John L. Fisher

Brief Life History of John L.

When John L. Fisher was born on 2 February 1802, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Henry F. Fisher, was 36 and his mother, Catherine Little, was 33. He married Catharine Harner about 1825, in Germany Township, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Germany Township, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. He died on 2 March 1878, at the age of 76, and was buried in Littlestown, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

John L. Fisher
1802–1878
Catharine Harner
1804–1870
Marriage: about 1825
Edwin Francis Fisher
1827–1918
Lucinda M. Fisher
1830–
Catherine Sophia Fisher
1832–
Mary Jane Fisher
1834–1903
John Alford Fisher
1840–1920
Amanda E Fisher
1846–
Belinda Juliana Fisher
1847–1931

Sources (12)

  • John L Fisher, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Joh. Fisher, "Pennsylvania, Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
  • John L Fisher, "Find a Grave Index"

World Events (7)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

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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