Alice Butcher

Brief Life History of Alice

When Alice Butcher was born about 1780, in Over, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Butcher, was 37 and her mother, Elizabeth Eapy, was 30. She married John Fisher on 22 April 1805, in Over, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Graveley, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. She died before 20 April 1867, in Graveley, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, and was buried in Graveley, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

John Fisher
1787–1856
Alice Butcher
1780–1867
John Fisher
1805–1886
Elizabeth Fisher
1809–
Alice Fisher
1810–1855
Ann Fisher
1814–
William Fisher
1816–
Robert Fisher
1819–1832
Mary Fisher
1821–
Susan Fisher
1825–

Sources (22)

  • Alice Fisher in household of John Fisher, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
  • Alice Butcher, "England, Cambridge, Parish Registers, 1538-1983 "

World Events (7)

1787 · English Convicts Sail to Australia

The first fleet of convicts sailed from England to Australia on May 13, 1787. By 1868, over 150,000 felons had been exiled to New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia.

1789 · The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

"Former slave Olaudah Equiano settled in London and published his autobiography titled ""The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano."" Equiano learned to read and write and converted to Christianity. His autobiography is one of the oldest published works by an African-American writer."

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a butcher or slaughterer, from Middle English, Anglo-Norman French bocher, bouch(i)er, bowcher (Old French bochier, bouchier, a derivative of bouc ‘ram’).

Americanized form of Slovenian and Croatian Bučar (see Bucar ).

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

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