Marshall Fisher

Male12 January 1888–12 March 1968

Brief Life History of Marshall

When Marshall Fisher was born on 12 January 1888, in Hawthorne, Walker, Texas, United States, his father, Isom Fisher, was 36 and his mother, Clarissa Parker, was 35. He married Addie Williams on 21 December 1909, in Walker, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 4, Walker, Texas, United States for about 10 years and Walker, Texas, United States in 1950. He died on 12 March 1968, in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in New Waverly, Walker, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Marshall Fisher
1888–1968
Addie Williams
1893–
Marriage: 21 December 1909
Ollie Lee Fisher
1911–
Alice Mae Fisher
Marshall Fisher Jr.
1916–1977
Gussie Lee Fisher
1919–1994
William Peter Fisher
1922–1994

Sources (14)

  • Marshall Fisher, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Marshall Fisher, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
  • Marshall Fisher, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    21 December 1909Walker, Texas, United States
  • Children (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (16)

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    World Events (8)

    1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

    Age 2

    This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

    1902

    Age 14

    Historical Boundaries: 1902: Walker, Texas, United States

    1909 · The NAACP is formed

    Age 21

    Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

    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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