Brief Life History of George William
When George William Fisher was born on 10 October 1846, in Adams, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Henry Fisher, was 41 and his mother, Rebecca Margaret Booth, was 38. He married Margaret Jane "Maggie" Montgomery on 24 December 1877, in Carroll, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Ervin Township, Howard, Indiana, United States in 1880 and Deer Creek Township, Cass, Indiana, United States in 1920. He died on 9 February 1931, in Cass, Indiana, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Young America, Deer Creek Township, Cass, Indiana, United States.
Photos and Memories (0)
Do you know George William? Do you have a story about him that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
Family Time Line
Sources (16)
- George Fisher, "United States Census, 1920"
- George William Fisher, "Pennsylvania, Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
- George W Fisher, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
Spouse and Children
Parents and Siblings
Siblings (11)
+6 More Children
World Events (8)
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
1856
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Cass, Indiana, United States
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
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
Discover Even More
As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.