William Fulton

1846 - 1920  (74 years)

• Name	William Fulton
  Birth	27 Sep 1846	Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Nov 1920	Portage La Prarie, Manitoba, Canada
  Person ID	I94478	Ingram-Related
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	James Fulton,   b. 28 Jul 1820, Alton, Wilton Parish, Roxburghshire, Scotland d. 17 Feb 1886, Oakland, Manitoba, Canada (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Agnes Kerr,   b. 7 Jun 1825, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland d. 31 Jul 1900, Portage La Prarie, Manitoba, Canada (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1844	Teviothead, Roxburgh, Scotland
  Family ID	F21926	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Swales,   b. 27 Jul 1863, Ontario, Canada d. May 1905, Portage La Prarie, Manitoba, Canada (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	30 Nov 1904	Portage La Prarie, Manitoba, Canada
  Family ID	F12821	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2015

  
  

• Notes

  Arrived in Portage La Prairie on 17 June 1873. William was in the Furniture business and in 1880 was trading with R.P. Campbell as Campbell and Fulton. Civic affairs included being on the first city council in 1881, and a rural councilor for 13 years. He was a staunch Presbyterian, a member of the Masonic Lodge, President of the Pioneers and Old Timers Association and St. Andrews Society. In 1903 he was one of a party of prominent western farmers sent to Great Britain to present the agricultural advantages of Canada to prospective settlers. He was director of the Portage Farmers Mutual Insurance in 1898, 1900 to 1909 and president from 1911 to his death in 1920.