Callie Mae Fisher

Brief Life History of Callie Mae

When Callie Mae Fisher was born on 5 March 1894, in Jackson, North Carolina, United States, her father, Bartlett Clingman Fisher, was 39 and her mother, Margaret Alice Miller, was 38. She married Joseph Bradley on 22 October 1911, in Swain, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Qualla, Jackson, North Carolina, United States in 1930 and Qualla Township, Jackson, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. She died on 26 April 1960, in Whittier, Swain, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Campground Cemetery, Indian Hills, Jackson, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Bradley
1890–1963
Callie Mae Fisher
1894–1960
Marriage: 22 October 1911
Thurman Teague Bradley
1911–1973
Charlie Clingman Bradley
1912–2004
Hazel Mae Bradley
1914–1990
Willie Katherine Bradley
1916–1992
Anna Ruth Bradley
1918–1979
Harry Lee Bradley Sr
1925–1986
Patrick Bryon Bradley
1929–1986

Sources (37)

  • Callie Bradley, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Callie May Fisher, "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000"
  • Callie Fisher, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage

In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.

1912 · The Girl Scouts

Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.

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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