Brief Life History of Thomas Frederick
When Thomas Frederick Fisher was born on 18 February 1811, in Llantysilio, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Fisher, was 22 and his mother, Elizabeth Powell, was 23. He married Jane Christton on 25 January 1835, in Camberwell, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Woolwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Charlton and Kidbrooke, Kent, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 3 January 1887, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- Thomas Fisher, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Thomas Frederick Fisher, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Thomas Frederick Fisher, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812
Louisiana is the 18th state.
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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Journal of Thomas F. Fisher
Journal of Thomas F. Fisher Embarked on board the American ship, Marshfield of Bath, U.S. with my wife and five children, lying in the Victoria Dock, Liverpool, on Friday, March 31, 1854. Friday, Ma …
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