Talk:Patrick Fullam

Fulham of Fullam?
I am going to recommend that this page be moved to Patrick Fullam. I believe this is the correct spelling of the name.

Evidence:

The Times for 1892, in listing the election results, describes the winning candidate in South Meath as 'Patrick Fulham'. But elsewhere on the page and in all subsequent references, including detailed descriptions of the court case, the spelling 'Fullam' is used. It looks as if they have corrected themselves.

An article in the Drogheda Independent on the death of Paddy Fullam, the former Chairman of Meath County Council, mentions that his grandfather, from Dromore, was elected MP for South Meath. Confusingly, the article uses both spellings. However this official document, signed by Mr Fullam, makes clear that that was the spelling he used:.

Finally, in 1901 Mr Fullam, if still alive, would have been 53 or 54. In the census of that year there is no Patrick Fulham of around that age, but there is a farmer called Patrick Fullam, 53 years old, from Dromore in County Meath. This is almost certainly the same person, and he signs his name as 'Patrick Fullam': --Rbreen (talk) 12:40, 13 June 2013 (UTC)