Brief Life History of Robert E.
When Robert E. Fisher was born on 2 May 1872, in Williamson, Texas, United States, his father, James S Fisher, was 41 and his mother, Nancy Brantlett, was 41. He married Mary Etta Dodd in 1893, in Mason, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Caprock, Lea, New Mexico, United States in 1920 and Justice Precinct 1, Tom Green, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 26 March 1952, in San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Grit, Mason, Texas, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Robert Fisher in entry for Asa Eugene Fisher, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Robert E Fisher, "United States Census, 1940"
- Bob Fisher in entry for Floyd Ora Fisher, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
Spouse and Children
1872–1952 Male
1870–1926 Female
Children (6)
1894– Female
1895–1946 Male
1897–1951 Male
1899–1974 Female
1902–1959 Male
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1831–1915 Male
1831–1922 Female
Siblings (8)
1855–1933 Female
1857– Male
1858–1946 Male
1860– Male
1862– Female
+3 More Children
World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
Age 3
1889
Age 17
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Age 22
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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