Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Fisher was born on 19 April 1841, in Millville, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Michael Fisher, was 24 and her mother, Sarah Catharine Kame, was 23. She married Daniel Franklin Reese about 1860. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Madison Township, Johnson, Missouri, United States in 1920 and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920. She died after 1880, in Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Mary Reese in household of Danl F Reese, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary Fisher in entry for John F. Reese, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915"
- Many Reese in household of Daniel F Reese, "United States Census, 1880"
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World Events (7)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1856
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Johnson, Missouri, United States
1857
Historical Boundaries: 1857: Johnson, Missouri, United States
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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