Brief Life History of Mary Lydia
When Mary Lydia Fisk was born on 2 April 1847, in Ellicottville, Cattaraugus, New York, United States, her father, John Seymour Fisk, was 27 and her mother, Lydia Lucinda Dalby, was 36. She married Charles Wilcox Jr on 2 July 1863, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Ashford, Cattaraugus, New York, United States in 1860 and Sunrise Township, Chisago, Minnesota, United States for about 25 years. She died on 24 November 1913, in Harris, Chisago, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Sunrise Township, Chisago, Minnesota, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (19)
- Mary Wilcox in household of P W Davis, "Minnesota State Census, 1875"
- Mary Fisk in entry for George Tilden Wilcox, "Minnesota, Death Records and Certificates, 1900-1955"
- Mary Fisk in household of John S Fisk, "United States Census, 1850"
Spouse and Children
1836–1909 Male
1847–1913 Female
Children (6)
1865–1937 Male
1868–1943 Male
1876–1950 Male
1879–1880 Male
1879–1962 Male
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1819–1903 Male
1811–1883 Female
Siblings (8)
1843–1888 Male
1844– Male
1845–1922 Male
1847–1913 Female
1849–1851 Male
+3 More Children
World Events (8)
1858
Age 11
1863
Age 16
1865
Age 18
Name Meaning
English (East Anglia): metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller, or a nickname for someone supposedly resembling a fish in some way, from Old Norse fiskr ‘fish’ (cognate with Old English fisc). See Fish 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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