] 455[8] 454[11] 447[23] S437[16] 448[21] 449[28] 464[13-14-15-16] 460[10] H4[10] YCA[19-21] 456[14] 607[13] 576[17] 570[21] CDY[35-35] 442[12] 438[10] 531[11] 578[8] 395S1[15-15] 590[8] 537[11] 641[10] 472[8] 406S1[9] 511[10] 425[12] 413[21-23] 557[15] 594[10] 436[12] 490[12] 534[17] 450[8] 444[12] 481[25] 520[20] 446[13] 617[13] 568[11] 487[12] 572[12] 640[11] 492[12] 565[11]

Father	Charles Woodman Fuller, b. 11 Jul 1861, Dunkirk, Chautauqua, New York, USA d. 07 Oct 1937, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Age 76 years)
Mother	Grace Déchanet, b. 22 Feb 1868, Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA d. 01 Dec 1932, Carbon, Alberta, Canada (Age 64 years)
Marriage	26 Nov 1891	St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA [16, 17]
Marriage	The ceremony was conducted by his father, PW Fuller.
Photos » Slide Show		Fuller, Charles Woodman and Grace Dechanet family Bk L. Glen, Bell, Harry, Roy, Dora, Alfred, Ralph. Sit, Charles W, Grace. Fr, Ollie, Sebastian (Babe).
		Fuller, Charles Woodman and the older boys Standing Left - Ralph, Harry, Glen, Roy, Alfred (named after Grace's father) Sitting - Charles Woodman Fuller Boys missing: Oliver 'Ollie' and Sebastian 'Babe', (named after Grace's grandfather)
		Fuller, Grace Dechanet with her girls, L- Dora, Belle and Ellen Kyle Fuller.JPG L-standing: daughters Dora & Bell and Ellen Kyle Fuller (wife of Harry Fuller)
		Carbon, Alberta School Picture Likely taken about 1920 Shows the various ways that the children and teachers got to school. The building in the back is likely a barn for the horses
Documents		Fuller, Charles Woodman - Family Medical Book The Charles W Fuller family Medical Book or Home Encyclopedia of Health has recently came to light as it was handed down in the family from Grace Dechanet Fuller to her daughter Belle Fuller Vaughan and then down to her daughter Barbara Vaughan and family. It has been well used and is without the front or back covers (and a few pages in the front) and is some 5 inches thick and contains some 1400 pages. The book is in fact 10 books in one and covers all aspects of health and the human body as seen by the author in 1904. It is so complete that it even covers detailed pictures of bone and muscle placement. We can imagine our ancestor Grace Dechanet Fuller using this book almost daily with her family of nine children and are thankful that it was handed down in the family. The attached file is interactive to a website that has the entire book and that website is secure.
Documents		Fuller, Charles Woodman - Family Medical Book A picture of the book
Histories		Fuller, Charles Woodman - an Historical Profile The Life and Times of Charles Woodman Fuller
Albums		Fuller Coal Mine, Carbon, Alberta Canada: (18) The Fuller family owned and operated the Fuller coal mine for some years about 1920. The mine opened in 1918 and went through several owners before it eventually shut down in 1930. The mine was a big part of the Fuller family life for many years. Charles also built a rooming house for the miners in the area and Grace was the cook and manager during this time it was open.
Albums		Fuller Farm and Ranch, Carbon, Alberta, Canada: (54) Babe Fuller said that the boys in the Fuller family were farmers to help on the farm but they were also cowboys and loved activities of being cowboys including bucking broncs and all that goes with that. We know that some of the boys participated in the Calgary Stampede, a big yearly rodeo event. Glen signed up for the army in 1916 and listed as "Ranch Cowboy" as his profession or trade and in another questionnaire he listed "Horse Breaker" as his profession. Harry listed "Farmer" on his.
Family ID	F7	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Elma Ohlhausen, b. 18 May 1919, Irvine, Alberta, Canada d. 31 Jan 2002, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Age 82 years)

Marriage 02 Jun 1940 Carstairs, Alberta, Canada [18]

on the Ohlhsuen farm, east of Carstairs, Alberta. ||She was born 18 May 1919 in Irvine, Alberta and was working in Carbon for the Oliphant family at the time the two met at a dance in Carbon. Elma said that she could remember the first time she saw Babe at the dance and it was love at first sight. Elma received several cows as a wedding present from her parents and the money received from the sale of each ($45) bought furniture for their new home, a sewing machine and some inventory (candy, cigarettes, etc) for the pool hall. They were both used to hard work and that is what was needed to start from nothing and build a home, a business and a family.

Children

+	1. W.L. Fuller
+	2. L.R. Fuller

Family ID F160 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 12 Sep 2023

Event Map

	Birth - 29 Sep 1912 - Carbon, Alberta, Canada
	Education - 1929 - Carbon, Alberta, Canada
	Occupation - Between 1929 and 1931 - Carbon, Alberta, Canada
	Occupation - 23 May 1932 - Calgary, Alberta, Canada
	Occupation - 31 Mar 1936 - Calgary, Alberta, Canada
	Residence - Dec 1939 - Rockyford, Alberta, Canada
	Marriage - 02 Jun 1940 - Carstairs, Alberta, Canada
	Milit-Beg - 1943 - Rockyford, Alberta, Canada
	Associatn - Between 1944 and 1999 - Rockyford, Alberta, Canada
	Occupation - Babe purchased the building and Pool Hall and Barbershop business for $650.00. - 20 Feb 1946 - Rockyford, Alberta, Canada
	Education - 04 Jun 1953 - Rockyford, Alberta, Canada
	Occupation - 1954 - Rockyford, Alberta, Canada
	Baptism - 30 Mar 1955 - Rockyford, Alberta, Canada
	Occupation - 1962 - Rockyford, Alberta, Canada
	Retired - 1977 - Strathmore, Alberta, Canada
	Residence - Abt 1990 - Calgary, Alberta, Canada
	Death - 26 Dec 1999 - Calgary, Alberta, Canada
	Burial - 29 Dec 1999 - Mountain View Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Photos » Slide Show		Carbon, Mine ponies Babe Fuller's job at the mine was to drive a team of ponies pulling empty coal cars into the mine, dropping one off in each room and then pulling the little cars full of coal back out of the mine. Babe said the he was never injured in the mine, the ponies were smart and kept him safe.
		Babe and Ollie on the farm Ollie (Oliver) had polio early in his life
		Babe Fuller and his brother Ralph Ralph was a cowboy, farm hand, rodeo bull rider, etc. all his life and died as a result of an accident where he was a rodeo clown. Babe did not follow his brothers cowboy lifestyle.
		Babe Fuller There were always lots of ponies to ride on the Fuller Farm
		DNA FULLER Y-DNA Y-DNA is passed down from father to son, so any direct-line male Fuller descendants will have the same Y-DNA as John Fuller of Newton
		Fuller Farm, lunch break during harvest, 1923 Charles Woodman Fuller is standing on the right overseeing his harvest crew - no mention that any of them are family, Except on the boy on the far left is Babe Fuller about 11 years old .... I'll bet the crew looked forward to this lunch baskets arriving, packed up by the girls on the farm with a coffee pot .... This is a wonderful picture and gives you the atmosphere that existed at the time.
		Fuller, Babe Carbon Baseball Team, League Champions 1937-38 Back Row: Left-Right Leo Trepanier [Catcher], Bob Stahl [Manager], Alex Poxon [Bookkeeper], Bill Kapaniuk [First base], John Gablehouse [Assistant], Andy Kapaniuk [L. Field]. Center Row: L-R Herb McCrady [R. Field], Bruce Ramsay [Third Base], Babe Fuller [C. Field]. Front Row: L-R __ Lynn [Short Stop], Harry Woods - with daughter Betty [Second Base], Jack Mathers [Pitcher]. Bottom: Bobby Leitch [Bat Boy]. Missing from the Picture: Norman Nash [Fielder], Cecil Trumbley [Short Stop], Mike Romanchuck [Left Pitcher].
		Fuller, Sebastian (Babe) This was taken down in the valley, likely just out side the Family Rooming House
		Fuller, Sebastian and new wife Elma (Ohlhausen) This is Sebastian "Babe" Fuller and his wife Elma Ohlhausen, taken on their wedding day of June 2, 1940. Likely on the Ohlhausen Farm east of Carstairs, Alberta, Canada
		Fuller, Ralph and Babe The picture was taken down on the "flats" by the river and likely the rooming house is behind the photographer. This was one year after their mother died.
		Olle and Babe Fuller on the farm Ollie and Babe were the two youngest boys and spent a lot of time together.
		Fuller, Babe Babe's first Barber Shop, 1932 - 36 The Dick Block - Built by and named after Albert Dick Babe attended Barber School in 1932 and rented the shop in this street level shop from 1932-36. His rent was $5/mo and power was $1/mo; he charged 25 cents per hair cut and more for a shave, but because this was in the depression years he could not make enough money so pay his rent. So in 1936 he sold the contents of the barber shop, except his barber tools and moved back to Carbon where he set up a barber shop and worked in the coal mine to supplement his income.
		Fuller, Babe Babe's first Barber Shop, 1932 - 36 The Building in 2018
		Fuller Family Siblings Belle Vaughan, Babe Fuller, Dora Herbert, sitting Annie Balderson
		Fuller Babe 1943, Holly Hocks in front of Babe and Elma's first house in Rockyford

Headstones

Fuller, Sebastian and wife Elma (Ohlhausen)
FULLER
SEBASTIAN (BABE)
1912-1999

ELMA (OHLHAUSEN)
1919-2002

Married June 2,1940
Plot: Everlasting Life Garden, Lot 329B, Space 1&2

Sources

[S117] Compiler: Province of Alberta, Vital Records, Alberta, (Province of Alberta, Canada, Box 2023, Services, Alberta, Alberta Registries, Vital Statistics , Edmonton, AB), Birth Certificate #226930. This copy prepared 19 Feb 1943. This certificate says that the Father, a farmer and Mother (spelling of Grace Dechanet is correct) were born in St. Paul, MN, howeverr we know that that Charles was born in NY State and Grace was born in Wabasha, MN.; Ful-CW3, p 1, Ful- Various.
[S122] Author: Babe & Fuller Family, Family tree data with sources, Ful-CW3, page 6a-e, Various.
[S122] Author: Babe & Fuller Family, Family tree data with sources, Ful-CW3, page 6, Various.
[S228] Author: Members of the Fuller Family, Family Tree data with sources - Fuller Family, From a copy of this Diploma.; Ful-CW3, documents, Various.
[S122] Author: Babe & Fuller Family, Family tree data with sources, Actual Bill of Sale document, which was counter signed by his brother in law, Jack Vaughan, who we assume had loaned Babe money to set up the initial barber shop. The Bill of Sale lists the following:
One Barber chair,
one large and one small wall mirror,
one wash basin and fittings,
one table, one settee
and all goods except one arm chair and barber tools, situaled at 900-9th Avenue East, Calgary.; Ful-CW3, documents, Various.
[S122] Author: Babe & Fuller Family, Family tree data with sources, Babe remembers; Ful-CW3, page 6, Various.
[S129] Sebastian (Babe) Fuller, Interview, Fuller, Babe, by W Fuller, (Date: 1998), Ful-CW1, page 52, Ful-CW1, page 52.
[S122] Author: Babe & Fuller Family, Family tree data with sources, Babe Fuller's notes; Ful-CW3, page 6a-e/CW-1, p52, Various.
[S122] Author: Babe & Fuller Family, Family tree data with sources, Original letters from the National Selective Service; Ful-CW3, page 7, Various.
[S122] Author: Babe & Fuller Family, Family tree data with sources, Several original documents and certificates received over the years for accoplishments as part of the Free Masons Lodge.; Ful-CW3, page 10a-f, Various.
[S122] Author: Babe & Fuller Family, Family tree data with sources, Original Bill of Sale lists the following:
two pool tables, two snooker tables,
two wall racks for balls, forty-six cues,
two long cues, two long rests, two racks
seven short rests, three baskets,
five racks for cues, one stove and pipes,
one stove in the basement, three benches,
one shovel, one broom, two sets of pool balls
one set of billiard balls, two sets of snooker balls,
twenty assorted old balls, one brush for tables,
one 17 foot counter-glass front, one frigidaire,
one wall case - 16 feet long,
Three barber chairs, one barber case,
two mirrors and other mirrors,
three large lights, one clock
six chairs, one barber wash bowl,
one hot water tank and jacket heater,
one small counter case, one cash register,
four table lamps.; Ful-CW3, documents, Various.
[S122] Author: Babe & Fuller Family, Family tree data with sources, The Original Certificate No: 1885 PA in file #1132 signed by the Chairman of the Board of Examiners and Issues 4 June 1953.; Ful-CW3, documents, Various.
[S122] Author: Babe & Fuller Family, Family tree data with sources, Original Documents; Ful-CW3, page 8, Various.
[S224] Death Registration Sebastian Fuller, Ful-CW3, p 6, Ful-CW3, p 6.
[S202] Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Mountain View, Ful-CW3, Picture Section, Ful-CW, photo section.
[S127] Marriage, Fuller CW & Grace Dechanet, (Filed 23 Dec 1891), The Certificate portion of this document is signed by PW Fuller. The witnesses were: Fred S. Johnson and Mamie Dechanet. Grace may not of hesitated to married a man with 4 kids because her father had done the same. Also LDS source film #1314519, Indexing Project #M02043-3.
A notice that the marriage license was issued was reported in the 'Saint Paul Daily Globe' Sunday Morning. November 29, 1891 - Sixteen Pages, on page 15.; Ful-CW1, p12;Gra-Dech p16a, Ful-CW1, page 12.
[S219] Bible, Pulasky W Fuller family bible (4 hand written BMD pages, it appears that PW entered the names and dates to his new bible in 1856 from memory then added children as they were born/died), (American Bible Society, New York, New York, USA, Published: 1854), Charles Fuller and Grace Dushena at St. Paul. On 2/-lianka Eig. 1892; Ful-PW1, page 30c, Ful-PW1, page 30.
[S117] Compiler: Province of Alberta, Vital Records, Alberta, (Province of Alberta, Canada, Box 2023, Services, Alberta, Alberta Registries, Vital Statistics , Edmonton, AB), Certificate of Marriage; Registration #71763; Sebastian Fuller of Rockyford, born in Carbon AB, Father-Charles, Mother-Grace Dechanet, age 26, Barber, Batchelor; and Elma Ohlhausen of Carstairs, born in Irvine AB, Father-Henry, Mother-Nathalia Koenig, age 21, Household Duties, Spinster; Place of Marriage: Residence of Henry Ohlhausen, Carstairs, AB;; Ful-CW3, page 5, Ful- Various.

Sebastian "Babe" Fuller