Brief Life History of Rachel
When Rachel Fisher was born in 1783, in Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Jacob Fisher Sr, was 44 and her mother, Anna Maria Shadacre, was 38. She married Johannes Oster in 1802, in Thornhill, York, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 18 August 1853, in Vaughan, York, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 70, and was buried in York, Ontario, Canada.
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Family Time Line
Sources (12)
- 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
- Rachel Fisher Oster, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1780–1846 Male
1783–1853 Female
Children (12)
1801–1847 Male
1802–1886 Female
1807–1852 Male
1808–1884 Female
1812–1875 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1739–1827 Male
1745–1829 Female
Siblings (10)
1767–1777 Male
1769–1799 Male
1771–1856 Male
1773–1784 Male
1775–1854 Female
+5 More Children
World Events (7)
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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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