Brief Life History of James Warford
When James Warford Fisher was born in 1804, in Wilsonville, Boyle, Kentucky, United States, his father, Heinrich Peter Fisher, was 43 and his mother, Deborah Warford, was 34. He married Levisa Booth on 13 July 1828, in Washington, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 21 March 1847, in Prairie Creek, Prairie Creek Township, Vigo, Indiana, United States, at the age of 43.
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- Warford Fisher, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Legacy NFS Source: James Warford Fisher - death: 21 March 1847; Prairie, Warren, Indiana, United States
Spouse and Children
1804–1847 Male
1810–1848 Female
Children (5)
1833–1921 Female
1837– Female
1839– Male
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Parents and Siblings
1761–1842 Male
1770–1851 Female
Siblings (16)
1786–1864 Male
1788–1837 Male
1790–1856 Female
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Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a fisherman, from Middle English fis(sc)her(e) ‘fisherman’ (Old English fiscere). In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from many other languages, including German Fischer and its Slavic(ized) variant Fišer (see Fiser ), Dutch Visser , Hungarian Halász (see Halasz ), Italian Pescatore , Slovenian Ribič (see Ribic ), and Croatian Ribić or Ribar .
English: in a few cases, possibly a topographic name for someone who lived near a fish weir on a river, from Middle English fis(sc)hwere, fisshyar ‘fish weir’ (Old English fiscwer, fiscgear), or a habitational name from a place so named, such as Fisher in North Mundham, Sussex.
Irish: translation into English of Gaelic Ó Bradáin ‘descendant of Bradán’, a personal name meaning ‘salmon’. See Braden .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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