Ella ELiza Fisher

23 February 1861–14 November 1879 (Age 18)
Illinois, United States

The Life Summary of Ella ELiza

When Ella ELiza Fisher was born on 23 February 1861, in Illinois, United States, her father, James Parley Fisher, was 22 and her mother, Mary Jane Emerson, was 21. She died on 14 November 1879, in New Canton, Pike, Illinois, United States, at the age of 18.

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Family Time Line

James Parley Fisher
1838–1865
Mary Jane Emerson
1839–1873
William Edward Fisher
1859–1940
Ella ELiza Fisher
1861–1879
Albert E. Fisher
1864–

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World Events (7)

1863
Age 2
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
Age 2
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
Age 6
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

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.

Possible Related Names

Fischer

Sources (1)

  • Eliza Fisher in household of Jackson Fisher, "United States Census, 1870"

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