When Joseph Henry Fisher was born on 18 October 1856, in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States, his father, James Fisher, was 36 and his mother, Hannah Lees Stott, was 32. He married Elizabeth Emma Bennett on 12 December 1879, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 21 November 1940, in Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Meadow Cemetery, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1857: Millard, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Millard, Utah, United States
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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.
Possible Related NamesA life of toil and triumph over hardships is that of Elizabeth Stewart Fisher formerly of Meadow Millard Co. Utah and lately of Raymond, Alberta, Canada. Elizabeth Stewart was born 25 August 1867 …
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