William Frederick Fisher

Brief Life History of William Frederick

When William Frederick Fisher was born on 16 November 1839, in Woolwich, Greenwich, London, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Frederick Fisher, was 28 and his mother, Jane Christton, was 27. He married Millennium Andrus on 1 January 1861, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Shambip, Utah, United States in 1860 and Oxford, Bannock, Idaho, United States in 1900. In 1860, at the age of 21, his occupation is listed as pony express rider--rush valley station in Shambip, Utah, United States. He died on 30 September 1919, in Rigby, Jefferson, Idaho, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Oxford Cemetery, Franklin, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Frederick Fisher
1839–1919
Millennium Andrus
1845–1922
Marriage: 1 January 1861
William Edgar Fisher
1861–1932
Linnie May Fisher
1864–1939
Thomas Milo Fisher
1866–1873
John Erastus Fisher
1868–1869
Fredrick James Fisher
1870–1890
George Howard Fisher
1872–1946
Roy Christton Fisher
1875–1877
Minnie Jane Fisher
1878–1961
Stella Josephine Fisher
1880–1960
Ray Homer Fisher
1883–1952
Victor Russell Fisher
1885–1957

Sources (70)

  • Wm F Fisher in household of Hy J Foot, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Wm Frederick Fisher, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
  • Wm F in entry for Josie Lorena Fisher, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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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Billy Fisher history by his son, Ray Fisher

William F. (Billy) Fisher-Pony Express Rider By his son Ray H. Fisher, M.D. (1883-1952) FAIRFIELD, Utah County-WANTED. Young, skinny, wiry fellows not over 18. Must be expert riders, willing to risk d …

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