Fulton Family Genealogical Papers

The Fulton Family Genealogical Papers consists of materials gathered by Margaret Fulton from various family members from both the Fulton and Bertheau sides. Materials document the immigration of the Jordan and Bretheau families from Germany to San Francisco through mostly self-published books by the families. A small amount of information on the Fulton family in the form of articles and published material is included here. More information on the Fulton family can be found in the Special Collections Department (see related materials note).

Also included are two scrapbooks that contain both original and duplicated photos and documents. The first scrapbook contains information on the Jordan and Bertheau families and was mostly collected by Virginia Belz Chomat (niece of Margaret) and Rudolf Cesar Bertheau (uncle of Margaret). The second scrapbook contains materials on the Fulton family collected by Margaret, including information about Charles Allen Bragg, who established a Washoe Valley sawmill in Franktown, Nevada, Allan Charles Bragg, who owned the Reno Evening Gazette newspaper, and Margaret’s grandparents Mary Alice “May” Bragg, and Robert Lardin Fulton.

Of interest in this collection is a booklet of reminiscences of Mary Anita Bertheau Fulton (mother of Margaret) regarding the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. At the time of the quake, the Bertheau family lived on Vallejo Street in San Francisco.

The final four folders of this collection contains three volumes plus a CD of Letters from South Africa by John Allen Fulton. These letters were transcribed by Helene (Fulton) Belz, sister of Margaret.