Brief Life History of Katherine
When Katherine Fisher was born on 9 April 1816, in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Peter Fisher, was 30 and her mother, Catherine Zehring, was 32. She married John T Thatcher on 21 January 1839, in Clinton, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Michigan Township, Clinton, Indiana, United States for about 20 years. She died on 1 February 1874, in Frankfort, Center Township, Clinton, Indiana, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Frankfort, Center Township, Clinton, Indiana, United States.
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- Catharine Thatcher in household of John Thatcher, "United States Census, 1860"
- Catherine Fisher Thatcher, "Find A Grave Index"
- Catherine Fisher in entry for John Thatcher, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1829
Historical Information : 1829: Wabash New Purchase, Indiana, United States 1830: Clinton, Indiana, United States
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
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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