Brief Life History of Carl Johann Heinrich
When Carl Johann Heinrich Fischer was born on 13 April 1858, in Velgast, Nordvorpommern, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, his father, Carl Christian Theodore Fischer, was 33 and his mother, Johanna Sophia Henrietta Kruger, was 30. He married Wilhelmine Sophia Johanna Loitz on 27 February 1881, in Maquoketa, Jackson, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Welton Township, Clinton, Iowa, United States in 1900. He died on 22 January 1938, in Maquoketa, Jackson, Iowa, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Maquoketa, Jackson, Iowa, United States.
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- Carl J Fischer, "United States Census, 1910"
- Chas J H Fischer, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Carl Johann H Fischer, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · The Burtis Opera House
The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Otto, Erwin, Gerhard, Helmut, Fritz, Klaus, Horst, Dieter, Franz, Ernst.
German, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a fisherman, from Middle High German visch, German Fisch ‘fish’ + the agent suffix -er. This form of the surname is also established in some other parts of Europe, notably in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Hungary, and the Netherlands. In Poland, Czechia, Croatia, and Slovenia it is (also) established in the Slavicized forms Fiszer (Polish) and Fišer (see Fiser ). Compare Fisher .
Scottish: variant of Fisher .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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