Brief Life History of John Bowers
When John Bowers Fiske was born on 31 August 1804, in Pepperell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Micah Fiske, was 29 and his mother, Lydia Bowers, was 28. He married Mary Ireland on 6 November 1831, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 6 June 1852, at the age of 47.
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- John Fisk, "United States Census, 1850"
- John B. Fisk, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- John Fiske in entry for Charles H. Fiske, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
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World Events (7)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
Norwegian: habitational name from a farm in western Norway, named from Old Norse fiskr ‘fish’ + -e from vin ‘meadow’.
English (East Anglia): variant of Fisk .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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