Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Daughter of William Warrick
and Emma (Jones) Warrick
Wife of
Solomon Carter Fuller II
— married
1909 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died about
at about age 90
in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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Biography
Meta (Warrick) Fuller is Notable.
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller was an American sculptor, notable for celebrating Afrocentric themes. She also painted, designed theater sets and wrote poems. Before being known in her native country she was already a well-known sculptor in Paris, where she was a protégée of Auguste Rodin.[1]
Meta Vaux Warrick was born in 1877 in Philadelphia, the daughter of William and Emma (Jones) Warrick. She had two older siblings, a brother, William and sister, Blanche. Her father was a barber.[2]
Meta married Solomon Carter Fuller in 1909 in Philadelphia.[3] The couple lived in Framingham near Boston, Massachusetts, where Solomon was a practicing neuropathologist.[4] They had three sons, Solomon, William, and Perry.[5][6]
She died in 1968 in Framingham, Massachusetts. [7]
Research Notes
The following census record does not appear to be for her as she was living in Philadelphia with her parents:
- Fact: Residence (1880) Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States [8]
- Fact: Marital Status Single
Sources
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meta_Vaux_Warrick_Fuller&oldid=1011065889 (accessed April 8, 2021).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWJH-NK7 : 19 February 2021), Meta V Warrick in household of Wm Warrick, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 147, sheet 453A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,171.
- ↑ "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Indexes, 1885-1951", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVQB-Z7M : 2 March 2021), Meta V Warrick and Fuller, 1909.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2V8-6KR : accessed 8 April 2021), Neta V Fuller in household of Soloman C Fuller, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 818, sheet 13B, family 300, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 598; FHL microfilm 1,374,611.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXB5-R2D : 1 February 2021), Meta Fuller in entry for Soloman C Fuller, Framingham Town, ED 155, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, 1920.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQPQ-CQG : accessed 8 April 2021), Meta V W Fuller in household of Solomon C Fuller, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 237, sheet 6B, line 79, family 168, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 920; FHL microfilm 2,340,654.
- ↑ The Herald-News, (Passaic, New Jersey), 14 Mar 1969, p. 4, col. 6. Digital images, accessed 8 Apr 2021, Historical newspapers.
- ↑ 1880 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey; Roll: 770; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 001
See also:
- "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4F6-VQH : 10 January 2021), Meta Fuller in household of Solomon Fuller, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9-161, sheet 9B, line 56, family 185, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1606.
- Massachusetts Death Index, 1901-1980 Image. Database online, Provo, Utah, Ancestry.com, 2013.
- Massachusetts State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1798-1950 Image. 1918, for husband Solomon Carter Fuller listing Meta as wife. Database online, Provo, Utah, Ancestry.com, 2011.
- New Hampshire Marriage and Divorce Records Image. Marriage record for son William listing parents Solomon C Fuller and Meta V Warrick. Database online, Provo, Utah, Ancestry.com, 2013.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #10552386
See also:
- Pennsylvania and New Jersey Church and Town Records
- Pennsylvania Marriages
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Marriage Index
- US City Directories
- US African American Newspapers, 1829-1947; The Portland New Age, 30 Mar 1907
- US Social Security Applications and Claims Index
- US Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
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