George Lee Fisher

Male27 May 1897–

Brief Life History of George Lee

When George Lee Fisher was born on 27 May 1897, in Mappsville, Accomack, Virginia, United States, his father, George Madison Fisher, was 35 and his mother, Mary Josephine Wessells, was 32. He had at least 2 sons with Beulah V E Hastings. He lived in Metompkin, Accomack, Virginia, United States for about 20 years and Atlantic District, Accomack, Virginia, United States for about 10 years.

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Family Time Line

George Lee Fisher
1897–
Beulah V E Hastings
1896–
Wilson H Fisher
1917–
Claude Graham Fisher
1920–1963

Sources (7)

  • George L Fisher, "United States Census, 1930"
  • George Lee Fisher, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
  • George Lee Fisher, "Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-1988"

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Children (2)

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World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

Age 1

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1899 · USS Shubrick is Launched

Age 2

On March 11, 1899 the USS Shubrick was laid, on October 31, 1899 it was launched. The ship was named after William Branford Shubrick. It was sponsored by Miss Caroline Shubrick and commissioned in 1901 with Lt Allen M Cook in command.

1929

Age 32

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

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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