Joseph Henry Fisher

Brief Life History of Joseph Henry

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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Family Time Line

Joseph Henry Fisher
1856–1940
Elizabeth Emma Bennett
1856–1940
Marriage: 12 December 1879
Zina Elizabeth Fisher
1880–1890
Martha Hannah Lees Fisher
1882–1958
Mary Emily Fisher
1883–1890
Joseph Lees Fisher
1885–1890
Albert Hyrum Fisher
1888–1973
Angie Celestine Fisher
1893–1971
James Clyde Fisher
1896–1977
Cecil Neil Fisher
1898–1983

Sources (35)

  • Joseph Henry Fisher, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Joseph Hyrum Fisher - Government record: Death record or certificate: birth-name: Joseph Hyrum Fisher
  • Joseph Henry Fisher, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1857

Historical Boundaries: 1857: Millard, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Millard, Utah, United States

1863

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

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

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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Story Highlight

Elizabeth Stewart Fisher - compiled and written by Bertha Fisher Shields

A 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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