Brief Life History of America
When America Fisher was born about 1844, in Barren, Kentucky, United States, her father, David Tush Fisher, was 33 and her mother, Sarah Ellen Barbour, was 34. She married Fry about 1872, in Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Harrisonville, Shelby, Kentucky, United States in 1880. She died in 1899, in Walton, Boone, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 56.
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Sources (4)
- America Fry, "United States Census, 1880"
- America Fisher in household of Edward Barbour, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: America Fisher - birth-name: America Fisher
Spouse and Children
1842–1880 Male
1844–1899 Female
Children (4)
1873– Female
1874– Female
1876– Female
1879– Male
Parents and Siblings
1812–1848 Male
1811–1896 Female
Siblings (3)
1844–1899 Female
1845–1872 Female
1847–1930 Male
World Events (8)
1846
Age 2
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
Age 6
1861
Age 17
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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America Fisher Fry (Burial info)
Birth: 1841 Death: 1899 Burial: Richwood Presbyterian Cemetery Walton Boone County Kentucky, USA Plot: D - 2 Created by: RWCB Record added: Jun 19, 2014 Find A Grave Memorial# 131576827
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