Robert E. Fisher

2 May 1872–26 March 1952 (Age 79)
Texas, United States

The Life of Robert E.

When Robert E. Fisher was born on 2 May 1872, in 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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Family Time Line

Robert E. Fisher
1872–1952
Mary Etta Dodd
1870–1926
Marriage: 1893
Minnie Illa Fisher
1894–
Evelyn Nancy Fisher
1900–1974
James Allen Fisher
1895–1946
Hensley E. Lee Fisher
1897–1951
Asa Eugene Fisher
1902–1959
Floyd Ora Fisher
1905–1951

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
1893
Mason, Texas, United States
children

(6)

+1 More Child

Parents and Siblings

    James S Fisher

    Male1831–1915Male

    Nancy Brantlett

    Female1831–1922Female

siblings

(8)

+3 More Children

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

Age 3

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1876 · Segregation Laws Are Passed

Age 4

A new state constitution was passed in 1876, announcing the segregation of schools.
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company

Age 22

Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.

Name Meaning

1 English: occupational name for a fisherman, Middle English fischer. The name has also been used in Ireland as a loose equivalent of Braden . As an American family name, this has absorbed cognates and names of similar meaning from many other European languages, including German Fischer, Dutch Visser, Hungarian Halász, Italian Pescatore, Polish Rybarz, etc.2 In a few cases, the English name may in fact be a topographic name for someone who lived near a fish weir on a river, from the Old English term fisc-gear ‘fish weir’.3 Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a fisherman, Yiddish fisher, German Fischer.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Sources (3)

  • Robert E Fisher, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Robert E Fisher, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Robert ? Fisher, "United States Census, 1900"

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