Louisa Fischer

Brief Life History of Louisa

When Louisa Fischer was born on 14 October 1868, in Schaffhausen, Saarlouis, Rhineland, Prussia, Germany, her father, Hans Ulrich Fischer, was 32 and her mother, Elizabeth Bollinger, was 32. She married Peter Mormon Allen on 6 November 1884, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Union, Oregon, United States in 1910. She died on 19 September 1947, in La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Wilhelm's Portland Memorial Mausoleum, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

Peter Mormon Allen
1848–1933
Louisa Fischer
1868–1947
Marriage: 6 November 1884
Louisa Elizabeth Allen
1886–1977
Henry James Allen
1889–1967
Catharine Edith Allen
1891–
Ezra Clarance Allen
1891–1970
Samuel Ray Allen
1894–1975
Heber Herbert Allen
1895–1970
Catharine Edith Allen
1898–1915
Irene Charlotte Allen
1900–1992
Elmer T Allen
1905–1984
Elva Fisher Allen
1908–1994

Sources (25)

  • Louise Fisher, Allen in household of Peter Allen, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Louisa Fisher, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
  • Louisa Allen, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1880 · The Great Gale of 1880

The Great Gale of 1880 was a severe snow and wind storm that devastated parts of Oregon and Washington on January 9, 1880. The extratropical cyclone caused tides to rise seven feet, gale force winds, and snow accumulations of up to 18 inches.  

1890

Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.

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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